RailTrails,Towpaths and Other Trails in Ohio

Rail Trails, Towpaths And Other Trails In Ohio

Alphabetical List

Click on the letter of the alphabet below to get to that portion of the Trails List you need

# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Please also see another listing of Ohio RailTrails by County:

Counties and Regions of Ohio It also has maps of the State and Regions of Ohio to help you find a trail in your County or Region. For an alphabetical list of all RailTrails read down this page.

The following is an alphabetical list of Rail and Towpath trails in Ohio. Rail-Trails are recreational trails that have been built on or along abandoned railroad lines. Some trails listed here are also constructed along the towpaths of abandoned canals. There are a few trails here that did not start as either railroad lines or towpaths but are included because they connect to RailTrails or towpaths.

This list was originally prepared by the Ohio Chapter of the Rails-To-Trails Conservancy. Steve Myers added some extra information that he knew of, or could determine from maps or other sources. "?" indicates unknown, "(?)" indicates speculation on Steve's or my part. Corrections or additions are welcomed.

For information on membership, other rail-trail projects, or assistance in preserving abandoned railroads as trails; please contact:

Ohio Chapter
Rails-to Trails Conservancy
30 Liberty Street
Canal Winchester, OH 43110
Phone: 614.837.6782
Fax: 614.837.6783
E-mail: rtcohio@transact.org

Rails-To-Trails Conservancy
1100 17th Street, NW
10th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone: 202-331-9696 FAX: 202-466-3742

The listings are in the following format:

-Trail name
-County/Start-End Points
-Length/Trail Surface
-Trail ownership/maintenance authority
-Abandoning railroad company (predecessors, if known)
-Special features, attractions, information

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

"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

ALUM CREEK MULTI-USE GREENWAY
- Franklin County
- Westerville (North) to Three Creeks Park (South)
- 22 miles (when completed)
- Columbus Recreation and Parks Department
- Parking at Westerville Recreation Center, Cooper Park & Gasto Park

ATHENS COUNTY BIKEWAY aka Hocking Adena Bikeway
-Athens County/Nelsonville to Athens
-18 miles asphalt paved
- From the North: Start at the Robbins Crossing on the Hocking College Campus
- From the South: Start on East State Street (near the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Plant)
-Athens County Park District
-Chesapeake and Ohio (Hocking Valley Railway)
-Follows Hocking River.
-See Hocking Adena Bikeway.

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BLACKHAND GORGE TRAIL
-Licking County/Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve, near Toboso
-4.3 miles/asphalt paved, with approx. 2 mile crushed limestone trail
on opposite bank of river.
-Ohio Department of Natural Resources
-Baltimore and Ohio (line relocation)/Columbus, Newark and
Zanesville interurban.
-Historical markers with photographs, deep rock cut, unique
interurban tunnel, Ohio-Erie Canal locks.

BLANCHARD RIVER GREENWAY
- Hancock County (Findlay)
- Bright Road (East) to I-75 (West)
- 7.73 miles Asphalt
- Hancock Park District

BUCK CREEK TRAIL
- Clark County Buck Creek State Park Beach Parking Lot West to Veteran's Park in downtown Springfield
- 5.7 miles asphalt along the Buck Creek
- Clark County Parks and Recreation
- Not a RailTrail
- Follows Buck Creek

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

CD&M TRAIL
- Marion, Union & Champaign Counties
- Unknown length
- Marion County Park District
- Southwest from Marion to Urbana
- Columbus, Delaware & Marion Interurban Railroad
- Trail in Planning by Marion County Park District

CELINA COLDWATER BIKEWAY
-Mercer County/Celina to Coldwater
- Schunck Road (North) to Vine Street (South)
-4.5 miles/asphalt paved
-Donated by the Huffy Foundation/City of Celina
-Penn Central (CCC&StL-Big Four)
-Parallel to active track (R.G. Corman Ry., former NS/Lake Erie
& Western

