Ohio trails · Bt/Nct Marietta
Bt/Nct Marietta
A 57.5-mile point-to-point in Ohio, with 579 ft of climbing. Reaches Bell Hill and other lake/summit destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 7,319 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Bell Hill (summit)
- English Hill (summit)
- Dodd Hill (summit)
- Lamping Homestead Picnic Grounds Pond (lake)
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Getting there
DEUCHER TRAILHEAD — parking nearby, restroom, water. 39.46643, -81.19645 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:24 a.m., the sun rises at 6:51 a.m. and sets at 7:57 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:25 p.m. (EDT) — 13 h 06 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 57.5-mile route works out to roughly 21 h 36 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Loop options
- BT/NCT MARIETTA + ARCHERS FORK LOOP TRAIL — 13.0 mi loop, 2,573 ft gain
- BT/NCT MARIETTA + LAMPING HOMESTEAD TRAIL + LAMPING SHORT LOOP — 1.8 mi loop, 359 ft gain
- LAMPING SHORT LOOP + LAMPING HOMESTEAD TRAIL + BT/NCT MARIETTA — 2.7 mi loop, 579 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Kinderhook Long Loop — 2.8 mi