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Prairie Oaks Metro Park

Alder Trail–Lake View Trail, 3 sights

4.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Alder Trail–Lake View Trail, 3 sights is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Prairie Oaks Metro Park near Lake Darby Estates, OH. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi869 – 912 ft4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lake View Trail 40.00167, -83.25177
Nearest town Lake Darby Estates, OH
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Alder Trail–Lake View Trail, 3 sights

4.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Elevation 870–913 ft

Out & Back · Prairie Oaks Metro Park

Trailhead: Lake View Trail · 40.00167, -83.25177

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:19 AM · sunset 7:35 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Lake View Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.6 miTurn left onto Alder Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Sycamore Plains Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Tall Grass Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.7 miReach Lake View Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Sycamore Plains Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Alder Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.6 miTurn right onto Lake View Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.6 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/sycamore-plains-trail-out-back

Trail surface

41% gravel14% dirt45% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:19 AMSunset 7:35 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Lake Darby Estates, Ohio