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Otetnews44 Winter2011
The OhiO tO EriE trail WinterWinter 20112011 NewsletterNewsletter #44#44 Hoover Scenic Trail Ribbon Cutting New Email and Phone Number (Delaware County) 614-918-3636 It was a momentous October 23rd as the ribbon [email protected] was cut to open the Hoover Scenic Trail in Delaware County. The one-mile trail begins on Plumb Road just west of Old 3C Highway, bridges Plumb Road and continues north on Weise Road. The trail passes through the Hoover nature Preserve on the northwest side of Hoover Reservoir. First riders cross the Hoover Scenic Trail Bridge Camp Chase Trail Update (Franklin County) Work to pave 3.5 miles of The Ohio to Erie Trail from Olmstead Road to Georgesville Road began last fall. Asphalt was then laid. Once the bridge between Olmstead and Alkire roads is placed, the final paving can be completed. Franklin County Metro Parks continues to work on design and engineering of the remaining trail sections. ODOT is funding a portion of the trail from Galloway to Sullivant Avenue. A separate bridge over I-270 will be built, allowing maintenance of traffic Hoover Scenic Trail Ribbon Cutting L-R: Jim Flaherty (Ohio to Erie Trail Board mem- on I-270. Approval to bid on the work is expected ber), Dave Bender, Rita Au, and Jerry Rampelt (OTET Executive Director) sometime in 2011. Page 2 The Ohio to Erie Trail Newly Paved Trail Land had previously tried to purchase the property since 2001. The properties, near Scranton Road, were (Knox County) slated for riverside residential development. The The Heart of Ohio Trail in Knox County had landowners eventually decided to work with the trust. -
OTETNEWS52 Winter2016
Cleveland Akron Fredericksburg Massillon Mt Vernon Killbuck Sunbury Danville COLUMBUS Xenia London Loveland The Ohio to Erie Trail Cincinnati Winter 2016 Newsletter #52 Alum Creek Trail Dedicated The final leg of the Alum Creek At the dedication ceremony Trail was dedicated on October 1, Mayor Coleman of Columbus and the Ohio to Erie Trail is now said, “We’re the next big Bike City, open from downtown Columbus USA.” to Delaware County. The City of Columbus through the efforts of Photo of the Ohio To Brad Westall made progress each Erie Trail on the newly opened Alum Creek Trail. year in building the trail. Daris Chosen as New Ohio to Erie Trail Fund Coordinator Lisa Daris The OTETF Board is pleased to in- with non-profit organizations. Her ing Program and is the founder of troduce Lisa Daris of Columbus as accomplishments include serving SLOW MONEY, a non-profit orga- the new part-time Executive Coor- on the Community Advisory Com- nization that focuses on peer-to- dinator. Lisa will handle the day to mittee for the Mid-Ohio Regional peer principle based lending. In day operations of the organization Planning Commission’s transpor- addition she has her own seasonal and report to President Moffitt and tation department. She is also kayaking company, Olentangy Pad- the officers. on the board of FLOW (Friends of dle. She is a graduate of The Ohio She has extensive experience the Lower Olentangy), chairs the State University. in the corporate world as well as Columbus Outdoor Pursuits Boat- www.ohiotoerietrail.org facebook.com/OhiotoErie -
Otetnews57 Spring 2018
CLEVELAND Peninsula AKRON Dalton Canal Fulton Apple Creek Massillon Glenmont Millersburg Mount Vernon Killbuck Danville Galena Centerburg Westerville South London Charleston COLUMBUS Georgesville Xenia Cedarville Corwin Spring Valley Photo Credit: Adam Cairns Loveland Morrow CINCINNATI Milford Ohio to Erie Trail Spring 2018 Newsletter #57 More Trail Miles and Amenities for OTET Knox County will be repaving from Bridge of The trail connector along Camp Chase between Sul- Dreams to the Holmes County Line. The parking lot livant Ave and Georgesville Road is currently under area will also be improved to make it ADA compliant construction and expected to be finished in the next handicap vehicle/van accessible. Three new way- few