The Cascades & Lower Birch Creek Trail via Little Miami Scenic Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Glen Helen Nature Preserve near Yellow Springs, OH. The route reaches The Cascades at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 274 ft. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi853 – 974 ft4.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Little Miami Scenic Trail 39.79223, -83.88286
Nearest town Yellow Springs, OH
Directions
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The Cascades & Lower Birch Creek Trail via Little Miami Scenic Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 274 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Elevation 853–974 ft
Out & Back · Glen Helen Nature Preserve
Trailhead: Little Miami Scenic Trail · 39.79223, -83.88286
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 8:47 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Little Miami Scenic Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Upper Birch Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Sassafras Grove Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lower Birch Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Oak Triangle Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftReach The Cascades, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lower Birch Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Sassafras Grove Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Birch Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
- 350 ftBear left onto Little Miami Scenic Trail, heading NW.
- 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.
Weather
Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 8:47 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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