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Girdled Road Reservation

Skok Meadow Viewpoint–Creek Crossing Trail, 4 sights

4.8 mi · ▲ 408 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Skok Meadow Viewpoint–Creek Crossing Trail, 4 sights is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Girdled Road Reservation near Five Points, OH. The route reaches Skok Meadow Viewpoint. It climbs 408 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi853 – 1,109 ft · steepest grade: 16%5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.65544, -81.19312
Nearest town Five Points, OH
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Skok Meadow Viewpoint–Creek Crossing Trail, 4 sights

4.8 mi · ▲ 408 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Elevation 854–1,108 ft

Out & Back · Girdled Road Reservation

Trailhead: 41.65544, -81.19312

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 200 ftPass Skok Meadow Viewpoint.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Skok Meadow Loop Trail, heading E.
  4. 200 ftContinue straight onto Connector Trail, heading E.
  5. 300 ftTurn left onto Skok Meadow Loop Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right onto Creek Crossing Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right onto Oak Leaf Loop Trail, heading E.
  8. 1.4 miTurn right onto Green Darner Trail, heading SE.
  9. 500 ftContinue straight onto Oak Leaf Loop Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miReach Skok Meadow Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Green Darner Trail, heading W.
  12. 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  13. 250 ftContinue straight onto Oak Leaf Loop Trail, heading N.
  14. 1.3 miTurn left onto Creek Crossing Trail, heading NE.
  15. 0.4 miTurn left onto Skok Meadow Loop Trail, heading SW.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right onto Connector Trail, heading S.
  17. 350 ftContinue straight onto Skok Meadow Loop Trail, heading S.
  18. 200 ftBear right, heading S.
  19. 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-creek-crossing-trail-out-back-4-sights-8-km-d700

Trail surface

97% gravel1% boardwalk2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:33 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:53 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:22 PM.

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