Little Miami Scenic Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Glen Helen Nature Preserve near Yellow Springs, OH. It is mostly level, with 245 ft of elevation gain. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi853 – 978 ft · steepest grade: 24%3.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.80119, -83.88446
Nearest town Yellow Springs, OH
Directions
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Little Miami Scenic Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 245 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Elevation 852–976 ft
Out & Back · Glen Helen Nature Preserve
Trailhead: 39.80119, -83.88446
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 8:47 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Little Miami Scenic Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftArrive 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
Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 8:47 PM
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Upper Birch Creek Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 159 ft
- Little Miami Scenic Trail Loop 3.2 mi · ▲ 222 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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