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Oak Openings Hiking Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Oak Openings Preserve Metropark near East Swanton, OH. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi643 – 686 ft3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.55579, -83.85398
Nearest town East Swanton, OH

Directions

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Oak Openings Hiking Trail

3.7 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Elevation 643–686 ft

Out & Back · Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Trailhead: 41.55579, -83.85398

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:21 AM · sunset 7:38 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 250 ftTurn left onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading W.
  4. 0.8 miBear left onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 0.9 miBear right onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading E.
  7. 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 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

50% paved47% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:21 AMSunset 7:38 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 6:32 PM for the 7:38 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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