RailTrails in the Southwest Region of Ohio

RailTrails in the
Southwest Region of Ohio

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The trails in Southwest 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.

Butler County

MIDDLETOWN TRAIL a part of The Great Miami River Recreation Trail [GMRRT] in Warren & Butler Counties
Butler County
6.5 miles in Middletown Ohio.
This trail segment will be a part of the GMRRT. This 28 mile trail is being built from Crains Run Nature Park in Montgomery County South through Franklin in Warren County, Middletown in Butler County to finally end at an existing trail South of Hamilton also in Butler County.

GREAT MIAMI RIVER RECREATION TRAIL [GMRRT] IN WARREN & BUTLER COUNTIES (In Construction)
This trail will connect the Great Miami River Recreation Trail (Montgomery County- Dayton) south 28 miles along the Great Miami River through Warren and Butler counties to Hamilton. Trail segments are as follows:
Crains Run Nature Park to Franklin - 3.7 miles
Franklin to Middletown - not built but funded - about 4 miles when built
Middletown Trail - 6.56 miles
Middletown to Hamilton - not built - in planning
City of Hamilton Trail - about 5 miles.
City of Fairfield Trail - In planning South from Waterworks Park

Champaign County

SIMON KENTON TRAIL (Completed Phase4)
Clark and Champaign Counties
17.9 miles from Springfield to Urbana (now complete)
Construction for Phase 4 from where Simon Kenton Trail crosses the Buck Creek Trail (additional 2 miles) to downtown Springfield is complete. This bikeway runs North from Springfield Ohio to Urbana Ohio. Along the way it skirts the Cedar Bog. It runs along the Erie-Lackawanna right of way.

Clark County

BUCK CREEK TRAIL
Clark County Buck Creek State Park Beach Parking Lot West to Veteran's Park in downtown Springfield
6.8 miles asphalt along the Buck Creek
National Trail Parks & Recreation District
Not a RailTrail
Follows Buck Creek

SIMON KENTON TRAIL (See above in Champaign County)

Clermont County

WILLIAMSBURG - BATAVIA HIKE BIKE TRAIL
Clermont County - 13.3 miles when completed
Trail in planning
Trail will go from Batavia to Williamsburg with connection to East Fork State Park
Unknown railbed
Village of Batavia, the Village of Williamsburg, Batavia Township, Williamsburg Township, Clermont County Parks,
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Clermont Planning Department, OKI, the Clermont Chamber of Commerce and the Ohio Department
of Natural Resources

Clinton County

LUTHER E. WARREN PEACE PATH
Clinton County - Wilmington
1.2 miles currently built, expansion planned
Clinton Rails-To-Trails Coalition
Unknown
Unknown rail line

4-C BICENTENNIAL TRAIL
Clinton County (Washington Courthouse - Wilmington - South Lebanon)
4 miles (When completed
Clinton Rails To Trails Coalition

Clark, Greene, Warren, Clermont & Hamilton Counties

LITTLE MIAMI SCENIC TRAIL - The Little Miami Scenic Trail runs some 78 miles from Springfield Ohio in the North to South of Milford (outside Cincinnati). Since it runs through several counties, there are several jurisdictions and names for the trail. From Xenia to Yellow Springs the trail is called locally the Yellow Springs Bikeway. From Xenia to Milford it's called the Little Miami Scenic Trail but since it runs through the Little Miami Scenic Park, there is another link to the web site maintained for the park.

LITTLE MIAMI SCENIC STATE PARK (Trail through the park)
50 Miles (South from Xenia) in four Ohio Counties; Greene, Warren, Clermont and Hamilton
Asphalt paving.
Owned by Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR)
The trail extends from Springfield in the North to 4 miles South of Milford Ohio.
Penn Central (Pennsylvania)

Darke County

GREENVILLE CREEK TRAIL
Darke County (open) - Trailhead for the Greenville Creek Trail extending
from Darke County's Alice Bish Park to the Greenville City Park.
Darke County Park District
603 South Broadway
Greenville, Ohio 45331-1929
(513) 548-0165

UNION CITY GATEWAY
Darke County Ohio and Randolph County Indiana
1 mile (when completed)
Darke County Parks District
603 South Broadway
Greenville, Ohio 45331-1929
(513) 548-0165

Dearborn County, Indiana

DEARBORN TRAIL- Indiana - AKA Aurora Lawrenceburg Trail
Dearborn County, Indiana (Just West of Cincinnati)
3.5 miles West - Manchester Landing/SR148 to East - Lawrenceburg Levee Walk
To be extended to Lawrenceburg, Ind. Trail in 2006
Future plans to extend trail to connect with Greendale Indiana trail
Dearborn County, Indiana Trails (See Their New Brochure)

