AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Mount Airy Forest

Nature Trail

2.2 mi · ▲ 463 ft · 58 min

Nature Trail is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Mount Airy Forest near Westwood, OH. It climbs 463 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi715 – 866 ft · steepest grade: 18%2.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.15507, -84.59051
Nearest town Westwood, OH
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Nature Trail

2.2 mi · ▲ 463 ft · 58 min

Elevation 714–865 ft

Out & Back · Mount Airy Forest

Trailhead: 39.15507, -84.59051

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

Transit-accessible: Montana Ave & Westwood Northern Blvd stop 496 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 350 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  5. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  6. 300 ftTurn right onto McFarlan Woods Drive, heading N.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  8. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  9. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  10. 200 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  11. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
  12. 300 ftBear left, heading N.
  13. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  14. 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  17. 50 ftTurn left onto Nature Trail, heading E.
  18. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  20. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  21. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  23. 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
  24. 200 ftBear right, heading S.
  25. 300 ftSharp left, heading E.
  26. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
  27. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  28. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  29. 200 ftBear right onto McFarlan Woods Drive, heading S.
  30. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  31. 300 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  32. 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
  33. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  34. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
  35. 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/nature-trail-out-back-4-km-6ff8

Trail surface

97% dirt2% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:42 AMSunset 8:48 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Montana Ave & Westwood Northern Blvd stop 496 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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