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Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Horse Trail & Wabash Cannonball Connector via Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork)

4.7 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Horse Trail & Wabash Cannonball Connector via Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork) is a 4.7-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 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi643 – 686 ft4.8 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 via Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork)

4.7 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Elevation 643–685 ft

Out & Back · Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Trailhead: Oak Openings Hiking Trail · 41.55724, -83.87028

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:24 AM · sunset 7:35 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. 1.3 miTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 150 ftBear right onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.4 miReach Wabash Cannonball Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  10. 150 ftTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading NW.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading NW.
  14. 1.3 miBear right onto Wabash Cannonball Connector, heading W.
  15. 0.2 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-7-km-848e

Trail surface

57% paved43% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:24 AMSunset 7:35 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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