months. This will eliminate the one mile roadway marking signs have been added along the HOOT along Industrial Mile Rd. (Heart of Ohio Trail) segment. Additionally, the new Battelle Darby Creek Metro The City of Columbus opened the new Wilson Road Park connector in Franklin County is expected to Park trailhead last year along the Camp Chase be finished by Fall of 2018. Metro Parks will extend segment in Franklin County. The trailhead, shown and pave the Indian Ridge Trail within the park which below, includes shelter, drinking water, a tool kiosk, replaces the segment where bicyclists currently ride and restrooms. on the park road. Rails to Trails of Wayne County and City of Orrville has received $500,000 of Clean Ohio Trail funding to build a 2.4 mile trail between Orville and Marshallville. OTETF has pledged $15,000 towards this new section which, once connected, will become part of the OTET. -
2019 Clean Ohio Trails Fund Recipients
2 0 1 9 C l e a n O h i o T r a i l s F u n d A w a r d s County City/Village Applicant Project Total Project COTF Funding Proposal Costs Ashtabula Ashtabula County Pymatuning valley $2,124,982.00 $500,000.00 The Pymatuning Valley Greenway Trail Phase 1.1 is a Metroparks Greenway Trail 3.51 mile multi-use trail in southwestern Ashtabula County, which is the initial phase of a regionally significant trail that will connect Ashtabula County and the Western Reserve Greenway Trail to Jamestown, PA and Clarion, PA. The trail itself will be designed to be off-road, paved, 10-feet-wide. Clean Ohio Trails Fund assistance will fund the construction, design, and engineering phases of this project. Clinton City of Wilmington Clarksville Connection- $2,022,601.00 $500,000.00 This project will extend the Luther Warren Peace Path Phase I Trail 3.5 miles from the existing terminus at Nelson Avenue in the City of Wilmington to Beechgrove Road and Ogden Road in Union Township as the first step towards developing a trail to connect to the Little Miami Trail in Warren County. Clean Ohio Trails Fund assistance will fund the construction phase of this project. Columbiana Columbiana County Little Beaver Creek $156,596.00 $117,447.00 The project will allow for the construction of 3.1 miles of a Park District Greenway Trail-Lincoln combination of bike lanes and bike trail along State Route Street Connector 154, east of Lisbon, to an existing park and ride near State Route 11. -
MIAMI VALLEY BIKEWAYS235 TWP 200 East Liberty 33
47 BELLEFONTAINE 292 47 CARTER 33 UNION NOTE: LOGAN COUNTY END Southview CHIP AND 47 Park SEAL SURFACE. MIAMI VALLEY BIKEWAYS235 TWP 200 East Liberty 33 TWP 199 Liberty Hills Golf TWP 190 Club The Nation's Largest Paved Trail Network TWP 249 68 3 OH 508 Owens Fen MiamiValleyTrails.org State Nature Preserve Piatt N O R T H West Castles Liberty 287 559 OH 245 245 Ohio 245 Caverns LOGAN COUNTY 47 507 Versailles 235 CHAMPAIGN COUNTY Mad River Ansonia UPPER Market VALLEY DARKE COUNTY 185 SHELBY COUNTY SHELBY COUNTY 245 Kiser Lake Mad River 296 MIAMI COUNTY 66 JOHNSTON FARM Wilderness State Park Area & INDIAN AGENCY r e 17 iv 48 Mia m i R 29 LIPPINCOTT 68 Urbana eat Wilderness r Area G 127 Roadside 118 121 Park 589 HERR 185 25 Edison State Community PURK RIVERSIDE College SNYDER 36 CHAMPAIGN COUNTY 36 MILLERSTOWN-ERIS HANNA CODDINGTON Stillwater Lock 9 PIQUA-CLAYTON MT. PLEASANT CEMETERY Prairie SPIKER Park CROMES OH 296 NOTE: Reserve SUNSET TROY-SIDNEY 36 BEGIN 296 CROMES CHIP AND French RIVER Bradford GLE Park LOONEY SEAL IN CASSTOWN-SIDNEY Fletcher MAIN HIGH 36 SURFACE. COVINGTON-BRANDFORD MCMAKEN 49 36 SPIKER Piqua STATLER Darke County Lake PEARL Gettysburg NEW HARRISION-BRADFORD MIAMI WALNUT Temporary Wildlife Area PARK MILLERSTOWN 7 BISH DISCOVERY BUCKNECK Road Route 75 Garbry’s Big RIVER BRIDGE Goodrich- N. OAKLAND CENTER 36 Piqua detail map Giles Park Woods Y 36 MAIN Reserve & 36 571 Temporary Covington on reverse side URBANA 814 Road Route Sanctuary St. Paris 36 E. LAWN 36 MAIN PETERSON COVINGTON-GETTYSBURG Melvin Miller Park 36 Greenville N.MAIN UNION SPIDEL HAHN WILLIS Farrington N. -
