Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
Horse Trail & Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork)
4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Horse Trail & Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork) is a 4-mile out-and-back in Oak Openings Preserve Metropark near Swissaire Estates, OH. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Horse Trail & Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork)
4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Elevation 657–680 ft
Out & Back · Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
Trailhead: Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork) · 41.55631, -83.88267
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:22 AM · sunset 7:38 PM
- Start on Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading W.
- 500 ftReach Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn left onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading W.
- 0.5 miArrive 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 1.5 mi in (~36 min). Leave by 6:42 PM for the 7:38 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:30 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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