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Glen Helen Nature Preserve

The Cascades–Yellow spring, 4 sights

3.5 mi · ▲ 197 ft · 1 hr 16 min

The Cascades–Yellow spring, 4 sights is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Glen Helen Nature Preserve near Yellow Springs, OH. The route passes The Cascades before reaching Yellow spring at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 197 ft of elevation gain. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi853 – 981 ft3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.78536, -83.87690
Nearest town Yellow Springs, OH
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The Cascades–Yellow spring, 4 sights

3.5 mi · ▲ 197 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Elevation 852–981 ft

Out & Back · Glen Helen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 39.78536, -83.87690

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 8:47 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Cemetery Road Bridge, heading W.
  2. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  3. 450 ftBear right onto Upper Birch Creek Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Sassafras Grove Trail, heading N.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Lower Birch Creek Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Oak Triangle Trail, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Inman Trail, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftPass The Cascades.
  9. 0.2 miPass Yellow spring.
  10. 50 ftReach The Cascades, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right onto Oak Triangle Trail, heading E.
  12. 100 ftContinue straight onto Lower Birch Creek Trail, heading SE.
  13. 0.7 miBear right onto Sassafras Grove Trail, heading S.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Birch Creek Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.6 miBear left, heading SE.
  16. 450 ftTurn left onto Cemetery Road Bridge, heading W.
  17. 250 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/the-cascades-yellow-spring-out-back-7-km

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 8:47 PM

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