Best Hikes Cleveland by Joe Baur

Author:Joe Baur
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781493038688
Publisher: Falcon Guides
Published: 2019-01-10T16:00:00+00:00

Following your rocky hike, you’ll return to Arbor Lane. This time you’ll follow the blue blazes to hike new terrain of the Arbor Lane Loop. The blazes will lead you back to the southern end of the parking lot, finishing your Chapin Forest hike.

Miles and Directions

0.0 Start on the gravel trailhead for the Whispering Pines and Beech Woods trailhead at the northwestern corner of the parking lot. Hike north briefly before turning left (west) into the pines for a brief loop on grassy trail that will wind back out onto Beech Woods.

0.1 Turn right (north) to continue hiking Whispering Pines. You’ll pass a short connector en route to the northern end of this yellow-marked trail.

0.2 Emerge from the woods and turn left (north) to hike Beech Woods. Continue hiking Beech Woods as the trail quickly winds east.

0.6 Turn left onto the Arbor Lane Loop Trail, hiking southeast. Option: Continue southwest on Beech Woods to complete the mile loop.

0.8 Stay to the left at the Lucky Stone Loop junction with blue blazes lining the trail. Less than 0.1 mile later you’ll turn left again (north) to hike the loop clockwise. You’ll return by this junction on your end hike.

1.1 Pass a bypass on your right, keeping to the left to continue hiking northeast. Bailout: Turn right onto the bypass to shorten your hike significantly.

1.2 Ignore another bypass, keeping left to hike north. Bailout: Another option if you need to end early.

1.3 Arrive at the Historic Sperry Quarry overlook, a mini-loop within the trail. Follow the loop west to north. If it’s clear, you might be able to see the Cleveland skyline 18 miles away. Continuing on Lucky Stone, the trail will trek northeast before bending south downhill toward the Turkey Trail.

1.6 Turn left (southeast) downhill onto asphalt trail toward the Ledges Shelter parking lot. You’ll return to this junction later to hike the southern leg of Lucky Stone Loop. At the bottom of the downhill, turn left (northeast) onto the flat, gravel-covered Turkey Trail, also covered in the blue blazes. Follow this 0.8-mile trail northeast to the Quarry Loop Trail.

2.1 Turn left (north) onto the 1-mile Quarry Loop Trail.

2.7 Take the junction for the tiny Stonecutters Loop Trail. Backtrack to where you left Quarry after completing this 0.1-mile loop.

2.8 Ignore the Buckeye Trail junction. Though tempting, this will take you out of Chapin Forest.

2.9 Return to the Quarry Loop Trail and continue hiking south as the trail bends west.

3.1 Stay along the perimeter of the Forest Shelter to return to the Turkey Trail junction.

3.2 Continue onto the Turkey Trail, backtracking to where you left Lucky Stone Loop.

3.6 Return to Lucky Stone Loop. Hike north back up the asphalt trail and stay to the left onto gravel trail lined by wooden posts. At the top of the hill, turn left to hike the southern leg of Lucky Stone, west.

3.7 Stay to the left to hike up a series of large stones, heading southwest. Continue hiking in this direction, ignoring two bypasses you’ve already passed on the northern side, until you return to Arbor Lane Loop.

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