Ohio trails · Dark Blue Trail
Dark Blue Trail
A 6.7-mile network in Ohio, with 315 ft of climbing. Reaches Lookout Rock. Managed by the state.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 686 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Lookout Rock (arch)
Getting there
Dark Blue Trail access. About 40 min drive (18 mi, 2 of them unpaved) from Athens. 39.30276, -82.32354 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:10 a.m., the sun rises at 7:37 a.m. and sets at 6:52 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:19 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 14 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 6.7-mile route takes roughly 2 h 39 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 10:16 a.m. — 8 h 36 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Dark Blue Bypass + Dark Blue Trail — 1.8 mi loop, 346 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Dorr Run Loop — 12.1 mi
- Main Corridor Trail — 14.3 mi
- Hocking Bridle — 17.4 mi
- Richland Apv — 17.9 mi