State: OH Length: 25.60 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Alum Creek Multi-Use Trail is part of the larger Ohio to Erie Trail that will eventually link Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland. This Alum Creek section follows a north–south route along a riparian corridor of its namesake creek, connecting ...
State: OH Length: 2 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Armleder Park Trail loops along a wide, paved route through the open meadows of the park, located east of Cincinnati. At the southeast end you'll find an overlook of the Little Miami River. The Armleder Park Trail links to the Lunken Airport ...
Rail-Trail
State: OH Length: 33.50 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Bike & Hike Trail is a rambling, rolling 33.5-mile rail-trail peppered with bridge crossings and neighborhood road riding in both a rural and suburban setting. Unlike most flat rail-trails, this route has delightful dips and rises, but small ...
State: OH Length: 4.26 miles Surface: Asphalt
This path has some of the best scenery Ohio has to offer: a flowing river, spring water trickling from steep rock ledges, rock formations and cool, thick woods. The trail also crosses a creek and passes between a huge section of rock that had ...
State: OH Length: 12 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Blacklick Creek Trail totals 12 miles in three separate segments (as of autumn 2011): 1. In the southwest, the trail courses through Three Creeks Metro Park, where it shares the same path as the Alum Creek Trail for part of the way. The ...
State: OH Length: 4.50 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Brideway Trail is found within the Black River Reservation, a park in Lorain County, where you can walk, job, inline skate, cross-country ski or bike. The trail runs between Day's Dam in Lorain and the High Meadows picnic area in Elyria, ...
State: OH Length: 6.10 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Buck Creek Trail runs between Buck Creek State Park and Plum Street by Wittenberg University. At its eastern end in Buck Creek State Park, the trail makes a loop and heads into 2 different directions bordering the southwest side of the reservoir. The ...
State: OH Length: 4.25 miles Surface: Asphalt
The newest addition to the expanding Licking County trail system is the Buckeye Scenic Trail. This trail goes 4 miles from just outside the commercial district of Heath to Lakewood High School along US Route 40. The asphalted trail goes past ...
State: OH Length: 5.50 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
The Camp Chase Rail-Trail is a paved, 5-mile pathway stretching from Lilly Chapel to Georgesville in central Ohio's Madison County. It will one day total 11 miles and extend into Franklin County and the Columbus metro area. It gets its name ...
State: OH Length: 1 miles Surface: Asphalt
This one mile paved trail connects the municipal pool complex in the village of Canal Winchester to the bustling commercial district along Gender Road.
State: OH Length: 4.61 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Celina Coldwater Bikeway is an early rail-with-trail conversion from the 1980s. Long a popular trail, users follow the Penn Central Railroad between the village of Coldwater and the city of Celina, passing near Grand Lake, the largest inland ...
State: OH Length: 3.95 miles Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone
The Chippewa Inlet Trail runs for nearly 4 miles between Lafayette Road/State Route 42 and the Chippewa Nature Area. The trail traverses an open, pastoral landscape along the Chippewa Inlet, which provides habitat for many bird species. Some ...
State: OH Length: 2.40 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Chippewa Rail Trail runs for 2.4 miles between Chippewa Road (SR 50) in Chippewa Lake to suburban Wycliffe Drive southwest of Medina (Lafayette Township). The trail is mostly rural in feel, passing among woodlands, farmland and open space. ...
State: OH Length: 17 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Cleveland Lakefront Bikeway extends 17 miles along the city's Lake Erie shoreline, between the suburbs of Euclid and Lakewood. The bikeway has on-road sections, and the route is signed. The bikeway links many of the city's cultural sites ...
State: OH Length: 11.40 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Conotton Creek Trail is 11.4 miles of scenic serenity in northeast Ohio. The trail models rustic beauty, and its careworn pavement covers a flat, straight route. Several particularly rough spots may bounce you back to consciousness, but ...
State: OH Length: 2.25 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Coshocton Three Rivers Bikeway provides safe and direct access from the City of Coshocton to the Lake Park Recreational Complex and historic Roscoe Village. Trail users cross under US Route 36, thereby eliminating the need to cross five ...
State: OH Length: 6.75 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Country Line Trail travels the path of the former Erie Lackwanna Railroad between Rittman and Creston. A highlight of the trail is a former Baltimore & Ohio freight station located just west of the trailhead at Kauffman Avenue, which will ...
