Prairie Oaks Metro Park

Prairie Oaks Dog Beach & Darby Creek Greenway Trail

2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 40 min

Prairie Oaks Dog Beach & Darby Creek Greenway Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Prairie Oaks Metro Park near Lake Darby Estates, OH. The route reaches Prairie Oaks Dog Beach. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi876 – 906 ft2.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Darby Creek Greenway Trail 40.00072, -83.25607
Nearest town Lake Darby Estates, OH

Directions

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Prairie Oaks Dog Beach & Darby Creek Greenway Trail

2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 40 min

Elevation 875–907 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 E.
  2. 350 ftContinue straight onto Darby Creek Greenway Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.3 miPass Prairie Oaks Dog Beach.
  4. 0.6 miReach Prairie Oaks Dog Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

93% gravel7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 8:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~16 min). Leave by 8:09 PM for the 8:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:16 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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