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Glen Helen Nature Preserve

Ricciardi Spring & Upper Birch Creek Trail

1.3 mi · ▲ 118 ft · 30 min

Ricciardi Spring & Upper Birch Creek Trail is a 1.3-mile out-and-back in Glen Helen Nature Preserve near Yellow Springs, OH. The route reaches Ricciardi Spring at the turnaround, 0.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 118 ft of elevation gain. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi853 – 974 ft1.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.78536, -83.87690
Nearest town Yellow Springs, OH
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Ricciardi Spring & Upper Birch Creek Trail

1.3 mi · ▲ 118 ft · 30 min

Elevation 852–974 ft

Out & Back · Glen Helen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 39.78536, -83.87690

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 8:47 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Cemetery Road Bridge, heading W.
  2. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  3. 450 ftBear right onto Upper Birch Creek Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Very Steep Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miReach Ricciardi Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left onto Upper Birch Creek Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  8. 450 ftTurn left onto Cemetery Road Bridge, heading SW.
  9. 350 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/ricciardi-spring-upper-birch-creek-trail-out-back-2-km-0498

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 8:47 PM

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