ML "Red" Trabue Nature Reserve

Ashbaugh Road & Red Trabue Walking Path

7.1 mi · ▲ 79 ft · 2 hr 24 min

Ashbaugh Road & Red Trabue Walking Path is a 7.1-mile out-and-back in ML "Red" Trabue Nature Reserve near Shawnee Hills, OH. It is mostly level, with 79 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi889 – 945 ft8.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.13664, -83.14995
Nearest town Shawnee Hills, OH

Directions

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Ashbaugh Road & Red Trabue Walking Path

7.1 mi · ▲ 79 ft · 2 hr 24 min

Elevation 890–945 ft

Out & Back · ML "Red" Trabue Nature Reserve

Trailhead: 40.13664, -83.14995

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 8:45 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
  3. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
  8. 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
  9. 250 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  10. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ashbaugh Road, heading S.
  11. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  12. 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
  13. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  14. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  15. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  16. 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  18. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
  19. 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
  20. 200 ftBear right onto Red Trabue Walking Path, heading SW.
  21. 0.6 miReach Ashbaugh Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  22. 0.6 miBear left, heading SE.
  23. 200 ftBear right, heading S.
  24. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  25. 0.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
  26. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  27. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  28. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  29. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  30. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  31. 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
  32. 0.5 miSharp left, heading N.
  33. 300 ftSharp left, heading E.
  34. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  35. 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  36. 0.4 miSharp right, heading N.
  37. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  38. 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  39. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  40. 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

55% paved45% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 8:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.8 mi in (~68 min). Leave by 7:17 PM for the 8:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:09 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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