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Prairie Oaks Metro Park

Alder Trail–Darby Creek Greenway Trail, 3 sights

2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 50 min

Alder Trail–Darby Creek Greenway Trail, 3 sights is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Prairie Oaks Metro Park near Lake Darby Estates, OH. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi869 – 909 ft2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Darby Creek Greenway Trail 40.00072, -83.25607
Nearest town Lake Darby Estates, OH
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Alder Trail–Darby Creek Greenway Trail, 3 sights

2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 50 min

Elevation 870–910 ft

Out & Back · Prairie Oaks Metro Park

Trailhead: Darby Creek Greenway Trail · 40.00072, -83.25607

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 8:45 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftBear left onto Darby Creek Greenway Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Alder Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Sycamore Plains Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miReach Alder Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Alder Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Darby Creek Greenway Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/prairie-oaks-dog-beach-out-back

Trail surface

78% gravel22% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 8:45 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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