State: OH Length: 15 miles Surface: Asphalt
This 15-mile paved trail cuts a swift route from Xenia to Dayton, passing a variety of sites, including drag racetracks and quiet museums. If you want more trail options, start at the Train Depot in Xenia, where the Little Miami Scenic Trail, ...
State: OH Length: 1.50 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Fairfax Trail is just 0.8 mile long and parallels the north side of Murray Avenue between Settle Street in Mariemont and La Crosse Avenue in Madisonville. There are plans to link the Fairfax Trail to another trail planned to run between ...
State: OH Length: 7.50 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Fairfield Heritage Trail winds through and connects the community of Lancaster. It links a college, high school, junior high school and elementary school, as well as numerous parks and shopping and dining opportunities along its 7.5-mile ...
State: OH Length: 7 miles Surface: Asphalt
Paved trail, flat terrain, winds through conservation, agriculture and residential areas, expansion planned, restuarants along the trail, passes sections of Grand Lake St. Marys State Park This trail is perfect for getting off of State Route ...
State: OH Length: 8.50 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
The Gallia County Hike & Bike Trail follows an old railroad right-of-way between Bidwell and Gallipolis, at the Ohio River. Though are plans to develop a total of 28 miles (to include Vinton County and Kanauga), only a little more than 8 have ...
State: OH Length: 4.85 miles Surface: Asphalt
Part of the Ohio to Erie Trail, the Geno Trail runs between Northgate Way in Westerville and Weise Road in Galena. The trail parallels the east side of State Route 3 and is separated from the road by a nice corridor of trees, shading nearly ...
State: OH Length: 1.80 miles Surface: Asphalt
" Darke County Parks is pleased to announce that The First Mile Clean Ohio Project has begun construction in the Gettysburg, Ohio area and will have almost two miles completed by the end of August. Park District Director /Secretary Roger M. ...
State: OH Length: 6 miles Surface: Asphalt
The first 6 miles of the Great Guernsey Trail project runs from corduroy road outside of Cambridge to Lore City.
State: OH Length: 80.70 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Great Miami River Recreation Trail runs from Piqua all the way south to Fairfield, Ohio, linking numerous towns and cities throughout four Ohio counties. As the name suggests, the trail follows the banks of the Miami River for much of its ...
State: OH Length: 0.50 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Greenville Creek Trail is nice, albeit short, retreat through suburban Greenville. The paved path follows its namesake creek, passing under streets and linking neighborhood parks with the downtown. The trail runs for 0.5 mile between Alice ...
State: OH Length: 3.60 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Harrison Dillard Bikeway is a north-south urban path that not only connects the Lake Erie shoreline with the University Circle district, but connects the trail user with Cleveland's cultural past. Beginning at Gordon Park, where the trail ...
More than half of the smooth, flat, 6.1-mile Heritage Rail-Trail has a parallel 4-mile horse trail. The equestrian corridor starts at Hayden Run Road and continues northwest to the Cemetery Pike trailhead. If you're walking, biking or inline ...
State: OH Length: 20.13 miles Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel, Woodchips
NOTE:This, and all trails in Hancock County, are closed during hunting season, September 1 to January 31. Segments running through Findlay are not closed. Hancock County's Heritage Trail runs for more than 20 miles from Heritage Trail Center ...
State: OH Length: 20.30 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Hockhocking Adena Bikeway traces a beautiful, twisting 20-mile course from Athens to Nelsonville along the Hocking River. The rail-trail draws its name from the ancient Adena Indians who lived in this area and called the Hocking, a tributary ...
If traveling through Ohio's Amish country and sharing space with bicycles, buggies, and abundant wildlife sounds like an idyllic day to you, then you will enjoy the 15-mile Holmes County Trail. A good place to start is the trail's Hipp Station ...
State: OH Length: 2.36 miles Surface: Asphalt
The International Park Rotary Trail circles International Park along the east bank of the Maumee River in East Toledo. The trail runs between the Main Street bridge and Navarre Avenue, where it loops back to the park's north end. You can also ...
State: OH Length: 3.50 miles Surface: Asphalt
This short bikeway parallels old Leonard Avenue and Interstate 670 in Columbus from Airport Drive to Cleveland Avenue. The path starts at Airport Drive and passes right through the city. It begins by moving along some of the highway walls along ...
State: OH Length: 5.40 miles Surface: Asphalt, Grass, Gravel
The 5.4 mile Iron Horse Trail utilizes approximately 2 miles of former Penn Central right-of-way, providing users a pleasant grass trail through neighborhoods as well as links with the Iron Horse Park. Future plans are to link the trail from ...
