Wildlife pond & Orange Trail
5.9 mi · ▲ 613 ft · 2 hr 16 min
Wildlife pond & Orange Trail is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Germantown MetroPark near Farmersville, OH. The route passes Wildlife pond and wildlife pond. It climbs 613 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Wildlife pond & Orange Trail
5.9 mi · ▲ 613 ft · 2 hr 16 min
Elevation 748–902 ft
Out & Back · Germantown MetroPark
Trailhead: 39.64495, -84.42784
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 8:49 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Wildlife pond.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miPass wildlife pond.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading SE.
- 1.8 miReach Wildlife pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.8 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 8:29 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:49 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 9:19 PM.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Wildlife pond via Yellow Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 167 ft
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