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Traveler's Spring via Upper Birch Creek Trail is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Glen Helen Nature Preserve near Yellow Springs, OH. The route reaches Traveler's Spring at the turnaround, 2.6 miles in. It climbs 281 ft. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi853 – 984 ft5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Little Miami Scenic Trail 39.80751, -83.88798
Nearest town Yellow Springs, OH

Directions

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Traveler's Spring via Upper Birch Creek Trail

5.2 mi · ▲ 281 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Elevation 853–984 ft

Out & Back · Glen Helen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: Little Miami Scenic Trail · 39.80751, -83.88798

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Little Miami Scenic Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.9 miSharp left, heading N.
  3. 350 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  4. 0.7 miSharp left onto Upper Birch Creek Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Sassafras Grove Trail, heading N.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto Upper Birch Creek Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.3 miReach Traveler's Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left onto Sassafras Grove Trail, heading S.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Birch Creek Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.6 miSharp right, heading S.
  11. 0.7 miSharp left, heading NW.
  12. 350 ftSharp right onto Little Miami Scenic Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.9 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

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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