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Trail Challenge Get Outside Yourself Trail Challenge 2017-2018 Trail Challenge PARTICIPANT INFORMATION Last Name First Group/Team Name Phone 2017-2018 Email Trail Challenge Home Address Visit MetroparksToledo.com for more details. City/State/Zip T-Shirt Size: (pick-up your T-shirt at Wildwood Preserve Visitor Center) Check for $20 enclosed (payable to Metroparks of the Toledo Area) Charge $20 to my: Mastercard Visa Discover AmEx * Credit Card #: Exp. Date CVV2 *Extra 3 or 4-digit number on back of credit card DEADLINE: Turn in or mail your completed form to Wildwood Metropark Visitor Center by June 30, 2018. For more information, call 419-407-9700. Metroparks of the Toledo Area Attn: Trail Challenge 5100 W. Central Avenue Toledo, Ohio 43615 MetroparksToledo.com Get Outside Yourself METROPARKS SUGGESTED TRAILS Round Trip MY MILE goal IS: 50 100 150 Accept the challenge: Bend vieW Towpath Trail to Providence 10 miles DATE METROPARK TRAILS HIKED # COMPLETED MILES Towpath Trail to Farnsworth 6 miles Set a Goal and Blue Creek Quarry Trail Loop 1 mile Fallen Timbers Hit the Trail NW Territory Trail 1.5 miles FarnsWorth Towpath Trail (Farnsworth to Providence) 18 miles Introducing Metroparks Middlegrounds Trail Challenge: Walk/Bike Path 1.1 miles Oak Openings Preserve • Runs June 3, 2017 to June 2, 2018 Ridge Trail 3.2 miles • Set your goal: 50, 100 or 150 miles Horseshoe Lake Trail 1.5 miles Sand Dunes Trail 2.0 miles • Create your plan to accomplish your Ferns & Lakes Trail 2.7 miles goal Mallard Lake Loop 0.6 miles Evergreen Trail 2.2 miles And hike! Springbrook Lake Trail 1.0 miles Evergreen Lake Trail 1.4 miles Oak Openings Hiking Trail 15.11 miles To participate: All Purpose Walk/Bike Path 5.3 miles • Register at MetroparksToledo.com Pearson Exercise Trail 2.9 miles (or) Black Swamp Trail 1.3 miles Complete information on the back Black Swamp Trail Short Loop 0.8 miles Wood Thrush Trail 1.3 miles of this form and mail to Metroparks All Purpose Walk/Bike Path 3.0 miles along with $20 registration fee All Purpose Walk/Bike Path North Side 1.5 miles Providence Trail Challengers receive: River Bluff Trail 2.25 miles Towpath Trail (Providence to Farnsworth) 18 miles • Participant T-shirt Secor Forest Edge Trail 0.7 miles • Entry into Trail Challenge Facebook Bluebird Habitat Trail 1.6 miles group Wildflower Trail 1.2 miles Wildflower Trail Connector 0.6 miles • Invitations to special trail hikes Wetwoods Trail 1.2 miles • Reward – Hiking stick with badge: Upland Woods Trail 1.2 miles Woodland Pond Trail 0.2 miles badges for 50, 100 or 150 miles All Purpose Walk/Bike Path 2.7 miles completed in one year Side Cut Fallen Timbers Trail 3.9 miles • Mile tracking form emailed to you Canal Locks Trail 0.6 miles • Drop off or mail your completed Wood Duck Trail 0.9 miles Riverview Trail 1.3 miles form to Wildwood Preserve Visitors Wabash Cannonball Trail Connector (North to South Fork) 1.6 miles Center by June 30, 2018 SWan Creek Preserve • You will be notified when rewards Big Woods Trail (from Glendale Trailhead) 0.8 miles Meadow Trail (from Glendale Trailhead) 1.05 miles are available for pickup at the Floodplain Trail 0.12 miles Wildwood Visitors Center Big Woods Trail (from Airport Trailhead) 1.72 miles Meadow Trail (from Airport Trailhead) 1.3 miles Metroparks encourages you to set a North Trail (from Airport Trailhead) 1.32 miles Swan Creek Trail (Airport Hwy. to Glendale) 0.76 miles stretch goal, a GET OUTSIDE YOURSELF UniversitY/Parks Trail kind of goal. For some, that will be University of Toledo to King Road 12.6 miles Wabash-Cannonball Trail accomplishing the 50 miles for others North Fork 18 miles the 100 or 150. South Fork 20 miles WestWinds Oak Woods Trail 1 mile Watch for Metroparks Featured Trails. WildWood Preserve Try a trail in a Metropark you’ve not Meadow Loop Trail 0.6 miles Floodplain Trail 1.35 miles previously visited. Ridge Loop Trail 0.5 miles Prairie Trail 1.5 miles Accept The Challenge – Hit The Trail! Grasslands Trail 1.6 miles Upland Woods Trail 2.35 miles All Purpose Walk-Bike Path 1.65 miles Wiregrass TOTAL MILES Blue Dasher Trail 0.6 miles.
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