Brookside Trail–Overlook Trail, 3 sights is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Blendon Woods Metro Park near Gould Park, OH. It is mostly level, with 169 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi840 – 945 ft3.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.07312, -82.88497
Nearest town Gould Park, OH
Directions
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Brookside Trail–Overlook Trail, 3 sights
3.5 mi · ▲ 169 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Elevation 840–945 ft
Out & Back · Blendon Woods Metro Park
Trailhead: 40.07312, -82.88497
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 8:44 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Sugarbush Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Brookside Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Overlook Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Sugarbush Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftBear right onto Brookside Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Sugarbush Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 8:44 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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