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Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park

Darby Creek Greenway Viewpoint via Darby Creek Greenway Trail

5.4 mi · ▲ 225 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Darby Creek Greenway Viewpoint via Darby Creek Greenway Trail is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park near Georgesville, OH. The route reaches Darby Creek Greenway Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 225 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi820 – 925 ft5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Harrisburg Georgesville Road 39.88270, -83.21606
Nearest town Georgesville, OH
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Darby Creek Greenway Viewpoint via Darby Creek Greenway Trail

5.4 mi · ▲ 225 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Elevation 821–924 ft

Out & Back · Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park

Trailhead: Harrisburg Georgesville Road · 39.88270, -83.21606

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:19 AM · sunset 7:35 PM

No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Harrisburg Georgesville Road, heading NW.
  2. 450 ftContinue straight onto Ancient Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Terrace Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miBear left onto Camp Chase Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Indian Ridge Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.4 miBear right onto Cobshell Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto Darby Creek Greenway Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  11. 300 ftReach Darby Creek Greenway Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.9 miBear left, heading S.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  14. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Cobshell Trail, heading S.
  15. 0.2 miBear left onto Indian Ridge Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.4 miTurn right onto Camp Chase Trail, heading SW.
  17. 500 ftBear right onto Terrace Trail, heading SW.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right onto Ancient Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Harrisburg Georgesville Road, heading SW.
  20. 250 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-9-km-27dd

Trail surface

78% gravel8% paved14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:19 AMSunset 7:35 PM

Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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