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Zaleski Backpacking Trail - West

Intermediate
 3.8 (5)
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  2. OH
  3. …Southeast Ohio
  4. McArthur

“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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5.2

Miles

8.4

KM

Point to Point

1,039' 317 m

High

721' 220 m

Low

398' 121 m

Up

462' 141 m

Down

3%

Avg Grade (2°)

25%

Max Grade (14°)

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Features Birding · River/Creek

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Land Manager: Ohio DNR - Zaleski State Forest

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  3.8 from 5 votes

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#289

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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

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