LOCAL TRAILS AND PARKS
TRAILS
Bike Miami Valley
www.bikemiamivalley.org
Bike Miami Valley is a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to
promoting, enabling and creating safe bicycling for recreation and
transportation in the Miami Valley.
Miami Valley Trails
www.miamivalleytrails.org
This is the South West Ohio's Rails-To-Trails Pages. On these pages you will
find information about each of the RailTrails and other multi-use trails centered on Dayton and Xenia Ohio
Rails To Trails
www.trailsandgreenways.org
The Clearinghouse, a project of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC), provides technical assistance, information resources and referrals to trail and greenway advocates and developers across the nation.
PARKS AND PRESERVES (local)
Aullwood Audubon Center & Farm
www.aullwood.center.audubon.org
As an Audubon Center of the National Audubon Society, Aullwood is
an environmental education center in western Ohio. Its goal is to
promote the protection of birds, other wildlife, and the habitats on
which they depend. Aullwood offers both children and adults the
opportunity to experience and appreciate the world through
experience-based education.
Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Park District
Caesars Creek Gorge Nature Preserve
www.dnr.state.oh.us/parks/parks/caesarck.htm
Five Rivers Metro Parks
www.metroparks.org
Glen Helen Nature Preserve
www.glenhelen.org
Comprised of 1,000 acres of forests, thickets, meadows and scenic
rivers, the Glen Helen Nature Preserve is a sacred trust of Antioch
College, and is truly a living laboratory for understanding what
nature has to teach us. Its geological features include valleys†carved
by glacial meltwater, ledges, cascades and the uniquely beautiful
yellow springs.
Greene County Park District
www.greenecountyohio.org/recreation.html
With over 30 unique and beautiful parks, reserves and wetlands,
totaling almost 2,000 acres,this park district offers educational
programming and nature hikes; as well as recreation, leisure,
wellness, and cultural arts activities.
Narrows Reserve and Nature Center -
162 acres of natural area along the scenic Little Miami River
that includes a canoe launch and primitive camping by permit.
Indian Mound Reserve-
166 acres featuring Williamson Mound, an historical fort enclosure,
and Massie Creek Gorge.
Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Park District
John Bryan State Park
www.dnr.state.oh.us/parks/parks/jhnbryan.htm
John Bryan, part of the Buck Creek/John Bryan State Park Region
is the most scenic State Park in†western Ohio. The park contains a
remarkable†limestone gorge cut by the Little Miami River,†which
is designated as a state and national Scenic†River. A portion of
the gorge itself is designated as a national natural landmark.
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