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 Lester Rail Trail

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

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

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

CREEKSIDE RECREATION TRAIL
-AKA "H-Connector Trail" Greene & Montgomery Counties. Green County portion completed)
-11.2 miles
-Asphalt paved.
-West from Xenia Station (Greene County) to the Greene-Montgomery County Line at Interstate 675/US-35 junction.
Greene County Parks & Recreation (Greene County Portion) Five Rivers MetroParks (Montgomery Portion)
-Conrail
-Parallels US- 35 from Xenia to Dayton

DARKE COUNTY PARK DISTRICT TRAIL
- Darke County (open) Greenville Trail crosses over Greenville Creek between East Water Street and North Broadway
-.5 miles Concrete & Asphalt
-Darke County Park District
-603 South Broadway
-Greenville, Ohio 45331-1929
- (513) 548-0165

DEARBORN TRAIL- Indiana
- Dearborn County, Indiana (Just West of Cincinnati)
- 2.0 miles from Manchester Landing in Aurora Ind. East to the Tanner’s Creek bridge in Lawrenceburg, Ind.
- 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)

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 System

ENGLEWOOD BIKE PATH AKA Stillwater River Recreation Trail
-Montgomery County
-2 miles paved (currently)
-Follows the Stillwater River
- Five Rivers MetroParks
-Route from Jake Grossnickle Park to Englewood MetroPark
-Trail will eventually be 3 miles long.

FAIRFIELD HERITAGE TRAIL
- Fairfield County Lanreco Park (East) to Ohio University at Lancaster (West)
- 3.3 miles/Asphalt
- Fairfield Heritage Trail Association
- When completed the trail will be 79.4 miles long.

FIVE MILE TRAIL
- Hamilton County; Anderson Township
- 2 miles (being built in 2006)
- Trail will run north through woods from Five Mile Road and Clough Pike
to Newtown Road near Turpin High School
- Anderson Township.

FRIENDS OF MADISON COUNTY PARKS AND TRAILS
-A grass roots organization in Madison County to develop their portion of the Ohio To Erie Trail through the county and also through the County Seat of London, Ohio
For more information contact Wayne Roberts

GALLIA COUNTY HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL
Gallia County/separate sections in Gallipolis and Bidwell
25 miles total/crushed limestone
O.O. McIntyre Park District
CSX Transportation (C & O, Hocking Valley Railway)
Trail project will eventually be 26 miles in length and paved

GREAT MIAMI RIVER RECREATION TRAIL [GMRRT] IN WARREN & BUTLER COUNTIES (In Planning) This new trail will connect the River Corridor Trail in Montgomery County (Dayton) south along the Great Miami River through Warren and Butler counties to Hamilton where it will join an existing 3.6 mile trail.

GREAT MIAMI RIVER RECREATION TRAIL [GMRRT] (MIAMI COUNTY)
Miami County (Section 1 - 1.6 miles complete)
Miami County (Section 2 - 2.5 miles complete) - connects to Troy, Ohio
See City of Troy Trail
Will run from Taylorsville MetroPark in Montgomery County north to Sidney in Shelby County.

GREAT MIAMI RIVER RECREATION TRAIL (Montgomery County)
-Montgomery County Dayton, Ohio
- 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.

GREAT MIAMI RIVER RECREATION TRAIL (Northern Segment)
-Montgomery County
-Taylorsville MetroPark South along Miami River to Dayton at Triangle Park
-5.6 miles completed. (Under Development Planned completion 2007)

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

H

"H" CONNECTOR BIKEWAY aka CREEKSIDE RECREATION TRAIL
-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.

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

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.

HEART OF OHIO TRAIL
Knox County
Open in Centerville - State Route 3 at State Route 36
Is part of the Ohio To Erie Trail

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.

HERITAGE TRAIL
Franklin County/Madison County, goes through Hilliard
7.0 miles/asphalt paved
Washington Township Parks and Recreation
Conrail (Pennsylvania)
-omplete, to Plain City.
Hilliard to Hayden section opened in 1997

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.