Rails to Trails Fall 2013
The Ohio Erie to Trail: Building the Spine Across the Buckeye By Lee Chilcote State Photos by Leonardo Carrizo The Ohio to Erie Trail travels 300 miles from the Ohio River in downtown Cincinnati to the rolling hills of rural Amish country and on to the sandy shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland. When the trail is fi nally complete— more than 70 percent of it is open for use—it will be the longest paved off-road trail in the country. Along the way, it showcases the best of Ohio. >> Known as “Howard Tunnel,” the stone archway carrying U.S. Route 36 over the Kokosing Gap Trail in Knox County provides a perfect frame for Ohio’s scenic charm. railstotrails N fall.13 9 At left, a runner and her faithful companion stride out on Scioto Trail at North Bank Park, Columbus. !e trail navigates through charm- ing, historic towns such as London and captions Trails radiate from Xenia like sunbeams, Mount Vernon, and traverses pictur- including the Little Miami Scenic Trail, esque areas where Amish buggies can be Creekside Trail and the Prairie Grass Trail. seen rolling alongside bikers and hikers. Surfn Cycle and, above, Xenia Station, are Linking the “3C” cities—Cleveland, well-known stopping points in this hub for Columbus and Cincinnati—the Ohio to trail users. Below, participants in the Earth Day Challenge walk on the Kokosing Gap Trail Erie also allows users to travel between outside Mount Vernon. Ohio’s rural areas and the state’s major metros, which are now undergoing a For instance, on a short, 0.6-mile time from Columbus to scenic villages remarkable revitalization. -
Miami Valley Cycling Summit Communities Directory
MIAMI VALLEY CYCLING SUMMIT COMMUNITIES DIRECTORY 1.1. INTRODUCTION This Cycling Directory provides a review and assessment of existing bicycle facilities in the Miami Valley Region and the organizations that help make the facilities possible. The directory defines various bicycle infrastructure types, including on- and off-street facilities. A discussion of the existing bikeway system follows with a review of facilities in each of the four counties in the Region. The directory takes a look at other bicycle infrastructure components, including signage, end-of-trip facilities, and multi-modal connections, and then briefly summarizes existing programmatic efforts to encourage bicycling. 1.2. EXISTING BIKEWAYS The following sections describe existing bikeways in the Miami Valley region, discussing statewide and regional bikeways followed by an overview of bikeways within each of the Counties in the Region. Shared use paths comprise the vast majority of the Region’s existing bikeway network. The Miami Valley benefits from a comprehensive and generally well-connected trail system that has developed over time. In response to the devastating 1913 floods, the Miami Conservancy District (MCD) was formed and charged with developing a flood control system. The flood control channels along the Great Miami River and other waterway corridors now carry an extensive trail system. In 1978, the first eight-mile trail loop was developed in downtown Dayton, and today, the area boasts over 200 miles of trails. 1.2.1. NATIONAL AND STATEWIDE TRAILS IN THE MIAMI VALLEY Portions of the Miami Valley’s bikeway system serve as elements of designated national trails, described below. NORTH COUNTRY NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL Officially designated in 1980, the North Country National Scenic Trail passes through seven states, including North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. -
Otetnews56 Fall 2017
