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Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Horse Trail & Wabash Cannonball Connector

8 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 2 hr 42 min

Horse Trail & Wabash Cannonball Connector is an 8-mile out-and-back in Oak Openings Preserve Metropark near South Swanton, OH. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi643 – 682 ft8.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Oak Openings Hiking Trail 41.55724, -83.87028
Nearest town South Swanton, OH
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Horse Trail & Wabash Cannonball Connector

8 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 2 hr 42 min

Elevation 643–683 ft

Out & Back · Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Trailhead: Oak Openings Hiking Trail · 41.55724, -83.87028

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:23 AM · sunset 7:36 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Wabash Cannonball Connector, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miBear left onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading E.
  3. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading NE.
  5. 1 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.7 miReach Wabash Cannonball Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.8 miTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading SE.
  12. 1 miTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading W.
  14. 0.4 miBear right onto Wabash Cannonball Connector, heading W.
  15. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/horse-trail-wabash-cannonball-connector-out-back-13-km-5d9f

Trail surface

45% dirt9% paved46% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:23 AMSunset 7:36 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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