Name: Zaleski Backpacking Trail - West
Rating: 3.5

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Land Manager: Ohio DNR - Zaleski State Forest

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3.5 from 6 votes

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3.5 from 6 votes

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#1

in McArthur

#468

in Ohio

#24,277

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The area directly adjacent to the trail can be quite soggy during the winter.

Feb 2, 2017 near The Plains, OH

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Apr 3, 2021

Greg Steinmetz

Cool trail especially towards the end when we looped back. Very muddy in places and lots of creek crossings 8.8mi — 4h 35m

Jun 28, 2020

Carl Ragland

Started at the parking lot, took the east trail to Camp 3, back to point N and took the west trail back. Overgrown some on lower west side. 11mi — 4h 30m

May 31, 2020

JP Miller

Nov 10, 2018

Jessi Sadaka

very wet! 45 Creek crossings in 3 hours (southern half in and back out) 5mi

Oct 12, 2018

Alan Guzik

Trail was so in good shape. It was a beautiful day to be out

Sep 16, 2018

Stephanie Lambert

Sep 15, 2018

Stephanie Lambert

Sep 3, 2018

Stephanie Lambert

Oct 15, 2017

Luke Custer

Oct 6, 2017

Mark Elliott

5.3mi

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Zaleski Backpacking Trail - West

“This trail links the map point N to the parking lot at map point X while traveling on the western side of SR278. ”

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Point to Point

1,039' 317 m

721' 220 m

398' 121 m

462' 141 m

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