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Portage Lakes State Park

Turkeyfoot Lake & Turkeyfoot Beach via Shoreline Trail

5.2 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Turkeyfoot Lake & Turkeyfoot Beach via Shoreline Trail is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Portage Lakes State Park near Aldawood Hills, OH. The route passes Turkeyfoot Lake and Turkeyfoot Beach. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi984 – 1,027 ft5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Planet Walk Trail 40.97208, -81.55241
Nearest town Aldawood Hills, OH
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Turkeyfoot Lake & Turkeyfoot Beach via Shoreline Trail

5.2 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Elevation 986–1,029 ft

Out & Back · Portage Lakes State Park

Trailhead: Planet Walk Trail · 40.97208, -81.55241

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:52 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftPass Turkeyfoot Lake.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left onto Shoreline Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Fox Trace, heading S.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left onto Shoreline Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.6 miPass Turkeyfoot Beach.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  8. 1.1 miReach Turkeyfoot Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 1.7 miTurn right onto Fox Trace, heading W.
  10. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Shoreline Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  12. 0.3 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/turkeyfoot-lake-turkeyfoot-beach-out-back-8-km

Trail surface

21% dirt4% gravel1% paved74% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:52 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Aldawood Hills, Ohio