CLEVELAND Peninsula AKRON Dalton Canal Fulton Apple Creek Massillon Glenmont Millersburg Mount Vernon Killbuck Danville Galena Centerburg Westerville South London Charleston COLUMBUS Georgesville Xenia Cedarville Corwin Spring Valley Loveland Morrow CINCINNATI Milford Ohio to Erie Trail Fall 2017 Newsletter #56 Progress Planned on the OTET To help fill this gap in the Ohio to Erie Trail, contribute online at www.fmcpt.com, or send a check to: FMCPT, P.O. Box 308, London, Ohio 43140. At the time of publication, an ODNR Clean Ohio Trails Fund grant for this segment is pending. The Village of Galena has applied for Clean Ohio Trails funding (approval pending at the time of pub- lication) to continue construction of the trail on the north side of Galena (Phase 2), starting at Holmes St. OTETF has pledged $13,500 for this 1,775 linear feet of (l-r) OTET Executive Coordinator Lisa Daris; Brian Boldman, Execu- paved multi-use trail. tive VP of Stanley Electric US, Mike Michaels, President of Friends of Madison County Parks and Trail (FMCPT); Bill Dean, State Represen- tative, District 74; Patrick Closser, Mayor of City of London; Madison The Orrville Heartland Trail has applied for County; Bob Hacket, State Senator, District 10, and Bryan Dhume, Clean Ohio Trail funding (approval pending at the time Madison County Engineer (Photo credit: Michael Williamson of the of publication) to build a 2.4 mile trail between Orville Madison Press) and Marshallville. OTETF has pledged $15,000 towards this new section which, once connected, will become Madison County - Groundbreaking for a new part of the OTET. -
Public Works Commission
State of Ohio Public Works Commission Clean Ohio Fund - Green Space Conservation Program Acreage Report County Applicant Project Name ProjID Grant Acquired Description Adams Highlands Nature Sanctuary, Inc. Kamama Nature Preserve Expansion CONAD 188,356 93 Acres Acquisition of approximately 93 acres of land in Adams County to nearly double the Kamama Prairie Preserve. This will add nearly one mile of stream protection in the Turkey Creek Watershed, and protects a rare plant community referred to as an"alkaline short-grass prairie." Adams The Nature Conservancy Buzzardroost Rock and Cave Hollow Preserve COCAB 337,050 216 Acres This project consists of acquisition of 216 acres of land in Adams County to expand the Buzzardrock Addition Preserve. The preserve is named for the turkey and black vultures that frequent the 300-foot rock and associated cliffs of the property. Adams The Nature Conservancy Additions To Edge of Appalachia Preserve System CODAC 725,062 383 Acres This project consists of acquisition of 383 acres to expand the Abner Hollow, Cave Hollow, Lynx Prairie, and Wilderness preserves in Adams County. The project serves to protect and increase habitat for threatened and endangered species, preserves streamside forests, connects protected natural areas, provides aesthetic preservation benefits, facilitates good management for safe hunting, and enhances economic development related to recreation and ecotourism. Adams The Nature Conservancy Sunshine Corridor and Adjacent Tracts COEAB 741,675 654 Acres This project consists of the fee simple acquisition of 654 acres at five locations in Adams County. This project protects habitat, preserves headwater streams and streamside forest, connects natural areas, and facilitates outdoor education. -
Ohio Public Works Commission
State of Ohio Public Works Commission Clean Ohio Fund - Green Space Conservation Program Acreage Report County Applicant Project Name ProjID Grant Acquired Description Adams Highlands Nature Sanctuary, Inc. Kamama Nature Preserve Expansion CONAD 188,356 93 Acres Acquisition of approximately 93 acres of land in Adams County to nearly double the Kamama Prairie Preserve. This will add nearly one mile of stream protection in the Turkey Creek Watershed, and protects a rare plant community referred to as an"alkaline short-grass prairie." Adams The Nature Conservancy Buzzardroost Rock and Cave Hollow Preserve COCAB 337,050 216 Acres This project consists of acquisition of 216 acres of land in Adams County to expand the Buzzardrock Addition Preserve. The preserve is named for the turkey and black vultures that frequent the 300-foot rock and associated cliffs of the property. Adams The Nature Conservancy Additions To Edge of Appalachia