Fayette County

TRI-COUNTY TRIANGLE TRAIL - This trail through Fayette, Highland and Ross counties is partially open
A total of 30.4 miles are completed and completed as follows: Chillicothe to SR 138 (approx 17.2 miles), Robinson Road to Fairview Road in Fayette County (approx 5.7 miles), 3.5 miles through Washington Court House. 1.0 miles in Greenfield along Paint Creek and 3.0 miles from Chillicothe City Limit to Bridge Street
52 miles when completed
Tri-County Trail & Park Districts in Chillicothe, Fayette County and Ross County
Abandoned Railroad - Unknown?
The trail is a triangle connecting Washington Court House East to Chillicothe. The trail then travels West to Greenfield and then Northwest back to Washington Court House. Thanks to Trustee Hugh Barnhill for information for this link

Greene County

PRAIRIE GRASS TRAIL (AKA Ohio to Erie Trail)
Greene, Clark & Madison Counties
8.6 miles from Xenia Station to Cedarville
9.7 miles from Cedarville to South Charleston
10.4 miles from South Charleston to London
1.5 miles through downtown London (on streets)
6.5 miles from London to Wilson Road (trail's current end).

CREEKSIDE RECREATION TRAIL (AKA Creekside Trail)
AKA "H-Connector Trail" Greene & Montgomery Counties.
See also Creekside Trail
17.8 miles
Asphalt paved.
West from Xenia Station (Greene County) to Eastwood MetroPark (Montgomery County)
Greene County Parks & Recreation (Greene County Portion) Five Rivers MetroParks (Montgomery Portion)
Conrail
Parallels US- 35 from Xenia to Dayton

LITTLE MIAMI SCENIC TRAIL

(See above for details)

WRIGHT BROTHERS' BIKEWAY AKA as the Kauffman Avenue Bikeway and as the Huffman Prairie Overlook Trail.
Greene County/ Fairborn to Eastwood Park via Huffman Reserve and Wright Brothers Memorial
5.0 miles. Paved from Fairborn to Wright Brothers Memorial
Greene County Parks & Recreation
Conrail- It was the old Cincinnati and Lake Erie Traction Line or interurban which ran along this route from 1918 to 1939

XENIA-JAMESTOWN CONNECTOR
Greene County
Xenia Station (Southwest) to Jamestown 12.5 miles currently
Will eventually be extended Northwest to Xenia Station (3 more miles)
6.5 miles completed Jasper Road to Jamestown
4.3 miles Jamestown to Fayette County Line.
Greene County Recreation and Parks
CSX Railroad
Trail will eventually connect to Washington Court House and Chillicothe in Ross County at the
Tri-Country Triangle Trail and is partially open.

XENIA STATION
Is the hub of the Greene County trails. Trails connect from the Station in five directions as follows:
Little Miami Scenic Trail North to Springfield and
Little Miami Scenic Trail South to Milford (near Cincinnati),
Creekside Trail , West to Dayton and the
Prairie Grass Trail Northeast to Columbus
Xenia-Jamestown Connector to Jamestown and Washington-Court House.
The Station is finished Xenia on US Route 68 just South of the Courthouse. It has a parking lot, restrooms and lockers.

Hamilton County

CALIFORNIA JUNCTION TRAIL
Hamilton County/California Nature Preserve
1 mile/dirt
Cincinnati Parks
Cincinnati, Georgetown and Portsmouth Railway,
failed line abandoned circa 1920's

FIVE MILE TRAIL
Hamilton County; Anderson Township
2 miles
Trail will run north through woods from Five Mile Road and Clough Pike
to Newtown Road near Turpin High School
Anderson Township.

MILL CREEK GREENWAY
Hamilton County
Planning Phase, Hamilton (North) to Ohio River (South)
28 miles, when built
Mill Creek Restoration Project

OHIO RIVER TRAIL (Planning Stage) (See Ohio River Trail Page)
Hamilton County/Cincinnati
16 miles from New Richmond to Lunken Airport (When Built)
Village of New Richmond West along Ohio River to Lunken Airport
"OKI" (Ohio, Kentucky & Indiana Regional Council of Governments
Along North bank of Ohio River
Eventually to connect to downtown Cincinnati and to Newport Ky. across the Purple People Bridge

WEST FORK MILL CREEK TRAIL
Hamilton County
Planning Phase, Hamilton (North) to Ohio River (South)
28 miles, when built
Mill Creek Restoration Project

Highland County

TRI-COUNTY TRIANGLE TRAIL -This trail through Fayette, Highland and Ross counties is partially open
A total of 30.4 miles are completed and completed as follows: Chillicothe to SR 138 (approx 17.2 miles), Robinson Road to Fairview Road in Fayette County (approx 5.7 miles), 3.5 miles through Washington Court House. 1.0 miles in Greenfield along Paint Creek and 3.0 miles from Chillicothe City Limit to Bridge Street
52 miles when completed
Tri-County Trail & Park Districts in Chillicothe, Fayette County and Ross County
Abandoned Railroad - Unknown?
The trail is a triangle connecting Washington Court House East to Chillicothe. The trail then travels West to Greenfield and then Northwest back to Washington Court House. Thanks to Trustee Hugh Barnhill for information for this link

TWO LAKES TRAIL - will connect the City of Greenfield, Tri-County Triangle Trail, Paint Creek State Park and Rocky Fork State Park
Planning Phase
Unknown mileage
Highland County Trails, Inc.

