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Darby Plains/Wet Prairie Restoration Area

Darby Creek Greenway Trail & Darby Dan Training Loop

6.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 2 hr 19 min

Darby Creek Greenway Trail & Darby Dan Training Loop is a 6.9-mile out-and-back in Darby Plains/Wet Prairie Restoration Area near Robroy Estates, OH. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi889 – 932 ft7.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Riffle Run 39.91308, -83.21887
Nearest town Robroy Estates, OH
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Darby Creek Greenway Trail & Darby Dan Training Loop

6.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 2 hr 19 min

Elevation 888–930 ft

Out & Back · Darby Plains/Wet Prairie Restoration Area

Trailhead: Riffle Run · 39.91308, -83.21887

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Riffle Run, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Darby Creek Greenway Trail, heading N.
  4. 2.8 miContinue straight onto Darby Dan Training Loop, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Darby Creek Greenway Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Darby Dan Training Loop, heading NW.
  7. 250 ftContinue straight onto Darby Creek Greenway Trail, heading NW.
  8. 250 ftContinue straight onto Darby Dan Training Loop, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Darby Creek Greenway Trail, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Darby Dan Training Loop, heading NW.
  11. 100 ftContinue straight onto Darby Creek Greenway Trail, heading NW.
  12. 150 ftReach Darby Dan Training Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 150 ftContinue straight onto Darby Dan Training Loop, heading NW.
  14. 100 ftContinue straight onto Darby Creek Greenway Trail, heading W.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Darby Dan Training Loop, heading W.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Darby Creek Greenway Trail, heading W.
  17. 250 ftContinue straight onto Darby Dan Training Loop, heading W.
  18. 250 ftContinue straight onto Darby Creek Greenway Trail, heading W.
  19. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Darby Dan Training Loop, heading SE.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Darby Creek Greenway Trail, heading SE.
  21. 2.8 miTurn right, heading E.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left onto Riffle Run, heading S.
  23. 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/riffle-run-viewpoint-out-back-11-km

Trail surface

99% gravel1% grass

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 8:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~30 min). Leave by 7:55 PM for the 8:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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