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Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Oak Openings Hiking Trail

2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 41 min

Oak Openings Hiking Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Oak Openings Preserve Metropark near South Swanton, OH. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi646 – 676 ft2.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Horse Trail 41.53927, -83.86364
Nearest town South Swanton, OH
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Oak Openings Hiking Trail

2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 41 min

Elevation 647–678 ft

Out & Back · Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Trailhead: Horse Trail · 41.53927, -83.86364

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:22 AM · sunset 7:38 PM

  1. Start on Horse Trail, heading NE.
  2. 200 ftTurn left onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.7 miTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.7 miTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading SW.
  7. 200 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/oak-openings-hiking-trail-out-back-3-km-fc8d

Trail surface

71% dirt29% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:22 AMSunset 7:38 PM

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