Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
Horse Trail & Wabash Cannonball Side Trail
5.6 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Horse Trail & Wabash Cannonball Side Trail is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Oak Openings Preserve Metropark near Swissaire Estates, OH. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Horse Trail & Wabash Cannonball Side Trail
5.6 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Elevation 647–680 ft
Out & Back · Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
Trailhead: 41.55657, -83.87342
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:22 AM · sunset 7:38 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Oak Openings Hiking & Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Wabash Cannonball Side Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miReach Horse Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Oak Openings Hiking & Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Horse Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Horse Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn left onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading N.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~25 min). Leave by 6:53 PM for the 7:38 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork) 3.5 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork) 3.5 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Evergreen Trail–Ferns & Lake Trail, 4 sights 6.6 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork) 3.8 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Ferns & Lake Trail & Wabash Cannonball Connector via Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork) 4.2 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Horse Trail & Oak Openings Hiking Trail via Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork) 5.6 mi · ▲ 55 ft
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