Sand Dunes Trail & Wabash Cannonball Connector via Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork) is a 3-mile out-and-back in Oak Openings Preserve Metropark near South Swanton, OH. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi643 – 692 ft3.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Oak Openings Hiking Trail 41.55724, -83.87028
Nearest town South Swanton, OH
Directions
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Sand Dunes Trail & Wabash Cannonball Connector via Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork)
3 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 643–692 ft
Out & Back · Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
Trailhead: Oak Openings Hiking Trail · 41.55724, -83.87028
Weather Sep 20: Rain, high 66°F / low 58° · precip 92% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 7:22 AM · sunset 7:38 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Wabash Cannonball Connector, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Sand Dunes Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miReach Wabash Cannonball Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading N.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Wabash Cannonball Connector, heading W.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
44% paved2% sand54% unspecified
Weather
RainTemperature 66°F58°
Precip92%Wind9 mphUV1Humidity90%
Rained 0.1″ yesterday (0.4″ over the last week)
Hourly temperatureRain chance
70°55°
Sunrise 7:22 AM12 AM3 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:38 PM
Mon
63°55°
24%
Tue
64°52°
Wed
60°56°
30%
Thu
69°54°
Fri
69°50°
Sat
69°49°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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