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Hampton Hills Tour

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  2. OH
  3. …Northeast Ohio
  4. …Cuyahoga Falls
  5. Hampton Hills Metropark
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“Very fun, challenging trails! ”

Rob PLX
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6.4

Miles

10.3

KM

90%

Singletrack

944' 288 m

High

755' 230 m

Low

341' 104 m

Up

344' 105 m

Down

2%

Avg Grade (1°)

22%

Max Grade (13°)

Dogs No Dogs

E-Bikes Not Allowed

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Overview

Very fun, challenging trails that fly under the radar with so many other trails in the area. Some climbing, speedy descents, cool obstacles, water crossings, switchbacks, and banked bridges. This place is really cool and gives local riders another option to test their skills.

Need to Know

Stay right at around the one-mile mark to avoid a small drop...wait what am I saying? Stay left to hit the drop! Enjoy the trail!

Description

The experience starts with a large parking lot that includes restrooms and a bike repair kiosk with air. Most riders start on the south trails (Green Trail) to get warmed up. These trails are very fun and include a few fun bridges, but mostly flowing singletrack to get ready for the real ride.

After hitting those trails, cross back past the restrooms and onto the Intermediate Connector, which is a gravel doubletrack that leads you into the woods.

The trail gets challenging almost immediately with a decision to be made at around mile one. Stay left to hit a ladder drop that sits at the top of a steep slope. If you hit it big, you'll be able to step-down for a mild 6'-8' drop. If that sounds like too much, keep right for a steep ride-around that ends with a very fast section into the woods. The middle part of this trail is very fast while riding ridge lines and crossing a small creek.

After some decent climbs and another crossing of the same creek, you wind around to the "rest area" with two log benches right next to the creek. It's gorgeous. Take a breath and get ready for a pretty steep, long climb that includes a very tough, root-strewn switchback. After the climb, you can decide to take another lap or head back out to the Intermediate Connector and back to the parking lot.

Overall, this is a very fun, very well maintained trail that will test your endurance and your guts as you fly down some fast descents. Special thanks to the Summit County Metro Parks Office for creating and maintaining such a cool network. There are plans to add more trails, so stay tuned.

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Land Manager: Summit Metro Parks

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Rob PLX with improvements by Ryan Harrigle and 3 others
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  4.7 from 80 votes

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Photos

A complete ride-through of the Woodward Creek Loop and partial footage of the Western Extension.
Jan 18, 2018 near Montros…, OH
A complete ride-through of the White and Green Trails.
Jan 18, 2018 near Fairlawn, OH
The view right before the black trail drop. Scarier in person!
Feb 19, 2020 near Cuyahog…, OH
Berm feature on Hampton Hills Intermediate Trail heading downhill towards Woodward Creek.
Oct 26, 2016 near Montros…, OH
This is the start of the intermediate trail which has the advanced descent at the end of it
Jun 1, 2016 near Cuyahog…, OH
Taking a break.
Jul 5, 2017 near Cuyahog…, OH

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Oct 19, 2024
Henry M
20mi — 3h 00m
Aug 24, 2024
Carlo Hefer
Jun 22, 2024
Tyler Thieding
Jan 6, 2024
Eric Gardner
is this trail open. looking for a trail to try out the new bike
Sep 23, 2023
Patrick Rotunda
Beautiful day, sand is slippery. 7.1mi — 1h 03m
Sep 15, 2023
Tim Spang
8.9mi — 0h 59m
May 26, 2023
Bob Good
Mtb projects states e bikes allowed. They have signs everywhere stating no ebikes. I drove 40 min only to find out no e bikes 0.1mi — 10h 00m
May 23, 2023
Richard Kranium

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