Cascade Valley Metro Park (Valley View Area)

Missing Link Vista–Prather Vista, 5 sights

3 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 1 min

Missing Link Vista–Prather Vista, 5 sights is a 3-mile out-and-back in Cascade Valley Metro Park (Valley View Area) near Cranmer, OH. The route passes Prather Vista and Missing Link Vista. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi748 – 794 ft3.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail 41.13345, -81.54530
Nearest town Cranmer, OH

Directions

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Missing Link Vista–Prather Vista, 5 sights

3 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 1 min

Elevation 748–795 ft

Out & Back · Cascade Valley Metro Park (Valley View Area)

Trailhead: Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail · 41.13345, -81.54530

Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 78°F / low 64° · precip 21% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

  1. Start on Valley Link Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.4 miSharp right onto Towpath Connector Spur, heading S.
  3. 0.4 miBear right onto Prather Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miPass Prather Vista.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right onto Missing Link Trail, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left onto Prather / Missing Link Trail, heading SE.
  7. 100 ftPass Missing Link Vista.
  8. 250 ftContinue straight onto Missing Link Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  10. 150 ftReach Missing Link Vista, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Prather / Missing Link Trail, heading NW.
  12. 350 ftTurn right onto Missing Link Trail, heading W.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Prather Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.4 miBear left onto Towpath Connector Spur, heading N.
  15. 0.4 miSharp left onto Valley Link Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

62% gravel35% dirt1% boardwalk2% unspecified

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 78°F64°
Precip21%Wind2 mphUV5Humidity75%
Rained 0.6″ yesterday · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°60° 12 AM: 17% rain1 AM: 3% rain2 AM: 7% rain3 AM: 4% rain4 AM: 2% rain5 AM: 2% rain6 AM: 11% rain7 AM: 11% rain8 AM: 5% rain9 AM: 21% rain10 AM: 17% rain11 AM: 19% rain12 PM: 21% rain1 PM: 21% rain2 PM: 21% rain3 PM: 11% rain4 PM: 9% rain5 PM: 10% rain6 PM: 1% rain7 PM: 1% rain
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sun 77°57°
Mon 79°55°
Tue 83°58°
Wed 88°70° 39%
Thu 75°67° 39%
Fri 80°61°

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