Cincinnati: Trail Ridge Loop
City life getting dull? Just minutes from downtown, this 3.8-mile rollercoaster loop follows the steep ravines and trickling streams of Mt. Airy Forest.
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Trail Facts
- Distance: 6.1
Waypoints
TRL001
Location: 39.1663818359375, -84.5698318481445
From parking lot, head W on short spur
TRL002
Location: 39.1659469604492, -84.5703201293945
L @ T onto Furnas Trail (aka Overlook Trail), a section of the E Trail snaking along ridge above Cedar Ravine to Areas 22 and 23
TRL003
Location: 39.1631507873535, -84.5674667358398
Cut E through Scotch Pine Ravine
TRL004
Location: 39.1633987426758, -84.5653228759766
Tree-sheltered lookout @ Area 23 on Ponderosa Ridge scans West Fork and bustling I-74. Cross open area, reenter woods, and turn L on Ponderosa Trail bearing N
TRL005
Location: 39.1654510498047, -84.5681533813476
R @ Y onto Ponderosa Trail, paralleling ridge above the long draw of White Ash Ravine through mature forest of ash, cherry, and maple
TRL006
Location: 39.1684989929199, -84.5670318603516
Straight @ 4-way looping around Area 19 on Stone Steps Ridge
TRL007
Location: 39.1696090698242, -84.5665817260742
Reach open woodland in headwaters of Linden Ravine; watch for white-tailed deer scooting through oak stands. Go R @ Y to wrap around sharp point of Hidden Ridge
TRL008
Location: 39.1686515808106, -84.562370300293
L onto Red Oak Trail, hiking up Red Oak Ravine
TRL009
Location: 39.172721862793, -84.5683135986328
Cross Trail Ridge Rd., and reenter woods on Twin Bridge Trail (signed”E”) just L of radio tower
TRL010
Location: 39.1698913574219, -84.5729064941406
L @ 4-way on bluff’s edge into Cedar Ravine, then take 2nd L back onto Furnas Trail, skirting steep hillsides over Hawthorne Ravine. Close loop @ WPT 2; return to car
