Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork)
15.7 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 5 hr 15 min
Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork) is a 15.7-mile out-and-back in Oak Openings Preserve Metropark near Hulls Crossing, OH. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork)
15.7 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 5 hr 15 min
Elevation 619–676 ft
Out & Back · Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
Trailhead: 41.56734, -83.70096
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:21 AM · sunset 7:37 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Wabash-Cannonball Connector, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading W.
- 7.2 miReach Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 7.2 miTurn left onto Wabash-Cannonball Connector, heading N.
- 0.5 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 2.3 mi in (~56 min). Leave by 6:21 PM for the 7:37 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:48 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Wabash-Cannonball Connector 2.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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