Miami County

GREAT MIAMI RIVER RECREATION TRAIL [GMRRT] (MIAMI COUNTY)
Will be 22 miles long when completed (Estimated completion date is 2010)
Miami County (Section 1 - 1.6 miles complete)
Miami County (Section 2 - 2.5 miles complete) - connects to Troy, Ohio
Miami County (Section 3 - 1.62 miles complete) - connects to Tipp City, Ohio
See City of Troy Trail
Will run from Taylorsville MetroPark in Montgomery County north to Sidney in Shelby County.

Canal Run - a part of Piqua Linear Park
Miami County - Finished. Dedicated 2002
2.2 miles from French Park to the Water Plant on State Route 66.
Connects with the Rivers Edge Section at the Water Plant and Roadside Park

PIQUA ACTIVITIES TRAIL FOR HEALTH (P.A.T.H.)
Miami County - (Finished) Fall 2003
5.5 miles East and West Trail runs from Troy-Sidney Road on the east side of town, to Spiker Road to the West.

RIVERS EDGE SECTION of Piqua Linear Park
Miami County - Finished. Dedicated Oct. 2003
3.6 miles from Lock 9 Park in downtown Piqua to connect with the Canal Run at Roadside Park .

RIVERS EDGE SECTION SOUTH
Miami County - Dedicated June 2009
3.0 miles from Lock 9 Park in downtown Piqua South to Peterson Road.

Montgomery County

CREEKSIDE RECREATION TRAIL - complete
Montgomery County
Five Rivers MetroParks (Montgomery County)
This route connects the Mad River Recreation Trail which currently runs from Dayton to Eastwood MetroPark. At the park the "Creekside Recreation Trail runs East to connect with the Creekside Trail which starts at the Greene County line (Interstate I-675 at US-35).and County line (Interstate I-675 at US Route 35) and ends at the Xenia Station in Xenia, Ohio where it connects to four other trails.

GREAT MIAMI RIVER RECREATION TRAIL (Northern Segment) The Second Phase is completed. This trail, will run from Taylorsville MetroPark South along the Great Miami River and will connect to the Great Miami River Recreation Trail at Triangle Park.

GREAT MIAMI RIVER RECREATION TRAIL (Montgomery County - complete)
Montgomery County Dayton
22.6 miles
Asphalt Paved
Five Rivers MetroParks
This bikeway runs along the Great Miami River in Dayton Ohio. From its North terminus at Sinclair Park to its Southern end at Crains Run Metro Park, the Bikeway travels 22.6 miles on the Great Miami River.

"H" CONNECTOR BIKEWAY aka CREEKSIDE RECREATION TRAIL (see above)
Montgomery County
Five Rivers MetroParks (Montgomery County)
17.8 miles
This route connects the Mad River Recreation Trail which currently runs from Dayton to Eastwood MetroPark. At the park the Creekside Recreation Trail runs East to connect with the Creekside Trail which starts at the Greene County line (Interstate I-675 at US-35) and ends at the Xenia Station in Xenia, Ohio where it connects to four other trails.

MAD RIVER RECREATION TRAIL complete
Montgomery County. Connects Great Miami River Recreation Trail to Creekside Recreation Trail.
Length 2.8 miles
Five Rivers Metroparks (Dayton)
Asphalt Paved
Ends at Eastwood Metropark. "Creekside Recreation Trail in Montgomery County (see above) will connect it to Creekside Recreation Trail in Greene County which leads to Xenia and Little Miami Scenic Trail.

STILLWATER RIVER RECREATION TRAIL AKA Englewood Bike Trail Recreation Trail
Montgomery County
There are two sections of trail open with a 4 mile break between them. They are:
Stillwater River Recreation Trail (North) - Jake Grossnickle Park to Englewood MetroPark (2 miles)
Stillwater River Recreation Trail (South) - Island MetroPark North to Sinclair Park (3.8 miles)
Follows the Stillwater River
Five Rivers MetroParks
Plans are being made to connect these two trail segments by Five Rivers MetroParks

WOLF CREEK RECREATION TRAIL
Montgomery County/Trotwood to Brookville and Verona
13 miles/asphalt (newly paved)
Five Rivers MetroParks
Conrail (Pennsylvania)
This trail runs from Trotwood (Northwest of Dayton) 13 miles through Brookville to Verona Ohio.
See Also: Paul Laurence Dunbar Connector (Wolf Creek Trail in downtown Dayton 3 miles)

Warren County

LEBANON COUNTRYSIDE TRAIL
Warren County
8.2 miles from Little Miami Scenic Trail North of Loveland to Lebanon
City of Lebanon
Little Miami Railroad
$2.25 Million

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