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Lake Sawyer–Sylvania Avenue Bike Trail, 3 sights

5 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Lake Sawyer–Sylvania Avenue Bike Trail, 3 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back near Ottawa Hills, OH. The route reaches Lake Sawyer. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi597 – 637 ft5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sylvania Avenue Multi-use Trail 41.69132, -83.63609
Nearest town Ottawa Hills, OH
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Lake Sawyer–Sylvania Avenue Bike Trail, 3 sights

5 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Elevation 598–636 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Sylvania Avenue Multi-use Trail · 41.69132, -83.63609

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:21 AM · sunset 7:37 PM

Transit-accessible: Sylvania & Woodley SE stop 45 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Sylvania Avenue Multi-use Trail, heading W.
  2. 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  4. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  7. 100 ftBear left, heading W.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  9. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  10. 1 miTurn left, heading W.
  11. 150 ftBear right onto Sylvania Avenue Bike Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.6 miPass Lake Sawyer.
  13. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  14. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftReach Lake Sawyer, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  17. 1.2 miBear left, heading E.
  18. 150 ftTurn right onto Sylvania Avenue Multi-use Trail, heading E.
  19. 1 miTurn left, heading E.
  20. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  22. 200 ftBear right, heading E.
  23. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  24. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  25. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  26. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  27. 50 ftArrive 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/lake-sawyer-sylvania-avenue-bike-trail-out-back-3-sights-9-km-ccc3

Trail surface

77% paved23% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:21 AMSunset 7:37 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:15 PM for the 7:37 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:54 PM — 11 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Sylvania & Woodley SE stop 45 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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