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Oak Openings Hiking Trail is a 4.6-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 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi643 – 686 ft4.6 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Oak Openings Hiking Trail

4.6 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 34 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. 1.1 miTurn left onto Horse Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading W.
  8. 1.1 miBear right onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading NE.
  9. 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
  10. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 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

47% dirt39% paved14% 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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