Englewood Bike Path

Stillwater River Recreation Trail
AKA Englewood Bike Trail

Ohio State Route 7 (1)

South from Englewood MetroPark (North Terminus) To Jake Grossnickel Memorial Park (Southern Terminus)

2.0 Miles (OPEN)

Trail Description	Surface
Route	Map
Park & Ride Locations	Restrooms
Impressions	Trail Review With pictures
Trail Plans	Hotels, Motels, B&Bs and Campgrounds

The Englewood Bike Path Newly paved asphalt 8' wide. The new trail in Montgomery County runs 2 miles from Englewood MetroPark South to Jake Grossnickel Memorial Park which is behind Good Samaritan North Health Center 9000 North Main Street (State Route 48). The trail continues North from the Soccer fields in the park under Interstate 70 and around a fishing lake (former gravel pit). Then the trail crosses Wenger Road where it dead ends at the Edelweiss German Club.

Surface: The surface is asphalt, new poured, and 8' wide.

Route: As above, from Jake Grossnickel Memorial Park north 2 miles to Englewood MetroPark. The trail extends across the Northern face of the dam into the MetroPark proper and connects to the existing trails (alongside the park roads) in the park.

Map: (Unavailable) See Trail Maps Page

Park and Ride Locations: There is ample parking at Jack Grossnickel Memorial Park behind Good Samaritan North Health Center 9000 North Main Street. There is also parking at the Northern terminus of the trail in Englewood MetroPark.

Hotels, Motels, B&Bs & Campgrounds near the Trail - Each trail has it's own accommodations near the trail. Click on the link to be taken to the Accommodations in the Miami Valley RailTrails Area

Rest Rooms: There are portable toilets at Grossnickel Park in the South and there are restrooms in Englewood MetroPark.

Impressions: I found the new trail to be a fun, flat ride. Hopefully the trail will be extended South along the Stillwater River to Sinclair Park. When trail occurs Englewood MetroPark will be connected to downtown Dayton.

Trail Review (With Pictures):

At right is the sign in the middle of Jack Grossnickel Park behind Samaritan North Health Center 9000 North Main Street.
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	At left is a long shot of Jack Grossnickel Park. The parking lot and portable restrooms are at left. There are a number of soccer fields and you can see the beginning of the trail at near right. The trail curves around the outside boundary of the grass and at the end of the field goes under Interstate 75
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As you can see at right the trail has just left Jake Grossnickel Park and is passing under Interstate 70 on the Stillwater River. We are traveling North from the Park to Englewood MetroPark.
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	At left we have crossed under I-70 and it is behind us. The trail goes around three sides of a large fishing lake that I suspect was once a gravel pit or quarry. The trail is on the edge of the Fishing Lake and when we were there the rain and wind brought the lake very close to the trail. At the top of the picture the trail enters the woods.
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At right we have left the Fishing Lake behind us and we are crossing Wenger Road in front of us going North. Wenger Road dead ends here to the right and enters the property of the Edelweiss German Club. We go through a short woods
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After we leave the Wenger Road crossing we go through a nice wooded trail section at right, that will take us to the water treatment plant. The plant will be on your right and you'll go across a small creek on a bridge that is shared with road traffic. Once across the bridge the plant will be on your right and you'll turn left and follow another shared road until you get out of the water treatment plant property. At the point (currently) you'll follow a suburban road until you reach the Englewood MetroPark Property.

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	At your left we are looking back (South) towards the water treatment plant. At the end of the road in the distance is where we come out of their property. Currently the trail follows the road, but by looking at the stakes in the ground on the other side of the split rail fence, you can see that the trail will be off the road when construction is completed.
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At your right you are looking North towards the dam. You can see the dam's spillway in the middle distance and you can see the stakes on the right side of the road where the trail will eventually be built. You can see a gate at the end of the road. Once you cross it you are in Englewood MetroPark proper.
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	At left is a closer look at the spillway and where the trail, when finished, will go under State Route 40, on the dam face, and go next to the spillway. As you can see the trail is not paved at this point.
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	At left we have crossed under State Route 40 (on top of the dam) and are now looking down on the park side of Englewood Dam. Where we are standing, at the bottom of the picture, is looking down over the spillway. At left of the picture is where the trail will be when it's paved. In the distance you can see the finished trail crossing at the bottom of the dam into the park.
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This image at right is almost a mirror image of the one just above. Here we are standing on the other end of the dam in Englewood MetroPark. Here the trail is finished. In the far distance you can almost see the spillway on the West end of the dam where the trail goes left under SR-40 and back to Jake Grossnickel Park. To the right in this picture you come to the end of the formal trail in the park. It comes out near a set of restrooms.

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	At left you can see the end of the park in Englewood MetroPark. You can also ride the park roads since they all have a bike lane for your use. Just behind me on the right is the park road and the small parking lot where we left the car. All in all Englewood and Five Rivers MetroParks have scored another hit out of the park with the Englewood Bike Path!
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Trail Plans From what I understand Five Rivers MetroParks is making plans to connect the Englewood Bike Path to downtown Dayton via the Stillwater River. This could take some time since funds will have to be obtained and right of way secured. Don't look for connectivity downtown soon but it may happen.

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