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Clear Creek Metro Park- Cemetery Ridge Trail to Hemlock Trail to Creekside Meadows

5.5 mile loop trail
Parking: Clear Creek Metro Park Parking Lot at
Creekside Meadows Picnic Area
Rockbridge, OH 43149
(39.589008, -82.577634)

Loop trail made from taking Cemetery Ridge Trail to Hemlock Trail and then along Creekside Meadows Trail.

5.5 miles up hill and moderately strenuous on an old road within a deep forest, then along a well-used dirt path (up a hill) through a hemlock forest and beside huge and beautiful rock formations, and after following beside the babbling Clear Creek back to parking area.

Some muddy patches seasonally. It is moderately strenuous. A lot of canopy during summer for a cooler hike. Hikers must stay on trail.

(No dogs allowed)

Park at Creekside Meadows Parking Area. Follow the Creekside Meadows trail near the rear of the parking area by the pit toilets 0.2 miles. Make a left at the fork which will lead toward Clear Creek Road which hikers will cross to get to the Cemetery Ridge Trail trailhead   (watch for oncoming traffic). Follow the Cemetery Ridge Trail 2.2 miles where Chestnut Trail intersects. Turn left to continue along Cemetery Ridge trail another 0.3 miles. There is a sign indicating Fern Trail. Take a left where hikers immediately see a sign showing that Hemlock Trail will be in 0.3 miles. At the Hemlock Trail trailhead sign, make a left. Follow Hemlock Trail 1.5 miles until Clear Creek Road intersects and continue straight across the road (watch for oncoming traffic) where Creekside Meadows Trail intersects. Make a left on Creekside Meadows Trail and travel 0.5 miles back to Creekside Meadows Parking Area.