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School Forest Trail & Upper Birch Creek Trail via Little Miami Scenic Trail is a 13.2-mile out-and-back in Glen Helen Nature Preserve near Oldtown, OH. It climbs 439 ft. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi817 – 1,011 ft13.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Little Miami Scenic Trail 39.72187, -83.93549
Nearest town Oldtown, OH

Directions

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School Forest Trail & Upper Birch Creek Trail via Little Miami Scenic Trail

13.2 mi · ▲ 439 ft · 4 hr 37 min

Elevation 816–1,010 ft

Out & Back · Glen Helen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: Little Miami Scenic Trail · 39.72187, -83.93549

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

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

  1. Start on Little Miami Scenic Trail, heading N.
  2. 5.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.5 miBear right, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 250 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  6. 450 ftBear right onto Upper Birch Creek Trail, heading NE.
  7. 350 ftSharp right onto School Forest Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.3 miReach Upper Birch Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.3 miSharp left onto Upper Birch Creek Trail, heading NW.
  10. 350 ftBear left, heading S.
  11. 450 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  12. 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
  13. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  14. 0.5 miTurn left onto Little Miami Scenic Trail, heading SE.
  15. 5.3 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

15% paved85% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 8:47 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 8:25 PM for the 8:47 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:04 PM — 13 min before dark.

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Good to know

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

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