State: OH Length: 14 miles Surface: Asphalt
Part of the 320-mile Ohio to Erie Trail, the 14-mile Kokosing Gap Trail travels through a landscape of ravines and farmland and passes a beautifully restored train and a cheerful wood caboose. This outstanding trail connects the towns of Mount ...
State: OH Length: 4.40 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Lakes Metropark Greenway Corridor runs for 4.8 miles through Painesville, Painesville Township and Concord Township. The elevation rises a little more than 200 feet from Painesville (north end) to Concord Township. The trail is mostly rural ...
State: OH Length: 8 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Lebanon Countryside YMCA trail offers 8 miles of paved walking,running and biking, starting in downtown Lebanon and connecting to the Little Miami Scenic Trail. CAUTION: Near the midpoint of the YMCA trail there is a steep hill that ends ...
State: OH Length: 13.30 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Lima Rotary Riverwalk trail follows the southeast bank of the meandering Ottowa River between Heritage Park southwest of Lima and Schoonover Park northeast of city center. At its north end, the scenic trail circles the lake at Schoonover ...
State: OH Length: 10 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Little Beaver Creek Greenway Trail runs parallel to the Middle Fork of the Little Beaver Creek and has many beautiful and interesting features, including glacial outwashes, upland fields, mature ravine woodlots and wetland wildlife habitats. ...
State: OH Length: 78 miles Surface: Asphalt, Concrete
The Little Miami Scenic Trail is a jewel in the crown of Ohio rail-trails. The 72-mile paved path links Terrace Park near Cincinnati to Springfield, a dozen towns and four counties to the north. It passes through quaint small towns, beautiful ...
State: OH Length: 5 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Lunken Airport Bike Path is a 5-mile loop trail that circles Lunken's airport. Much of the trail sits atop the levee that protects the airport from flooding of the Little Miami River. The paved path is wide and affords many nice views of ...
State: OH Length: 2.60 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Mad River Recreation Trail provides a critical link between the Creekside Recreation Trail and the Great Miami River Recreation Trail. The trail provides access from Montgomery County to the extensive trails in Greene, Warren, Clermont, ...
State: OH Length: 12.40 miles Surface: Asphalt
As of spring 2012, the Maple Highlands Trail consists of 2 separate segments totaling 12.4 miles. A third is planned. The trail follows portions of an abandoned Baltimore & Ohio Railroad corridor through a mostly rural landscape, heavily wooded ...
Three miles of this trail are open. The trail begins at the Marietta Harbor on the east side of the Muskingum River. From there the trail heads upstream along the Muskingum River and into Muskingum Park. The trail passes through the park and ...
State: OH Length: 12 miles Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone
From Marion County Park District: The first section of the trail to be finished will be the easternmost stretch, starting at Gateway to Health park on Holland Road (1.7 miles west of Marion). We will pursue additional grants in order to develop ...
State: OH Length: 11 miles Surface: Asphalt
The well-designed MetroParks Bikeway between Canfield Township and Austintown is an 11-mile paved corridor that passes through both suburbs and countryside in northeastern Ohio. Traveling north from the trail's start at Western Reserve Road, ...
State: OH Length: 2.10 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Morgana Run Trail project utilizes a majority of a former Wheeling & Lake Erie Rail line. This rail-trail connects residents and visitors to the Cleveland Metro Parks Mill Creek Park and Trail through the Slavic Village/Broadway and Aetna-Union ...
Though only 2.5 miles, the National Road Bikeway features an impressive below-grade tunnel, which was built in 1902. The narrow tunnel is 532 feet long and is lighted but still gives you the impression of passing through a cave. Water trickles ...
State: OH Length: 2.50 miles Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone
Ohio's Nickel Plate Trail runs for 2.5 miles from 5th Street near Ravenna Avenue (Metzger Park) to Swallen Avenue south of town. The wooded corridor follow an old railroad right-of-way through parks, suburban back yards, wetlands and cultivated ...
The Niles Greenway is a paved, multi-use path running north–south between the county line on the south and the town of Niles. The pleasant trail passes through a mix of wooded areas, scattered light industrial estates and a few suburban ...
State: OH Length: 13.10 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Kipton to Elyria rail-trail is a 13-mile paved path and part of the 65-mile North Coast Inland Trail. The corridor is classic rail-trail: flat and mostly straight. Heading northeast from Kipton's downtown community park and restored depot, ...
