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Girdled Road Reservation

Valley View Overlook–Skok Meadow Viewpoint, 5 sights

3.3 mi · ▲ 452 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Valley View Overlook–Skok Meadow Viewpoint, 5 sights is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Girdled Road Reservation near Five Points, OH. The route passes Skok Meadow Viewpoint before reaching Valley View Overlook at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 452 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi853 – 1,060 ft · steepest grade: 21%3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.65544, -81.19312
Nearest town Five Points, OH
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Valley View Overlook–Skok Meadow Viewpoint, 5 sights

3.3 mi · ▲ 452 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Elevation 854–1,059 ft

Out & Back · Girdled Road Reservation

Trailhead: 41.65544, -81.19312

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:53 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 200 ftPass Skok Meadow Viewpoint.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Skok Meadow Loop Trail, heading E.
  4. 200 ftContinue straight onto Connector Trail, heading E.
  5. 300 ftTurn left onto Skok Meadow Loop Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right onto Creek Crossing Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left onto Oak Leaf Loop Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miBear left onto Chickadee Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.6 miBear left onto Valley View Overlook Trail, heading N.
  10. 350 ftReach Valley View Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 350 ftBear right onto Chickadee Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.6 miBear right onto Oak Leaf Loop Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right onto Creek Crossing Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.4 miTurn left onto Skok Meadow Loop Trail, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right onto Connector Trail, heading S.
  16. 350 ftContinue straight onto Skok Meadow Loop Trail, heading SW.
  17. 200 ftBear right, heading W.
  18. 50 ftArrive 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/valley-view-overlook-skok-meadow-viewpoint-out-back-5-sights-5-km

Trail surface

92% gravel1% boardwalk7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:53 PM

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.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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