Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
Wabash Cannonball Side Trail via Oak Openings Hiking Trail
5.5 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Wabash Cannonball Side Trail via Oak Openings Hiking Trail is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Oak Openings Preserve Metropark near South Swanton, OH. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Wabash Cannonball Side Trail via Oak Openings Hiking Trail
5.5 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Elevation 647–686 ft
Out & Back · Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
Trailhead: Oak Openings Hiking Trail · 41.55724, -83.87028
Weather Sep 20: Rain, high 66°F / low 58° · precip 92% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 7:22 AM · sunset 7:38 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Oak Openings Hiking & Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Wabash Cannonball Side Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miReach Wabash Cannonball Side Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Oak Openings Hiking & Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Horse Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Horse Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~24 min). Leave by 6:54 PM for the 7:38 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:17 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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