Backroads & Byways of Ohio: Drives, Day Trips & Weekend Excursions
Ohio is full of fascinating history and beautiful landscapes. Come discover all that this state’s backroads offer travelers.

Backroads & Byways of Ohio takes you to places you wouldn’t guess existed in the Buckeye State, like the Lake Erie Isles— a vacationer’s paradise virtually unheard of outside of a few local counties. Or head to the Hocking Hills (not far from the quintessential college town of Athens) to see waterfalls and gorges along the rivers. Want a longer trip? Travel cross-state on the Old National Road or discover local glassmakers still plying their trade in the Western Reserve, where glassmaking history goes way back. Explore Amish country, Native American mounds, and visit important sites on the Underground Railroad near Ohio’s first (then third!) capital, Chillicothe, still full of stately mansions.
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Backroads & Byways of Ohio: Drives, Day Trips & Weekend Excursions
Ohio is full of fascinating history and beautiful landscapes. Come discover all that this state’s backroads offer travelers.

Backroads & Byways of Ohio takes you to places you wouldn’t guess existed in the Buckeye State, like the Lake Erie Isles— a vacationer’s paradise virtually unheard of outside of a few local counties. Or head to the Hocking Hills (not far from the quintessential college town of Athens) to see waterfalls and gorges along the rivers. Want a longer trip? Travel cross-state on the Old National Road or discover local glassmakers still plying their trade in the Western Reserve, where glassmaking history goes way back. Explore Amish country, Native American mounds, and visit important sites on the Underground Railroad near Ohio’s first (then third!) capital, Chillicothe, still full of stately mansions.
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Backroads & Byways of Ohio: Drives, Day Trips & Weekend Excursions

Backroads & Byways of Ohio: Drives, Day Trips & Weekend Excursions

by Matt Forster
Backroads & Byways of Ohio: Drives, Day Trips & Weekend Excursions

Backroads & Byways of Ohio: Drives, Day Trips & Weekend Excursions

by Matt Forster

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Ohio is full of fascinating history and beautiful landscapes. Come discover all that this state’s backroads offer travelers.

Backroads & Byways of Ohio takes you to places you wouldn’t guess existed in the Buckeye State, like the Lake Erie Isles— a vacationer’s paradise virtually unheard of outside of a few local counties. Or head to the Hocking Hills (not far from the quintessential college town of Athens) to see waterfalls and gorges along the rivers. Want a longer trip? Travel cross-state on the Old National Road or discover local glassmakers still plying their trade in the Western Reserve, where glassmaking history goes way back. Explore Amish country, Native American mounds, and visit important sites on the Underground Railroad near Ohio’s first (then third!) capital, Chillicothe, still full of stately mansions.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781581572032
Publisher: Countryman Press, The
Publication date: 06/30/2014
Series: Backroads & Byways
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Matt Forster is a travel writer and editor. He is the author of Backroads & Byways of Ohio, Explorer’s Guide Colorado, and Backroads & Byways of Colorado. Forster and his family live in Michigan.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9

1 A Great Lake, an Impressive River, and a Long-Gone Swamp 13

Toledo, Maumee, Perrysburg, Bowling Green, Grand Rapids, Defiance, Bryan, Archbold

2 The Jewel of Ohio: The Erie Isles and the Marblehead Peninsula 31

Genoa, Elmore, Port Clinton, Lakeside, Marblehead, Kelleys Island, Put-in-Bay, Oak Harbor

3 From the Sandusky River into the Firelands 49

Bucyrus, Upper Sandusky, Carey, Tiffin, Fremont, Bellevue, Norwalk, Milan, Vermilion, Huron, Sandusky

4 Cleveland to Akron: The Shores of Lake Erie and the Cuyahoga River Valley 67

Bay Village, Rocky River, Cleveland, Euclid, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Akron

5 A Land of Covered Bridges, a Valley of Vineyards 87

Ashtabula County, Conneaut, Ashtabula, Geneva-on-the-Lake, Geneva, Mentor- on - the - Lake, Willoughby, Chagrin Falls

6 Amish Country 103

Mansfield, Loudonville, Millersburg, Berlin, Charm, Sugarcreek, Coshocton, Uhrichsville, New Philadelphia, Dover, Zoar, Canton, Kidron

7 A National Road, a State Capital 123

Zanesville, Newark, Gahaima, Granville, Columbus, Delaware, Mount Vernon, Gambier

8 The WIDE Ohio River 141

Portsmouth, Ironton, Gallipolis, Point Pleasant (W. Va.), Belpre, Parkersburg (W. Va.), Marietta, Woodsfield

9 Ancient Mounds and the Etch Older Hocking Hills 157

Bain bridge, Chillicothe, Hocking Hills, Logan, Nelsonville, Athens

10 The Queen City: Cincinnati and Its Neighbors 175

Point Pleasant, Newport, Cincinnati, Fairfield, Hamilton, Oxford

11 Around the Great and Little Miami Rivers 137

Dayton, Miamisburg, Lebanon, Oregonia, Waynesville, Yellow Creek, Urbana, West Liberty

12 The Wide Western Plains 217

Van Wert, Delphos, Lima, Wapakoneta, Grand Lake St. Mary's, New Bremen, Versailles, Piqua, Troy, Greenville

Index 231

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