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Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Mallard Lake–Blazing Star Trail, 7 sights

10.2 mi · ▲ 59 ft · 3 hr 26 min

Mallard Lake–Blazing Star Trail, 7 sights is a 10.2-mile out-and-back in Oak Openings Preserve Metropark near Swissaire Estates, OH. The route reaches Mallard Lake at the turnaround, 5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 59 ft of elevation gain. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi643 – 689 ft10.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.57154, -83.88853
Nearest town Swissaire Estates, OH
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Mallard Lake–Blazing Star Trail, 7 sights

10.2 mi · ▲ 59 ft · 3 hr 26 min

Elevation 643–688 ft

Out & Back · Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Trailhead: 41.57154, -83.88853

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:23 AM · sunset 7:36 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miBear right onto Hognose Section, heading NW.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left onto Oaks Two Way Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Blue Racer Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  10. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left onto Oaks Two-Way Connector Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miBear right onto Blazing Star Trail, heading SE.
  13. 200 ftTurn right onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right onto Hognose Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.4 miTurn right onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading SW.
  16. 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
  17. 100 ftBear right onto Wabash Cannonball Connector, heading SW.
  18. 0.3 miBear left onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading S.
  19. 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
  20. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  21. 500 ftSharp left onto Sand Dunes Trail, heading E.
  22. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Ferns & Lakes / Sand Dunes Trail, heading NE.
  23. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sand Dunes Trail, heading SE.
  24. 0.4 miTurn right onto Oak Openings Parkway, heading S.
  25. 150 ftReach Mallard Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  26. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  27. 150 ftContinue straight onto Sand Dunes Trail, heading S.
  28. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Ferns & Lakes / Sand Dunes Trail, heading N.
  29. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sand Dunes Trail, heading NW.
  30. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
  31. 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
  32. 100 ftTurn left onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading N.
  33. 0.7 miBear right onto Wabash Cannonball Connector, heading W.
  34. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  35. 100 ftBear right onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading W.
  36. 0.7 miTurn left onto Hognose Trail, heading N.
  37. 0.4 miTurn left onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading N.
  38. 0.3 miTurn left onto Blazing Star Trail, heading W.
  39. 200 ftBear left onto Oaks Two-Way Connector Trail, heading W.
  40. 0.1 miTurn right onto Blue Racer Trail, heading N.
  41. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  42. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  43. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  44. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  45. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  46. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Oaks Two Way Trail, heading SW.
  47. 0.4 miTurn right onto Hognose Section, heading W.
  48. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  49. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  50. 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/mallard-lake-mallard-lake-out-back-9-sights-16-km

Trail surface

46% dirt13% paved41% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:23 AMSunset 7:36 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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