Camp Tuscazoar Preserve
Rattlesnake Sunset Point–Dover Lake, 9 sights
3.9 mi · ▲ 473 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Rattlesnake Sunset Point–Dover Lake, 9 sights is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Camp Tuscazoar Preserve near Johnston, OH. The route passes Dessecker Sunset Point, Dover Lake and Rattlesnake Sunset Point. It climbs 473 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Rattlesnake Sunset Point–Dover Lake, 9 sights
3.9 mi · ▲ 473 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 924–1,245 ft
Out & Back · Camp Tuscazoar Preserve
Trailhead: 40.54675, -81.39979
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 100 ftPass Dessecker Sunset Point.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Preserve Connector, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Multi Use, heading NW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Zoarite Mine, heading NW.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Iron Mine and Wall, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Zoarite Mine, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Multi Use, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Zoarite Mine, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Multi Use, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Zoarite Mine, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Icky's Hike, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right onto Multi Use, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Icky's Hike, heading NW.
- 400 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Dover Lake.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Zoar Valley Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Buckeye Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Upper Eagle, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Rattlesnake Sunset Point.
- 1.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:31 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:52 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:19 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Multi Use Sunset Point–Dessecker Sunset Point, 3 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 141 ft
- Buzzards Roost–Dessecker Sunset Point, 3 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 139 ft
- Dessecker Sunset Point–Overlook, 3 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 252 ft
- Pioneer Point–Dover Lake Loop, 6 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 789 ft
- Dessecker Sunset Point–Buckeye Trail, 4 sights 6.3 mi · ▲ 487 ft
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