HOCKHOCKING ADENA BIKEWAY (See Athens County Bikeway)
Athens County/Nelsonville to Athens
18 miles asphalt paved
From the North: Start at the Robbins Crossing on the Hocking College Campus
From the South: Start on East State Street (near the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Plant)
For more information please contact the Athens Visitor's Center at (740) 592-1819

HOLMES COUNTY TRAIL
Holmes County
From Holmesville to Millersburg.
12 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

HURON TRAIL (see also) Lake Shore Electric Railway Trail aka Huron Trail)
-Erie County/Huron along U.S Route 6 (Open)
-1.5 miles/gravel
-Ohio Edison/City of Huron and volunteers
-Lake Shore Electric (interurban)

HURON RIVER GREENWAY
- Erie County
-Huron to Milan and Norfolk Erie County MetroParks (Under Construction)
-Partially open. To be 12. 8 miles when completed/Gravel
-Huron River Greenway Coalition
-Erie MetroParks

I-670 BIKEWAY
-Franklin County
-Airport Drive (East) to Fort Hayes Park (West)
-3.4 miles/asphalt
-Columbus Recreation and Parks Department
-Chessie System (B&O, Pennsylvania) line relocation for highway

INDIAN LAKE TRAIL (planning)
- 10 mile section Bellefontaine to Indian Lake.
- No developer at this point}
- Railroad unknown

KOKOSING GAP TRAIL
-Knox County/Mount Vernon-Danville
-14 miles/asphalt paved
-Knox County/Friends of Kokosing Gap Trail
-Conrail (Pennsylvania)
-Several river crossings with spectacular views, passes through
Kenyon College in Gambier.

LITTLE BEAVER CREEK GREENWAY TRAIL
- Runs parallel to the Middle Fork of the Little Beaver Creek between Lisbon and Leetonia, Ohio.
-Former Erie Lackawanna Railbed in Salem and Center Townships.
-11 miles long
Greenway Trail (personal website) good photos

LITTLE MIAMI SCENIC TRAIL (completed)
-Springfield to Milford (outside Cincinnati)
The Little Miami Scenic Trail runs some 76 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 Parks & Recreation of counties and ODNR
-The trail extends from Springfield in the North to 4 miles South of Milford Ohio.
-Penn Central (Pennsylvania)

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
- Expected completion date June 2005.

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
- Will connect to Chippewa Rail Trail
- See Chippewa Rail Trail

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

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MAD RIVER RECREATION TRAIL complete
-Montgomery County. Connects Great Miami River Recreation Trail to Creekside Trail.
-Length 2.8 miles
-Five Rivers Metroparks (Dayton)
-Asphalt Paved
Currently ends at Eastwood MetroPark. "H Connector" will connect it to Creekside Trail which leads to Xenia and Little Miami Scenic Trail.

MARION TALLGRASS PRAIRIE TRAIL (Formerly Phoebe Snow Trail)
- Marion County, Hardin County and Allen County
- 41 miles crushed stone and asphalt (when built)
- Marion County Park District
- East from Marion through Hardin County and stops 2 miles into Allen County. To Lima eventually
- Erie-Lackawanna Railroad.
- Trail in planning by Marion County Park District

MARIETTA BIKE TRAIL
Washington County
State Route 821 (North) to downtown Marietta (South)
6 miles/Asphalt
City of Marietta Development Department

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

MIAMI AND ERIE CANAL TOWPATH TRAIL
-Lucas County/Providence to Waterville
-10.1 miles/dirt through the wooded area between the old canal bed
and the Scenic Maumee River from Providence to Waterville

MIAMI ERIE CANAL
- Allen, Auglaize, Miami , Shelby & Van Wert Counties (South to North)
- Delphos (North) to Piqua (South)
- 59 miles, dirt, grass & compacted stone
- Miami Erie Canal Corridor Association
- Formerly the Towpath of the Miami and Erie Canal (Toledo to Cincinnati)

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 TRAIL
Miami County (1.6 miles completed in Phase 1)
Will run from Taylorsville MetroPark in Montgomery County north to Sidney in Shelby County.

