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Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Mars Quarry & Touch Stone Loop via Bedford Reservation All Purpose Trail

2 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 42 min

Mars Quarry & Touch Stone Loop via Bedford Reservation All Purpose Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Cuyahoga Valley National Park near Walton Hills, OH. It is mostly level, with 56 ft of elevation gain. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi827 – 925 ft2.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mars Quarry 41.37264, -81.56547
Nearest town Walton Hills, OH
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Mars Quarry & Touch Stone Loop via Bedford Reservation All Purpose Trail

2 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 42 min

Elevation 826–927 ft

Out & Back · Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Trailhead: Mars Quarry · 41.37264, -81.56547

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:55 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Mars Quarry, heading S.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Bedford Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.5 miBear right onto Mars Quarry, heading S.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Bridle Trail, heading S.
  5. 50 ftTurn right onto Bedford Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftBear left onto Touch Stone Loop, heading SW.
  7. 250 ftBear left onto Bedford Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bridle Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Bedford Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading S.
  10. 50 ftBear left onto Bridle Trail, heading S.
  11. 450 ftReach Mars Quarry, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 450 ftBear right onto Bedford Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading W.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Bridle Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bedford Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miBear right onto Touch Stone Loop, heading N.
  16. 250 ftBear right onto Bedford Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading N.
  17. 50 ftTurn left onto Bridle Trail, heading N.
  18. 50 ftBear right onto Mars Quarry, heading N.
  19. 50 ftBear left onto Bedford Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading N.
  20. 0.5 miTurn left onto Mars Quarry, heading N.
  21. 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/mars-quarry-touch-stone-loop-out-back-3-km

Trail surface

51% paved36% dirt13% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:55 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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