Lick Run Trail–Mount Ives - Barbwire Loop, 4 sights
2.4 mi · ▲ 414 ft · 1 hr
Lick Run Trail–Mount Ives - Barbwire Loop, 4 sights is a 2.4-mile loop in Great Seal State Park near Metzger, OH. It climbs 414 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Lick Run Trail–Mount Ives - Barbwire Loop, 4 sights
2.4 mi · ▲ 414 ft · 1 hr
Elevation 805–1,233 ft
Loop · Great Seal State Park
Trailhead: Great Seal State Park - Lick Run Multi Use Trailhead · 39.36722, -82.93811
Weather Sep 20: Rain showers, high 80°F / low 69° · precip 82% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:18 AM · sunset 7:34 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Old Bunker Hill Fall Line Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto The Mauger, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left onto Lick Run Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Spandex, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left onto Mount Ives Summit, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Lick Run Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Mount Ives Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Mount Ives - Barbwire, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Mount Ives, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Spandex, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Mount Ives, heading NW.
- 250 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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