Girdled Road Reservation
Valley View Overlook–Chickadee Trail, 3 sights
3.1 mi · ▲ 437 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Valley View Overlook–Chickadee Trail, 3 sights is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Girdled Road Reservation near Five Points, OH. The route reaches Valley View Overlook at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 437 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Valley View Overlook–Chickadee Trail, 3 sights
3.1 mi · ▲ 437 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Elevation 854–1,045 ft
Out & Back · Girdled Road Reservation
Trailhead: Skok Meadow Loop Trail · 41.65782, -81.19317
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:53 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Skok Meadow Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Creek Crossing Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Oak Leaf Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Chickadee Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Valley View Overlook Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftReach Valley View Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftBear right onto Chickadee Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Oak Leaf Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Creek Crossing Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Skok Meadow Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:33 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:53 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:22 PM.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Skok Meadow Loop Trail Trailhead
- Big Creek Valley Trail & Creek Crossing Trail via Oak Leaf Loop Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 195 ft
- Chickadee Trail–Creek Crossing Trail, 3 sights 3 mi · ▲ 437 ft
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