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

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

MOHICAN VALLEY TRAIL
- Knox County - Brinkhaven (East) to Danville (West)
- 4.8 miles/ Asphalt
- Will connect to Holmes County Trail (Holmes County)
and Kokosing Gap Trail (Knox County)
- Mohican Valley Trail Board

MOONVILLE RAIL TRAIL
- Athens & Vinton Counties- Hope School (West) to Moonville Tunnel (East)
- 10 miles/Ballast
- In Planning - To be 16 miles when completed
- Moonville Rail Trail Association

MUSKINGUM RECREATIONAL TRAIL
- Muskingum County - Dresden Main Street (North) to Rock Cut Road in Gilbert (South)
- 10 miles/Asphalt
- Conrail (Pennsylvania)
- Muskingum County Park District
- P.O. Box 446 Zanesville, OH 43702-0446
740-445-8237
- Planned to connect to the Zanesville Riverfront Bike Path to
the south on the same former rail bed.

NATIONAL ROAD BIKEWAY
Belmont County- Ballfield Road (North) to Reservoir Road (South)
7.7 miles/Asphalt (Partially completed)
City of St Clairsville
Director of Public Services
Only trail in Ohio with a tunnel "532 feet long

NICKELPLATE TRAIL
- Stark County - City of Canton
- Metzger Park to South of Georgetown Street
- 3 miles/asphalt
- Stark County Parks District

NILES GREENWAY (AKA Western Reserve Greenway)
- Trumbull County
- Robbins Road (North) to Mineral Ridge (South)
- Planned 4.9 miles when completed

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
-6.5 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.

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

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

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 Little Miami Scenic Trail to Xenia, Ohio and then
Prairie Grass Trail from Xenia to London on its way to Columbus
-87 miles (Milford, near Cincinnati, to London)
-Asphalt Paved
-Clark, Montgomery, Warren & Hamilton Counties. In Greene County the trail is also Known As (AKA) the Prairie Grass Trail since it travels from the Xenia Station to London, Columbus and then North towards Cleveland
Building on already established trails such as the Little Miami Scenic Trail North of Cincinnati that runs currently from Milford to Springfield, and the Towpath Trail (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 CANAL GREENWAY
-Licking County/Hebron
-Located between Canal Park in Hebron and State Route 79 in Buckeye Lake
-3.8 miles/crushed limestone
-Licking County Park District
-Penn Central (New York Central, Toledo and Ohio Central)
-Adjacent to Ohio-Erie Canal route, replica covered bridge.

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

OLENTANGY-SCIOTO BIKE PATH
-Franklin County/Columbus
-18 miles/asphalt and concrete
-City of Columbus Parks and Recreation Dept.
-Hocking Valley Railway line relocation (?)
-Follows a portion of old railroad grade and canal towpath south
of Downtown.

PANHANDLE TRAIL
-Licking County/ E. Main Street and Morris Ave. to Hanover
-7 miles/asphalt paved
-Thomas J. Evans Foundation/Licking County Park District
-Adjacent to active Columbus and Ohio River Railway
-(Conrail, Pennsylvania) Former second track-
-Note: The Evans Foundation is also instrumental in the development of an extensive network of paved walking/bicycling trails between downtown Newark, the Newark Campus of the Ohio State University and along Raccoon Creek that will eventually link these two rails trails and others. Maps of the trail system are available at information stations along the trails.

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. See Also the Canal Run and The River's Edge on what Piqua calls "The Loop" a 11.3 mile "loop" around Piqua

PORTAGE BIKE AND HIKE 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.

PRAIRIE GRASS TRAIL (AKA Ohio to Erie Trail)
-Greene, Clark & Madison Counties
-9 miles from Xenia Station to Cedarville
-9.7 miles from Cedarville to South Charleston
-10.4 miles from South Charleston to London

RICHLAND B&O TRAIL
-Richland County/Butler to Mansfield
-18 Miles/asphalt
-Richland County Park District
-CSX Transportation (Baltimore & Ohio)
-Opened in October 95, recognized as the 700th rail-trail in the
U.S. by the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy.

