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Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Touch Stone Loop via Sagamore Creek Loop Trail

4.2 mi · ▲ 276 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Touch Stone Loop via Sagamore Creek Loop Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Cuyahoga Valley National Park near Alexander, OH. It climbs 276 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi623 – 906 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.35233, -81.59264
Nearest town Alexander, OH
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Touch Stone Loop via Sagamore Creek Loop Trail

4.2 mi · ▲ 276 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Elevation 622–906 ft

Out & Back · Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Trailhead: 41.35233, -81.59264

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:55 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Sagamore Creek Loop Trail, heading E.
  2. 1.6 miContinue straight onto Bridle Trail, heading E.
  3. 450 ftBear right onto Bedford Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading N.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Bridle Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bedford Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miBear right onto Touch Stone Loop, heading N.
  7. 250 ftReach Touch Stone Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 200 ftBear left onto Bedford Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bridle Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Bedford Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading S.
  11. 50 ftBear left onto Bridle Trail, heading S.
  12. 450 ftContinue straight onto Sagamore Creek Loop Trail, heading S.
  13. 1.5 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/touch-stone-loop-out-back

Trail surface

91% dirt3% paved6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:55 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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