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Girdled Road Reservation

Skok Meadow Viewpoint–Creek Crossing Trail, 4 sights

5 mi · ▲ 406 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Skok Meadow Viewpoint–Creek Crossing Trail, 4 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Girdled Road Reservation near West Bass Lake, OH. The route reaches Skok Meadow Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.6 miles in. It climbs 406 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi853 – 1,109 ft · steepest grade: 16%5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Oak Leaf Loop Trail 41.64264, -81.17486
Nearest town West Bass Lake, OH
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Skok Meadow Viewpoint–Creek Crossing Trail, 4 sights

5 mi · ▲ 406 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Elevation 854–1,108 ft

Out & Back · Girdled Road Reservation

Trailhead: Oak Leaf Loop Trail · 41.64264, -81.17486

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Oak Leaf Loop Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Green Darner Trail, heading NW.
  3. 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 250 ftContinue straight onto Oak Leaf Loop Trail, heading N.
  5. 1.5 miTurn right onto Creek Crossing Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left onto Skok Meadow Loop Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right onto Connector Trail, heading S.
  8. 350 ftContinue straight onto Skok Meadow Loop Trail, heading W.
  9. 150 ftPass Skok Meadow Viewpoint.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  11. 0.4 miBear left onto Creek Crossing Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right onto Oak Leaf Loop Trail, heading NE.
  13. 1.4 miTurn right onto Green Darner Trail, heading SE.
  14. 500 ftContinue straight onto Oak Leaf Loop Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.2 miArrive 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-creek-crossing-trail-out-back-4-sights-8-km-b150

Trail surface

98% gravel1% boardwalk1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:32 PM for the 7:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:09 PM — 12 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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