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

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SIMON KENTON TRAIL
- Clark and Champaign Counties, Ohio
- 16.6 miles from Springfield to Urbana
- Phase 4 Completed from trail South to downtown Springfield . 16.6 miles (completed).
- This bikeway runs North from Springfield Ohio to Urbana Ohio. Along the way it skirts the Cedar Bog.
- Erie-Lackawanna

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SLIPPERY ELM TRAIL
-Wood County/Bowling Green to North Baltimore
-13.5 miles/asphalt
-Wood County Park District
-Chessie System (Baltimore & Ohio)

SIPPO VALLEY RAIL TRAIL
- Village Green Park, Dalton, Ohio
- Wayne County
- 9.5 miles paved (2.5 miles in Wayne County; 5.5 miles in Stark County)
- See also Stark Parks - Sippo Valley Trail

STILLWATER RIVER RECREATION TRAIL AKA Englewood Bike Trail Recreation Trail
-Montgomery County
-2 miles paved (currently)
-Follows the Stillwater River
- Five Rivers MetroParks
-Route from Jake Grossnickle Park to Englewood MetroPark
-Trail will eventually be 3 miles long.

STARK COUNTY TRAILS

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.

TRI-COUNTY TRIANGLE TRAIL This trail through Fayette, Highland and Ross counties is partially open
-A total of 8.5 miles are completed and paved from Adena School Complex on County Road 550 to Frankfort and continues 6.5 miles east towards Chillicothe where it ends at Sulfur Lick Road.
- 52 miles when completed
-Tri-County Trail & Park Districts in Chillicothe, Fayette County and Ross County
See Adena Recreational Trail website (Ross County Park District)
-Abandoned Railroad - Washington Court House to Chillicothe - B&O
-Abandoned Railroad - Chillicothe west to Greenfield - CSX
-Abandoned Railroad - Greenfield back to Washington Court House - Grand Trunk & Western
-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

THOMAS J. EVANS FOUNDATION BIKEWAY
-Licking County/Newark to Johnstown
-14 miles/asphalt paved
-Thomas J. Evans Foundation/Licking County Park District
-Penn Central (New York Central, Toledo and Ohio Central)
-Historical markers with photographs.
-Newark to Hanover section opened in 1997.
-See also the Panhandle Trail (Above).

UNIVERSITY PARKS BIKE-HIKE TRAIL
-Lucas County/Toledo
- University of Toledo Campus to King Road
-6.3 miles/asphalt
-Toledo Area MetroParks
-Detroit Toledo and Ironton (?)

WABASH CANNONBALL TRAIL
-Lucas, Fulton, Williams and Henry Counties/Maumee to Liberty Center
-63 miles/cinders and original ballast some asphalt
-Northwest Ohio Rails-to-Trails Assoc. (NORTA)
-Norfolk Southern (Wabash)
-When complete, will be nearly 63 miles in length, Montpelier and
Defiance to Toledo.

WESTERN RESERVE GREENWAY AKA (See) 714 Trail above

WESTERVILLE BIKEWAY
- Franklin County , Westerville
- 2.7 miles, Maxtown Road (North) to Schrock Road (South)
- Westerville Parks & Recreation
- Unknown Railroad
- A series of connected bikeways is being planned.

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 Rocky 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

WOLF CREEK RECREATION TAIL
-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.

WRIGHT BROTHERS' BIKEWAY AKA as the Kauffman Avenue Bikeway and also as the Huffman Prairie Overlook Trail.
-Greene County/ Fairborn to Eastway Park via Huffman Reserve and Wright Brothers Memorial
-4.3 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

X

XENIA STATION
-Is the hub of the Greene County trails. The Little Miami Scenic Trail North to Springfield and South to Milford (near Cincinnati), the Creekside Trail , and the Prairie Grass Trail connect with The Station The Xenia-Jamestown Connector will link 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.

XENIA-JAMESTOWN CONNECTOR (Opened 2005)
- Greene County
- Xenia Station (Southwest) to Jamestown 11 miles when completed.
- 6.5 miles completed Jasper Road to Jamestown
- 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.

YELLOW SPRINGS BIKEWAY
-Greene County/Yellow Springs to Xenia See Trail Review
--9.6 miles/asphalt paved with parallel grass treadway
-Greene County Park District
-Penn Central (Pennsylvania)

Z

ZANESVILLE RIVERFRONT BIKE PATH AKA Zane's Landing Trail
-Muskingum County/Zanesville
-3 miles/asphalt paved
-City of Zanesville
-Conrail (Pennsylvania)
-Adjacent to active CSX Transportation line.

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