State: OH Length: 26 miles Surface: Asphalt, Cinder
NOTE: Although other segments of the North Coast Inland Trail may permit equestrians, this segment does not. This portion of North Coast Inland Trail, managed by the Sandusky County Park District, includes 23.25 miles of paved trail from Elmore ...
State: OH Length: 3 miles Surface: Asphalt
The short North Olmsted Walking and Bike Trail parallels I-480 and provides an alternate, non-motorized route linking neighborhoods with green spaces and business districts.
State: OH Length: 320 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Ohio to Erie Trail spans the state of Ohio from a tributary of the Ohio River in Cincinatti to Cleveland on the shores of Lake Erie. When complete, this trail will connect four of Ohio's metropolitan cities, a dozen large towns, and numerous ...
State: OH Length: 13 miles Surface: Asphalt, Concrete
The Olentangy Trail picks up near the north end of the Scioto Trail, heading 13 miles north through several parks and Ohio State University. Portions of the trail are rough going, but for the most part it is serene and scenic. From Confluence ...
The Paul Laurence Dunbar Connector is built along the south bank of Wolf Creek. The trail starts in downtown Dayton where the Wolf Creek empties into the Great Miami River. Eventually, the Paul Laurence Dunbar Connector will join with the 13-mile ...
State: OH Length: 5.50 miles Surface: Asphalt
The City of Piqua officially dedicated its 5.5 mile paved multi-use trail on May 6, 2001. Since then, the trail has received highly favorable reviews from bikers, rollerbladers, joggers and walkers. The trail has many sections and features, ...
State: OH Length: 9 miles Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone
The Portage Hike and Bike Trail stretches 9 miles between Kent and Ravenna, about 40 miles southeast of Cleveland and the southern shores of Lake Erie. Between the two busy downtowns, quiet woods and meadows can be enjoyed. In some areas, the ...
State: OH Length: 29 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Prairie Grass Trail is an important piece of the Ohio to Erie Trail, the extensive cross-state, 320-mile trail. This beautifully maintained asphalt rail-trail segment stretches 29 miles between London and Xenia, generally following US 42. ...
State: OH Length: 18.40 miles Surface: Asphalt
Carving a semi-circular route between Butler and Mansfield, the Richland B&O Trail zigzags across the same several roads and weaves in and out of rural landscapes, moving northwest from Butler. From Hitchman Park in Butler, commemorative benches ...
State: OH Length: 6.15 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Scioto Trail is an early urban greenway at its best. The 6-mile multiuse trail hugs the banks of the Scioto River and connects parks, links with other trails and offers fabulous views of downtown Columbus. Portions of the route are considered ...
Miami Whitewater Forest has much to offer any Cincinnati hiker interested in getting away from the daily grind for an hour or a day. You can enjoy an ice cream by the lake, or hike into the woods to observe the diverse wildlife. The three best ...
State: OH Length: 16.60 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Simon Kenton Trail is a tribute to the hardworking volunteer group that built and maintains the corridor, once part of the Erie-Lackawanna rail line. The rail-trail is well designed, has extensions and improvements in the offing and has ...
State: OH Length: 9.60 miles Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone
The Sippo Valley Trail runs nearly 10 miles, with flat, gentle grades, between Dalton and Massillon. It takes its name from Sippo Creek, which cascades along the side of the trail for nearly its entire length. There are numerous small bridge ...
State: OH Length: 13 miles Surface: Asphalt
The mileage slips by on the Slippery Elm Rail-Trail as you take in the flat, fast and scenic northwest Ohio countryside. The 13-mile paved path runs south from Bowling Green through the small town of Rudolph and finishes in North Baltimore. ...
State: OH Length: 1 miles Surface: Concrete, Crushed Stone
The Stark Electric Railway Trail is a former interurban rail line that ran from Canton to Salem via Louisville, Alliance, and Sebring from 1902 to July 15, 1939. The railroad was nicknamed the Bachelor Railroad because most of its executives ...
State: OH, PA Length: 10.50 miles Surface: Asphalt
Constructed in 1983 with the help of donations from the Stavich Family and local individuals, the Stavich Trail is unusual in several ways. First, unlike most rail-trails, it was built on an interurban electric railroad right-of-way: the Penn–Ohio ...
The Steel Mill Trail is a 2-mile continuation of the Bridgeway Trail, which lies within the Black River Reservation, a scenic wooded park in Lorain. The Steel Mill Trail picks up at the north end of the Bridgeway Trail by the Days Dam Picnic ...
