Little Miami Scenic Trail Loop is a 3.2-mile loop in Glen Helen Nature Preserve near Yellow Springs, OH. It is mostly level, with 222 ft of elevation gain. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi853 – 978 ft · steepest grade: 22%3.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.80119, -83.88446
Nearest town Yellow Springs, OH
Directions
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Little Miami Scenic Trail Loop
3.2 mi · ▲ 222 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Elevation 852–976 ft
Loop · Glen Helen Nature Preserve
Trailhead: 39.80119, -83.88446
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 94°F / low 71° · precip 23% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Little Miami Scenic Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
1% rock99% unspecified
Weather
Light drizzleTemperature 94°F71°
Precip23%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity93%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
95°70°
Sunrise 7:07 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:04 PM
Sat
89°69°
41%
Sun
77°62°
Mon
78°56°
Tue
86°63°
Wed
89°69°
22%
Thu
76°59°
26%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~32 min). Leave by 7:12 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:51 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2 mi · out & back · via Little Miami Scenic Trail
- 2 mi · out & back · via Little Miami Scenic Trail
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Little Miami Scenic Trail
- 2.3 mi · loop · via Little Miami Scenic Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Little Miami Scenic Trail
- 2.8 mi · loop · via Little Miami Scenic Trail
- 3 mi · out & back · via Little Miami Scenic Trail
- 3 mi · loop · via Little Miami Scenic Trail
More from this trailhead
- Upper Birch Creek Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 159 ft
- Little Miami Scenic Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 245 ft
- Upper Birch Creek Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 263 ft
- Traveler's Spring via Upper Birch Creek Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 352 ft
- Ricciardi Spring–School Forest Trail, 3 sights 5 mi · ▲ 394 ft
- The Cascades–Yellow spring, 3 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 313 ft
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