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Swan Creek Preserve Metropark

Swan Creek Viewpoint–Floodplain Trail (Green), 3 sights

2 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 42 min

Swan Creek Viewpoint–Floodplain Trail (Green), 3 sights is a 2-mile out-and-back in Swan Creek Preserve Metropark near Gould, OH. The route reaches Swan Creek Viewpoint. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi587 – 627 ft2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.61288, -83.63646
Nearest town Gould, OH
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Swan Creek Viewpoint–Floodplain Trail (Green), 3 sights

2 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 42 min

Elevation 586–628 ft

Out & Back · Swan Creek Preserve Metropark

Trailhead: 41.61288, -83.63646

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:22 AM · sunset 7:35 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Walk / Bike Path, heading NW.
  2. 500 ftContinue straight onto Floodplain Trail (Green), heading NW.
  3. 50 ftTurn right onto Swan Creek Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.6 miPass Swan Creek Viewpoint.
  5. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  6. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  9. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  11. 250 ftContinue straight onto Swan Creek Connector Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.2 miReach Swan Creek Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  14. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  15. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  18. 150 ftBear left onto Swan Creek Trail, heading W.
  19. 0.6 miTurn left onto Floodplain Trail (Green), heading NE.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Walk / Bike Path, heading NE.
  21. 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/swan-creek-viewpoint-floodplain-trail-green-out-back-3-sights-3-km

Trail surface

43% paved57% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:22 AMSunset 7:35 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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