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Girdled Road Reservation

Skok Meadow Viewpoint–Chickadee Trail, 5 sights

3.2 mi · ▲ 397 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Skok Meadow Viewpoint–Chickadee Trail, 5 sights is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Girdled Road Reservation near Five Points, OH. The route reaches Skok Meadow Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It climbs 397 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi853 – 1,040 ft · steepest grade: 21%3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Chickadee Trail 41.66725, -81.17775
Nearest town Five Points, OH
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Skok Meadow Viewpoint–Chickadee Trail, 5 sights

3.2 mi · ▲ 397 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Elevation 854–1,040 ft

Out & Back · Girdled Road Reservation

Trailhead: Chickadee Trail · 41.66725, -81.17775

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:53 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Surveyor's Woods Loop Trail, heading W.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Chickadee Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.7 miBear right onto Oak Leaf Loop Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto Creek Crossing Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left onto Skok Meadow Loop Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right onto Connector Trail, heading SW.
  7. 350 ftContinue straight onto Skok Meadow Loop Trail, heading W.
  8. 200 ftBear right, heading W.
  9. 50 ftReach Skok Meadow Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 250 ftContinue straight onto Connector Trail, heading W.
  11. 300 ftTurn left onto Skok Meadow Loop Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right onto Creek Crossing Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left onto Oak Leaf Loop Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.2 miBear left onto Chickadee Trail, heading E.
  15. 0.7 miTurn left onto Surveyor's Woods Loop Trail, heading NE.
  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/skok-meadow-viewpoint-chickadee-trail-out-back-5-sights-5-km-6f12

Trail surface

95% gravel1% boardwalk4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:53 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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