State: OH Length: 9.90 miles Surface: Asphalt
Beginning just east of downtown Newark, the T. J. Evans Panhandle Trail runs parallel to active tracks of the Ohio Central Railroad, making this trail a nice example of rail-with-trail. Built and funded by the Thomas J. Evans Foundation, the ...
State: OH Length: 14.20 miles Surface: Asphalt
The T.J. Evans Trail is a very popular route, drawing locals and visitors as well as through-travelers on the Ohio to Erie Trail that counts this rail-trail among its 300+ miles from the Ohio River to Lake Erie. The southern trailhead at Cherry ...
This short 2 mile paved rail-trail skirts the quaint town of New Carlisle. The trail takews you through some beautiful wooded areas as well as connects Brubaker and Smith Park. Currently the trail ends at the popular Wot-A-Dog restaurant along ...
State: OH Length: 1.30 miles Surface: Asphalt
The 4C Bicentennial Trail is one of several throughout Wilmington, OH, and runs between Southeast Neighborhood Park and Fife Avenue (CR 82), just across the road from the south end of Denver Williams Memorial Park. The trail passes through a ...
The Luther Warren Peace Path is shady 1.2-mile journey along a level paved surface, delightfully cool in summer. The trail includes two old railroad bridges, one covered and built as a local Boy Scout project. There is a link to the path from ...
State: OH Length: 0.60 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Urban Trail is one of several throughout Wilmington, OH, and runs between Mulberry Street at the Luther Warren Peace Path and near Southeast Neighborhood Park at the 4-C Bicentennial Trail. The trail is really a series of sidewalks along ...
State: OH Length: 31.50 miles Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone
The Tri-County Triangle Trail is a 52-mile rail-trail project that will eventually connect Washington Court House, Chillicothe, Frankfort and Greenfield, Ohio. Currently, about 28.6 non-continuous miles of the trail completed are as follows: * ...
This one mile paved trail is significant in that it is the first trail to cross the Indiana/Ohio border. The gateway is highlighted by the beautifully lanscaped park on both sides of the border along State Street. Eventual connections to the ...
State: OH Length: 6.30 miles Surface: Asphalt
The University-Parks Bike-Hike Trail is a 6.3 mile paved multi-purpose trail that is suitable for walking, jogging, inline skating and bicycling. The trail is also suitable for wheelchair users. The trail extends between King Road in Sylvania ...
State: OH Length: 13.60 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Valley Parkway Trail runs the length of the Rocky River Reservation, offering beautiful views of the winding waterway, shale cliffs and lush forests on the western border of Lakewood, a suburb of Cleveland. Wildlife is abundant in the park ...
State: OH Length: 63 miles Surface: Asphalt, Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass
The Wabash Cannonball Trail in northwest Ohio is actually two trails in one: the north fork runs east–west for 46 miles and the south fork makes up the balance of this 63-mile trail. The trails converge in the eastern city of Maumee then ...
State: OH Length: 1.78 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Wellston Bike Path is just under 2 miles, but when combined with the path around Lake Alma, you can make it a 5-mile round-trip. North of town, the path parallels State Route 349, making for a pleasant journey to and from the lake along ...
State: OH Length: 43 miles Surface: Asphalt, Ballast
The Western Reserve Greenway is a 43-mile, mostly rural rail-trail that cuts a north–south course from Ashtabula to Warren, Ohio. The greenway's start is only a few miles from Lake Erie, and a planned extension will bring it right to the ...
State: OH Length: 20.20 miles Surface: Asphalt, Concrete
The Westerville Bikeways is a system of paved multi-use paths throughout the town, stretching from Hoover Reservoire on the east to as far west as Worthington Road. On-road bike lanes allow for cyclists to ride a variety of loops. Visit the ...
State: OH Length: 4.58 miles Surface: Asphalt, Concrete
The trail runs from Maple Street in downtown Fairborn along the North side of Kauffman Avenue to National Road. At that point the trail crosses Kauffman to the South side and follows the fence line of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to the Wright ...
State: OH Length: 15.40 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Xenia–Jamestown Connector Trail links these two eponymous trails, and travels east beyond Jamestown to the Green—Fayette county line at Rosemoor Road. In Xenia the trail links at a hub with the Little Miami Scenic Trail, the Creekside ...
The Zane's Landing rail-with-trail follows the east branch of the Muskingum River north from Zanesville. The southern terminus is in Zane's Landing Park downtown, with the northern terminus in Riverside Park. The trail lies near the docking ...