Mount Airy Forest

McFarlan Woods Drive

2.2 mi · ▲ 382 ft · 55 min

McFarlan Woods Drive is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Mount Airy Forest near Mount Airy Center, OH. It climbs 382 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi715 – 866 ft · steepest grade: 17%2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.15512, -84.58425
Nearest town Mount Airy Center, OH

Directions

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McFarlan Woods Drive

2.2 mi · ▲ 382 ft · 55 min

Elevation 714–865 ft

Out & Back · Mount Airy Forest

Trailhead: 39.15512, -84.58425

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:42 AM · sunset 8:48 PM

Transit-accessible: Montana Ave 2634 stop 99 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  3. 350 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  6. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  7. 300 ftTurn right onto McFarlan Woods Drive, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  9. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  10. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  11. 200 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  12. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
  13. 300 ftBear left, heading NW.
  14. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  15. 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  17. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  18. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
  19. 200 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  20. 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
  21. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  22. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  24. 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
  25. 200 ftBear right, heading N.
  26. 300 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  27. 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
  28. 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
  29. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  30. 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
  31. 300 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  32. 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
  33. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  34. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  35. 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
  36. 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 surface

82% dirt9% paved9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:42 AMSunset 8:48 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Montana Ave 2634 stop 99 m from the trailhead

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