Xenia Station: A Destination

The Xenia Trails Station was built on the site of the old Baltimore and Ohio freight yards on the Miami Street Extension. The Station, built on 7 acres, is the hub of all trail activities in Greene County, Ohio. From it trails lead in five directions to Dayton ( East) , Springfield (North) , Jamestown (Southeast) , London (Northeast) and almost to Cincinnati (South) (See Table below) for all of the locations that can be reached from the Xenia Station.

The Xenia Station is located on South Detroit Street OH 380 about 1 mile South of the US-35 and US-68 intersection. At that intersection is the Greene County Court House an imposing gray stone building that you can see on the right.	Click on photo for larger image

Click on photo for larger image	Turn South on US-68 which becomes OH-380 and go about one mile and when you see the caboose on the right as you can see here you're there. Turn right onto North Miami Avenue at the signal light and then right again into the parking lot. See Yahoo Maps for a satellite view of The Station

Here we are looking West from in front of The Station at the parking lot on that side Just left of the parked cars and alongside N. Miami Ave. is the Little Miami Scenic Trail. It travels West for about a mile and then turns South towards Cincinnati; its destination someday.	Click on photo for larger image

Click on photo for larger image	Here is another shot of the replica train station building that contains, restrooms, a soft drink machine, literature and water.

We are now looking East from The Station which is just behind us to left to the parking area East of the Station. . You can see in the background the caboose painted in B&O colors at the end of the property near South Detroit Street. If you take the trail to the left of the picture you'll soon be traveling North to Yellow Springs and Springfield on the Little Miami Scenic Trail North.	Click on photo for larger image

Click on photo for larger image	At left we have another picture of The Station taken from the East side. There are benches on both sides of the Station. On a hot Summer day it's a good place to have your water and food. Although you can't see it, on this side of the Station are two water fountains. One is for drinking from and the other is for filling your water bottles.

In this last photo we are looking East across South Detroit Street to the Prairie Grass Trail that starts on the other side. In a year or two Greene County Parks will be installing a bicycle bridge here so that riders on the Prairie Grass Trail and the unfinished Xenia-Jamestown Connector can get to the Station without having to cross the busy street like the cyclist below us.	Click on photo for larger image

Housing: If you're going to come to Xenia to ride you can stay in several places. Among them are:

Xenia Station from Yahoo Maps Satellite Photos See Yahoo Maps for a satellite view of The Station. The station is the X-shaped place on N. Miami Street and N. Detroit Street, directly below. You can navigate to see the 5 trails leading from the station.

Trail Connections - The Xenia Station connects with the following trails and directions.

Trail Name	Miles	Direction	Where Does It Go?	Miles
Creekside Trail & Creekside Recreation Trail	17.8	West
			Eastwood MetroPark	17.8
			Mad River Recreation Trail connects to	2.8
			Great Miami River Recreation Trail	22.6
			Iron Horse Trail	3.7
Little Miami Scenic Trail	16.7	North	Yellow Springs	9.7
Little Miami Scenic Trail	16.7	North	Springfield	3.0
Little Miami Scenic Trail	51.5	South	Spring Valley	7.2
			Corwin	7.1
			Morrow	14.7
			Loveland	9.5
			Milford	13.0
			Milford to Lunken Airport (Being Built)	4.4 miles complete
Prairie Grass Trail AKA Ohio To Erie Trail	37.6	Northeast	Cedarville	8.6
			Central State Connector	.9
			South Charleston	9.7
			London	10.4
			Wilson Road	8.0
Xenia-Jamestown Connector	7.7	Southeast	Jasper Road to Jamestown (not complete to Xenia Station)	7.7
Xenia-Jamestown Connector	7.7	Southeast	Jamestown to Fayette County Line (Being paved in 2008)	4.3