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Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Sand Dunes Trail & Wabash Cannonball Connector via Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork)

3.4 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 10 min

Sand Dunes Trail & Wabash Cannonball Connector via Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork) is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Oak Openings Preserve Metropark near Swissaire Estates, OH. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi643 – 692 ft3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.55657, -83.87342
Nearest town Swissaire Estates, OH
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Sand Dunes Trail & Wabash Cannonball Connector via Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork)

3.4 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 10 min

Elevation 643–692 ft

Out & Back · Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Trailhead: 41.55657, -83.87342

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:23 AM · sunset 7:36 PM

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 100 ftTurn left onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading NE.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Wabash Cannonball Connector, heading NE.
  4. 0.4 miBear left onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading E.
  5. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sand Dunes Trail, heading S.
  8. 450 ftBear right, heading SE.
  9. 0.4 miReach Wabash Cannonball Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  12. 250 ftTurn left onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading W.
  13. 0.6 miBear right onto Wabash Cannonball Connector, heading W.
  14. 0.4 miBear right onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading W.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  16. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/sand-dunes-trail-wabash-cannonball-connector-out-back-5-km-956b

Trail surface

37% paved63% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:23 AMSunset 7:36 PM

Good to know

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

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