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Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Wildlife Woods Trail via Buckeye Trail

2.1 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 51 min

Wildlife Woods Trail via Buckeye Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Cuyahoga Valley National Park near Peninsula, OH. It climbs 288 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi692 – 892 ft · steepest grade: 26%2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Peninsula Shortcut 41.24506, -81.54429
Nearest town Peninsula, OH
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Wildlife Woods Trail via Buckeye Trail

2.1 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 51 min

Elevation 693–893 ft

Out & Back · Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Trailhead: Peninsula Shortcut · 41.24506, -81.54429

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

Transit-accessible: Peninsula stop 504 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Peninsula Shortcut, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miSharp left onto Buckeye Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Akron Peninsula Road, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Valley Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Wildlife Woods Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.3 miReach Wildlife Woods Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left onto Valley Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right onto Akron Peninsula Road, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Buckeye Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.3 miSharp right onto Peninsula Shortcut, heading SE.
  11. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/wildlife-woods-trail-out-back

Trail surface

99% dirt1% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Peninsula stop 504 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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