Bike Trails in the Miami Valley




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Bike Trails in the Miami Valley

Montgomery County Trails

Greene County Trails

Clark County Trails

Cyclists (as well as walkers, in-line skaters and runners) need a good place to walk, run, skate and ride. The Miami Valley is rapidly building a network of Rail-Trails. These trails are old abandoned railroad right-of-ways that are being converted into smooth, safe, traffic free and family friendly places for you to get outside. Our sister Web Site the Miami Valley RailTrails has additional information about these trails including trail reviews by those who have ridden them! See below.

Montgomery County Trails

Creekside Trail See below. The trail is now complete through Montgomery County to Eastwood MetroPark. Now you can bike from Xenia Station in Greene County to downtown Dayton, in Montgomery County.
North Miami Bikeway The trail will start in Taylorsville MetroPark and extend South along the Great Miami River to Triangle Park North of downtown where it will connect to the River Corridor Bikeway. Along the way a spur may be provided to Huber Heights at the Canal Locks Park. The next section is planned for construction in 2001.

Left: Marvin Olinsky, Retired Director, Five Rivers MetroParks, dedicates the North Miami Bikeway in 2000.

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River Corridor Bikeway (paved) 22.6 miles - This trail extends on both sides of the Great Miami River in downtown Dayton, Ohio. The trail starts at Sinclair Park in Harrison Township North of Dayton on the East side of the River. At the Helena Street Bridge the trail is on both sides of the River as far South as Stewart Street. At that point the trail continues on the East bank through West Carrolltown to Miamisburg to Crains Run Park near the Montgomery/Warren County line where it currently ends.

Wolf Creek Rail Trail (paved) 13 miles- Starts at the Train Station in Trotwood and extends Northwest through Brookville to Verona.

Mad River Trail (to River Corridor Bikeway, paved) 3 miles - Starts at Eastwood MetroPark in Riverside and extends West to connect with the River Corridor Bikeway in downtown Dayton.
Please Note: Due to heavy rain in North Dayton, there is a chance the bikeway along the new RiverScape will be flooded. Contact Five Rivers MetroParks for updates.

The Great Connection (In planning) will connect the River Corridor Bikeway south along the Great Miami River through Warren and Butler counties to Hamilton to join an existing 3/6 mile trail. This new trail is being develop by the Miami Conservancy District.

The T-Connector A bridge to be built to connect the Kaufmann Avenue Trail to Dayton and Xenia.

Greene County Trails

Xenia Station Located on South Detroit Street, about one mile south of the Clarke County Courthouse, the Xenia Station has been labeled "The Hub Of It All." This is so because five current or planned trails fan out from it in all directions. The Little Miami Scenic Trail stretches north to Springfield and south to Milford, outside Cincinnati. The Creekside Trail runs West into Montgomery County ultimately to connect to downtown Dayton via Eastwood MetroPark. The Cedarville Trail now finished to Cedarville, will be extended to London, Columbus and ultimately to Cleveland and Lake Erie. Finally an Xenia-Jamestown Connector will run Southeast to Washington Court House to join the Tri-County Triangle Trail being developed there.

Kauffman Avenue Bikeway (paved) 4.7 miles - Extends along Kauffman Avenue in Fairborn past Wright State University to the Wright Brothers Memorial.

Little Miami Scenic Trail (paved) 72 miles - Starts in Springfield, Ohio and ends in Milford (near Cincinnati); the trail passes through Xenia at the Xenia Station where connections East to Dayton via the Creekside Trail, and Northeast to Cedarville (ending to Columbus in the near future) as well to the Southeast to Washington Courthouse to meet with the Tri-County Triangle Trail.

Cedarville Trail (paved) 9 miles - Currently extending from the Xenia Station in downtown Xenia to Cedarville this trail and the Little Miami Scenic Trail make up a portion of what is known as the Ohio-To-Erie Trail. This ambitious undertaking, planned to be completed by the year 2003, will be at 325 miles the longest rail-trail in the country. It will extend from the Ohio River at Cincinnati extend up the Little Miami Scenic Trail to Xenia, and travel to Cedarville, London, