RailTrails in the Northeast Region of Ohio

RailTrails in the
Northeast Region of Ohio

Click on County Name For More Information
Map provided by the:
Ohio Department of Transportation's Biking Page

The trails in NorthEast Ohio will be listed here by County and then alphabetically within county. Click on the County Name on the map to see the list of RailTrails in that County.

Ashtabula County

"714" Rail Trail AKA Western Reserve Greenway
Ashtabula County/Trumbull County
43 miles/Asphalt
Ashtabula County Parks District/Trumbull County Metro Park District
support@interlaced.net
Ada Callahan-Sutter, Co-Chair Friends of Trumbull County Metro Park District
Kevin Grippi - Western Reserve Greenway

Columbiana County

LITTLE BEAVER CREEK GREENWAY TRAIL
- Runs parallel to the Middle Fork of the Little Beaver Creek Lisbon and Leetonia, Ohio.
-Former Erie Lackawanna Railbed in Salem and Center Townships.
-12 miles long
Greenway Trail (personal website) good photos

Coshocton County

COSHOCTON THREE RIVERS TRAIL
Coshocton County
Lake Park (North) to Sycamore Street (South)
3.5 Miles/Asphalt
Coshocton Park District

Cuyahoga/Summit Counties

CLEVELAND LAKEFRONT BIKEWAY
Cuyahoga County
Euclid Beach Park (East) to Ninth Street (West)
Partially complete 10.1 miles/asphalt
Cleveland Lakefront State Park

HARRISON DILLARD BIKEWAY
Cuyahoga County
Lake Erie (North) to Case Western Reserve University (South)
Along Martin Luther King Blvd.
3.6 miles/Asphalt
Cleveland Department of Parks

PORTAGE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL
Summit, Portage and Cuyahoga counties/Kent to Sagamore Hills
23 miles/both asphalt paved and screened limestone sections
Ohio Edison Company/Metro Parks Serving Summit County
Akron, Bedford & Cleveland (interurban) and New York Central RR.

EMERALD NECKLACE TRAIL
Cleveland- Cuyahoga County (Partly open) This trail when completed will connect all 12 of the major parks in the Cleveland Ohio area. Currently 8 separate sections of the Necklace exist as follows:
1. Rocky River Reservation 13.5 miles in Lakewood,
2. Big Creek Parkway section 8 miles in Middlebury Heights,
3. Valley Pikeway 7.5 Miles in Strongsville,
4. A 4 mile section in Brecksville, which connects to the Ohio & Erie Towpath Trail I
5. A section along Walton Hills to Bedford
6. 4.5 miles along Tinkers Creek and through the Walton Reservation
6. From Bedford to Salon a 6 miles section on the Hawthorn Parkway to the South Chagrin Reservation,
7. A 3.5 mile section from Salon to Bentleyville,
8. A 4 mile section from the North Chagrin Reservation to Chardon Road.
69 miles about 43miles paved at this time
Cleveland Metro Parks Trails Page

OHIO CANAL WAY From Lake Erie in "The Flats" of Cleveland South to connect with the Ohio and Erie Towpath Trail. It will continue South of the Towpath Trail into Stark and Tuscarrawas counties. It will become a part of the "Ohio to Erie Trail" that starts in Cincinnati and will end in Lake Erie.

OHIO AND ERIE CANAL TOWPATH TRAIL
The trail which is a part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park is along the old towpath of the Ohio and Erie Canal that once ran from Cleveland to the Ohio River. You can take a "Virtual Tour" of the trail here. Here is a set of Road Maps in the area for your use. And please look at the Trail Maps as well.
- 101 miles/crushed stone
- National Park Service and others.

OHIO TO ERIE TRAIL AKA as the Cedarville Trail (See Trail Review)
50 miles (Milford, near Cincinnati, to Cedarville)
Asphalt Paved
Clark, Montgomery, Warren & Hamilton Counties. In Greene County the trail is Also Known As (AKA) the Cedarville Trail since it travels from the Xenia Station through Cedarville on its way to London, Columbus and then North to Cleveland
Building on already established trails such as the Little Miami Scenic Trail North of Cincinnati that runs currently from Milford to Yellow Springs, and the Towpath Trail See Above, (South of Cleveland) the sponsors of the trail anticipate that the Trail will be fully completed by 2003, which will coincide with the bicentennial of the State of Ohio.-The Ohio to Erie Trail is a part of the North Country Trail which winds through 5 Northwest U.S. States.

OHIO AND ERIE TOWPATH TRAIL
Cuyahoga and Summit Counties/Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area
20 miles/crushed stone
National Park Service

Geauga County

MAPLE HIGHLANDS TRAIL
- Geauga County
- Colburn Road at the Lake-Geauga border to the Chardon city limits
- 4.2 miles/Asphalt
- Partially Open - When completed 20.2 miles
- Geauga Parks District
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

Harrison County

CONOTTON CREEK TRAIL
Harrison County. From the East the trail starts near the headwaters of Conotton Creek. The trail conects the villages of Bowerston, Conotton, Scio and Jewett.
11.4 miles Asphalt
Harrison County Conotton Creek Trail Fund
Pennsylvania and Wheeling Lake Erie Railroads

Holmes County

HOLMES COUNTY TRAIL
Holmes County
From Holmesville to Millersburg.
6 miles paved , 29 miles planned
Plans are in progress to run from Fredericksburg in Huron County to Holmesville
Holmesville to Millersburg to Killbuck to the South
Will connect to Mohican Valley Trail in Knox County

Lake County

GREENWAY CORRIDOR
Lake County Jackson Street (North) to Ravenna Road (South)
Partially Open. 4.8 miles/Asphalt
Lake MetroParks
Baltimore and Ohio RR

Lorain County

OBERLIN BIKE PATH (a part of the North Coast Inland Trail)
Lorain County/Oberlin
2.8 miles/asphalt
Lorain County Park District
Penn Central (New York Central)
A portion of the North Coast Inland Trail

NATIONAL ROAD BIKEWAY
Belmont County
To be build in St. Clairsville, Ohio

NORTH COAST INLAND TRAIL (NCIT)
Lorain, Huron, Sandusky, Ottowa & Wood Counties when completed.
Proposed NCIT will extend from Elyria to Millbury via Norwalk and Freemont and connect to other trails in the Toledo area.
Lorain County Park District
Penn Central (New York Central)
Proposed NCIT will extend west to Norwalk and Fremont to Millbury
Lorain County Park District
A. Lorain County/Elyria to Kipton Section
14 miles/ asphalt paved
Lorain County Park District
Penn Central (New York Central)
B. Oberlin Section (AKA OBERLIN BIKE PATH)
2.8 miles/ asphalt paved
Lorain County Park District
Penn Central (New York Central)
C. Clyde-Fremont Section
Sandusky County/ Clyde to Fremont
5 miles/ asphalt paved
Sandusky County Park District
Penn Central (New York Central)
Opened September 1997)

The trail added an additional 6.5 miles to the trail connecting the cities of Clyde and Freemont. Start either at East Side Park off St. Joseph Street in Freemont or Maple Street in Clyde. For more information please call the Sandusky County Park District at (419) 334-4495.

Mahoning County

MILL CREEK METROPARKS BIKEWAY
- Mahoning County - Mineral Ridge (North) to Dublin
- 11 miles Asphalt
- Niles and Lisbon Railway
- Mill Creek MetroParks

STAVICH BICYCLE TRAIL
Mahoning County/Struthers, OH to New Castle, PA.
10 miles/asphalt paved
Stavich Foundation
Interurban route, possibly of the Sharon and New Castle Railway
Only "interstate" trail in Ohio. Adjacent to active CSX
Transportation line.

Medina County

LESTER RAIL TRAIL
Medina County The trail extends 3.2 miles from Abbeyville Road to Lester Road in York Township
3.2 miles Crushed limestone surface
-Medina County Park District (330) 722-9364
Baltimore and Ohio

CHIPPEWA RAIL TRAIL
Medina County
Ryan Road (North) to Chippewa Road (South)
3.1 miles/unfinished
Medina County Park District
CSX Railroad
Will connect to Lester Rail Trail (See above)

Portage County

HEADWATERS TRAIL
Portage County/Mantua to Garrettsville
7 miles/crushed gravel
Headwaters Landtrust, donated to Portage County Park District
Conrail (Erie-Lackawanna, Erie). For more information please contact the Portage County Park District at (330) 693-9404. The trail is expected to be completed this year.

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Ashtabula County

Columbiana County

Coshocton County

Cuyahoga/Summit Counties

Lake County

Lorain County

Mahoning County

Medina County

Portage County

Richland County

Stark County

Trumbull County

Wayne County