Blue Heron Trail Oak Openings
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Ohio · lucas County

Blue Heron Trail Oak Openings

Easy preserve loop with wetland habitat and broad birding access.

Rating
Length
2.4 mi
Difficulty
1
County
lucas

About This Trail

An easy 2.4-mile loop through Oak Openings Preserve Metropark’s wetland habitats near Toledo, offering some of the best birding access in northwest Ohio. The trail passes through the 5,000-acre preserve’s marshes and wet meadows where great blue herons, sandhill cranes, and other waterbirds frequent the rare inland dune ecosystem.

Location

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Coordinates: 41.5514, -83.8408

Getting There

From Toledo, take US-20 west to OH-295 south. Continue to Girdham Road and turn west into Oak Openings Preserve Metropark. The Blue Heron Trail begins near the Mallard Lake parking area.

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