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Chattanooga, TN will host the next National Trails Symposium November 15-18, 2010, sponsored by American Trails.

Agencies

For information on Ohio's State Parks: www.dnr.state.oh.us/parks

Ohio's State Forests are at: www.ohiodnr.com/forestry/

The Great Outdoors Resources Page (GORP) has information on Ohio's Wayne National Forest: www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/US_National_Forest/OH_Wayne.HTM

National Park Service units in Ohio: http://data2.itc.nps.gov/parksearch/state.cfm?st=oh

Bicycling and Mountain Biking

Ohio mountain bike trails with detailed maps and descriptions from mountain biking books at Trails.com:

• Mountain Biking Trails in Ohio

Bike rides on Ohio roads and paved pathways from road biking books at Trails.com:

• Road Bike Rides in Ohio

Ohio Mountain Bike Association is working to access, maintain and build mountain biking trails throughout Ohio: www.joinOMBA.org

Central Ohio Mountain Bike Organization has trail descriptions, news, events, and advocacy information: www.joincombo.org/Index2.htm

Cincinnati Off Road Alliance promotes urban and suburban mountain bike trail access and building: www.joinomba.org/cora/

Cleveland Area Mountain Bike Association sponsors trail building and maintenance, trail advocacy, and group rides: www.camba.us

Mountain Biking Ohio describes featured trails with photos and other information: www.single-track.com/

Dayton Cycling Club has trails, tours, events, and contacts: www.daytoncyclingclub.org/

 

Equestrian Trails

Holmes County Trail (29 miles planned) has a unique user mix-- a paved trail for bikers, hikers, rollerbladers and wheelchairs with an adjoining 8 foot wide trail that will accommodate Amish buggies and equestrians: www.holmestrail.org

The Horse Trails and Campground Directory has information on bridle paths, trailheads, horse campgrounds, overnight stay facilities, and bed & breakfasts

Greenways and Community Trails

The Great Miami River Trail in Montgomery County is managed by the Miami Conservancy District: www.miamiconservancy.org

Greene County Parks manages trails including the Little Miami Scenic Trail, Ohio-to-Erie, Creekside, Wright Brothers' Huffman Prairie Bikeway, and Jamestown Connector: www.co.greene.oh.us/parks/multi-use-trails.htm

Little Beaver Creek Greenway Trail runs 11 miles along one of Ohio's Nationally Designated Scenic Rivers: www.bicycletrail.com/gwt-home.htm

Ohio Greenways is a project established for research, education, and technical assistance on greenway issues: www.ohiogreenways.net/

The St. Clairsville National Road Bikeway will be a lineal park and bikeway: http://www.ohiobikeways.net/national.htm

Planned and existing trails in Stark County: www.starkparks.com/trail_list.asp

Camp Tuscazoar Foundation operates the historic Zoar Valley Trail: www.tuscazoar.org/ZVTguide.htm

Hiking Trails

Hiking trail maps, hike descriptions, and Ohio topographic maps at Trails.com:

• Hiking Trails in Ohio

NeoNaturalist.com posts reviews of hiking trails in Ohio parks and nature preserves, hiking tips, and directions to places to hike

Maps and trail descriptions for East Fork and Hueston Woods State Parks

American Volkssport Association year-round walking and Volkssport Event Calendar

Long-Distance Trails

The Buckeye Trail Association works on a 1200-mile corridor encircling Ohio: www.buckeyetrail.org/

The North Country Trail is being developed with a goal of 4,400 miles from New York to North Dakota; for information on the trail in Ohio: http://northcountrytrail.org/explore/ex_oh/oh.htm

For information on the coast-to-coast American Discovery Trail in Kentucky and Ohio: www.discoverytrail.org/states/ohio/index.html

Off-Highway Vehicle Trails

Hanging Rock OHV off-highway vehicle recreation area is near Ironton, Ohio: http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.aspx?trailid=BGM010-023

Rail Trails and Canal Trails

B & O Bike Trail runs 18.2 miles on the former Baltimore & Ohio Railway through scenic parts of North Central Ohio: http://angelfire.com/oh5/railstotrails/richland_trail.html - see a map at http://cyclingohio.com/main/page_rails_to_trails_b__o_trail.html

The Celina to Coldwater Bike Trail runs 4.5 miles: www.bright.net/~dietsch/grandlake/biketrail.htm

Firelands Rails to Trails works to completing this rail trail across northern Ohio as part of the North Coast Inland Trail: www.firelandsrailstotrails.org/