Preserve System CODAC 725,062 383 Acres This project consists of acquisition of 383 acres to expand the Abner Hollow, Cave Hollow, Lynx Prairie, and Wilderness preserves in Adams County. The project serves to protect and increase habitat for threatened and endangered species, preserves streamside forests, connects protected natural areas, provides aesthetic preservation benefits, facilitates good management for safe hunting, and enhances economic development related to recreation and ecotourism. Adams The Nature Conservancy Sunshine Corridor and Adjacent Tracts COEAB 741,675 654 Acres This project consists of the fee simple acquisition of 654 acres at five locations in Adams County. This project protects habitat, preserves headwater streams and streamside forest, connects natural areas, and facilitates outdoor education. -
Waterfalls of Northern Ohio
Waterfalls of Northern Ohio Dan Styer copyright © 18 September 2011 by Dan Styer 2 For my mother, who loves waterfalls 3 The Ohio territory consists of “fine, rich, level land, well-timbered with large walnut, ash, sugar trees, cherry trees, &c. It is well watered with a great number of little streams or rivulets, and full of beautiful natural meadows, covered with wild rye, blue grass, and clover, and abounds with turkeys, deer, elk, and most sorts of game, particularly buffaloes, thirty or forty of which are frequently seen feeding in one meadow. In short, it wants nothing but cultivation to make it a most delightful country.” — Journal of Christopher Gist, 17 February 1751 4 Contents Introduction 9 Cleveland and East 14 Mill Creek Falls 14 Bridal Veil Falls 16 Great Falls of Tinkers Creek 18 Squaw Rock Falls 20 Falls on Sulphur Springs 22 Wiley Creek Falls 24 Chagrin Falls 25 Bear’s Gully 28 Dean’s Fall 30 Oak Falls 32 Buttermilk Falls 33 Euclid Falls 35 Lake View Cemetery Falls 37 Doan Brook 39 Shaker Mill Waterfall 41 Stoney Brook Falls 42 Falls in Stebbins Gulch 44 Jenks Creek Falls 45 Cascade Falls 46 Waterfalls of Big Creek 47 Paine Falls 48 Waterfalls of Paine Creek 50 Angel’s Fall 51 Secret Falls 53 Hidden Valley Falls 55 Hogback Ridge Falls 56 Twin Ledge Falls 58 Cedarquist Falls 60 Lulu Falls 62 Welton Falls 64 Silken Falls 65 5 Centerville Mills Waterfall 66 Ansel’s Cave Falls 68 Affelder Falls 70 Harmony Falls 72 Forty-foot Falls 73 Garrettsville Falls 75 Nelson Ledges State Park 77 Welton’s Gully 79 Warner Hollow 81 Cleveland -
States / Ohio / Ohio Bikemap.Pdf
Northeast continued... Southwest continued... Southeast continued... Yoctangee Greenway, SR 104 at U.S. 35 to east Chillicothe limits ......4.6 Stark/Wayne Counties Darke County Sippo ValleyTrail, Lincoln Park to Dalton Village Green ....................... 9.0 Greenville Creek Trail, Alice Bish Park to Greenville City Park ............ 1.0 Vinton County Lake Alma St. Park ............................................................................1.0 Summit County Clinton County Center Valley Bikeway, Twinsburg ....................................................... 1.3 Wilmington, Citywide Path System ...................................................... 3.7 Washington County Muskingum River Lock House Run, downtown Marietta to Kelsey Creek Bikepath, Cuyahoga Falls ............................................. 1.0 Fayette County fairgrounds ............................................................................. 2.1 SR 82 Bike Lanes, Macedonia ............................................................. 1.5 Tri-County Trail, Washington C.H., Market St. to Old Chillicothe Rd. ... 3.5 Village of New Matamoras ................................................................. 0.5 Tallmadge Bikeway, Southwest Ave. to N. Monroe St. ........................ 3.0 Greene/Clark/Madison Counties Trumbull/Ashtabula Counties The Ohio to Erie Trail, Cedarville Trail, Xenia to Cedarville ............... 8.6 Western Reserve Greenway, Champion Ave. to Hague Rd. ............ 18.1 Prairie Grass Trail, Cedarville to London .................................