Trail Description Update
- Date Posted
- May 28, 2019
- Section
- Stockport
- Chapter
- The Wilderness Chapter
This update applies to the map version published in August 2014.
CW 19.4 S | CCW 38.7 N | Point 7 | McMannis-Riggs Rd (T946) at Onion Run Rd (T232)
The material about The Wilderness Loop is essentially correct and has been omitted.
Exit McMannis-Riggs Rd. Go S on Onion Run Rd that will cross Onion Run 3 times, twice on permanent, high-water fords. After 0.7 mi, Onion Run Rd ends. Join Slivka Rd that continues generally S, more-or-less parallel to Onion Run, until it reaches Meigs Creek. There, continue on Slivka Rd, generally W.
CW 21.1 W | CCW 37.0 SSE | Point 8 | Slivka Rd (C106) at N Unionville Rd (C11)
Slivka Rd ends here. Head W on N Unionville Rd across Meigs Creek.
After 0.12 mi, N Unionville Rd ends. Turn NW onto SR 60. After 0.2 mi, exit SR 60 W onto Hooppole Ridge Rd (C11) across Perry Creek (250’). Soon, begin a 200’ climb up the ridge ahead.
CW 22.0 SE | CCW 36.1 NE | Point 9 | Hooppole Ridge Rd (C11) at Cooper Ridge Rd (T233)
Exit Hooppole Ridge Rd SE onto Cooper Ridge Rd (T233). After 1.2 mi, pass Cooper Ln (T691, exits ENE). Continue E on Cooper Ridge Rd that turns slowly S and descends.
CW 23.5 W | CCW 34.6 N | Point 10 | Cooper Ridge Rd (T233) at Olney Run Rd (T150)
Cooper Ridge Rd ends here. Turn W onto Olney Run Rd that slowly ascends in the valley of Olney Run.
CW 25.8 S | CCW 32.3 E | Point 11 | Olney Run Rd (T150) at Groah Rd (T176)
Exit Olney Run Rd S onto Groah Rd across Olney Run (25’). Begin rather steady 230’ climb.
CW 26.7 NW | CCW 31.4 NE | Point 12 | Groah Rd (T176) at Point Lookout Rd (C36)
Groah Rd ends here. Turn NW onto Point Lookout Rd (C36). After 0.6 mi, right after Point Lookout Rd makes a hard turn S, Point Lookout Rd ends in an extended 3-way intersection. Keep S on McCoy Ridge Rd (C6) along Patterson Ridge.
CW 28.2 S | CCW 29.9 N | Point 13 | McCoy Ridge Rd (C6) at Patterson Ridge Rd (T181)
Exit McCoy Ridge Rd that here turns hard E. Continue S now on Patterson Ridge Rd as it descends from Patterson Ridge past small octagonal house into Henry Hollow, a drop of about 275’.
CW 29.9 NW | CCW 28.2 NE | Point 14 | Patterson Ridge Rd (T181) at Bebout Rd (C6)
Patterson Ridge Rd ends here. Turn WNW onto Bebout Rd. After 0.7 mi where Bebout Rd ends, turn SW onto SR 376 (unmarked). After 0.35 mi, just past a service station (MM), pass the drive that leads to Lock 6 Park (P, Pr, PT, Ws) on the Muskingum R Improvement, which comprised a system of 11 locks and dams that made the Muskingum R navigable from Marietta to a short feeder canal just south of Dresden, OH, that connected to the Ohio and Erie Canal. Very soon, turn WNW onto SR 266. After 0.14 mi, pass above Lock #6 Park (easy access on foot by dropping over the grassy embankment).