Gallia County Hike & Bike Trail, a former CSX railway right-of-way under development , will run 28 miles from southern Vinton County through Gallia County to Gallipolis: www.wegoplaces.com/Activity_39480.aspx

Harrison County Conotton Creek Trail is a multi-use rail trail which extends 11.4 miles through northern Harrison County: www.crossroadsrcd.org/hctrail/

The Heritage Rail Trail in central Ohio is a 7 mile multipurpose trail running between Hilliard and Plain City (near Columbus): www.heritagerailtrail.org

The 17-mile Hockhocking Adena Bikeway is is located on the old Columbus and Hocking Valley Railroad bed between Columbus and Athens: www.seorf.ohiou.edu/~xx088/

Holmes County Trail is completed and open from Fredericksburg to Millersburg, OH (12 miles): www.holmestrail.org/

The Huron River Greenway is a project for a multi-purpose trail using abandoned railroad right-of-way along the Huron River and the historic Milan Canal:: www.huronrivergreenway.org/

Kokosing Gap Trail run 14milea between Mount Vernon and Danville, crossinf the Kokosing River twice on bridges over 250 feet long: www.kokosinggaptrail.org/

MetroParks Bikeway runs 11 miles in Canfield Township to Mahoning County/ Trumbull County Line: www.millcreekmetroparks.com/bikeway.htm

Miami Valley Rail Trails has information on trails centered on Dayton and Xenia, Ohio: www.miamivalleytrails.org

The Little Miami Trail:

• Little Miami State Park runs 50 miles through four counties of southwest Ohio: www.dnr.state.oh.us/parks/parks/lilmiami.htm
• Miami Valley RailTrails covers the 72 miles from Springfield to Milford: www.miamivalleytrails.org/miami.htm
• The trail in the Yellow Springs area: www.yellowsprings.com/bikepath.html

Miami and Erie Trail from Delphos to St. Mary's has maps and a mile by mile trail description: www.northcountrytrail.org/explore/focus/ohcanal1.htm

The Miami-Erie Canal Corridor Association focuses recreation and preservation of a 55-mile stretch of canal lands from Delphos to Piqua, Ohio: www.meccainc.org/

The 4.8 mile Mohican Valley Trail is built on an abandoned Penn Central railroad bed in Knox County between Brinkhaven and Danville and crosses the Mohican River on a 370' covered bridge: http://www.angelfire.com/oh5/railstotrails/mohicanvalleytrail.html and www.knoxcountyparks.org/mohican%20valley.htm

Moonville Rail Trail extends through the hills of Vinton and Athens counties: www.moonvillerailtrail.com/

The National Road Bikeway in St. Clairsville is the only rail trail in Ohio with a tunnel: http://www.stclairsville.com/bike.shtml

Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition works to develop and preserve the 20-mile Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail: www.ohioeriecanal.org/about.html

The planned 110-mile Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor corridor; 16 miles of

The Ohio to Erie Trail is a 350-mile multi-purpose trail linking Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland on former railroads and canals: www.ohiotoerietrail.org/

Simon Kenton Trail connects Urbana and Champaign County with a developing network of statewide multi-use trails, Ohio: www.simonkentonpathfinders.org

T.J. Evans Recreational Trail runs over 36 miles through Licking County: http://www.columbusinline.com/plac2sk8/johnstown_to_newark_trail.htm

The Tri-County Triangle Trail will connect Chillicothe, Frankfort, Washington C. H., and Greenfield into a 52 mile recreational trail: http://tricotrail.tripod.com/

The 63-mile Wabash Cannonball Trail is one of Ohio's longest rail-trails, traversing four counties: Fulton, Henry, Lucas, and Williams: www.wabashcannonballtrail.org/

The Western Reserve Greenway uses the old USRA 714 railroad line that ran between Ashtabula and Champion: http://www.ashtabulacountyparks.org/trail.htm

The Zoar Valley Trail is part canal towpath, part rail/trail and part public roadway: www.tuscazoar.org/ZoarValleyTrail.htm

Snow Trails

Ohio State Snowmobile Association: www.ossa.snowclubs.com/

Waterway and Boating Trails

Water trails in Ohio created by cooperation

Kokosing River Water Trail from Knox County Park District: www.knoxcountyparks.org/kokosing%20river.htm

Statewide Advocacy and Resources

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is updating its Trails Plan to help guide the development and expansion of a statewide system of recreational trails throughout Ohio: www.dnr.state.oh.us/trailsplan/

Join us in Chattanooga, Tennessee in November 2010 for the 20th National Trails Symposium!