Lost Marbles

Lost Marbles Trail is an intermediate natural surface trail with tightly-banked switchbacks punctuated with pleasant scenic views of wetlands and surrounding hillsides. From Salt Works Trail, you’ll start your descent to West Bailey Run, traveling through a recently abandoned powerline corridor and hugging the slopes above a beaver pond until you reach the stream, where you will cross a bridge and start climbing up to Wild Turkey Trail.

Lost Marbles is named for a glass purple marble found at the old W.H. Hyde homestead during a minor archeological survey conducted to clear the trail corridor for construction. The purple marble was manufactured by the Navarre Glass Marble and Specialty Company in approximately 1904 and was likely owned by the child of a coal miner. It is purely a coincidence that this trail shares a name with the Athens-based Jackie O’s Brewery’s “Lost Marbles” New England IPA.

Note: there is a stream ford on this trail that has a ramped bank on one side. The crossing and earthen ramp may be slippery due to water in the streambed. Ride safe.

Access Info

The main Baileys Trails access is from the Chauncey Park Trailhead. Access to the trails in the park is via wooden bridge across a small stream on the eastside of the park. To get to the park, take a left turn (westbound) off of Ohio State Route 13 onto West Bailey Rd, then a left turn onto the driveway about 100 yards up the road. Lost Marbles can be access from Salt Works Trail, which is accessible from the Chauncey Park Trailhead

Lost Marbles Trail can also be accessed from Wild Turkey trail where it crosses West Bailey Road. There is parking on the shoulder of the Southeast bound side of the road for 6 or more vehicles. To get to the “Turkey Crossing” trailhead drive about 1.8 miles on West Bailey Rd from the Chauncey-Dover Community Park.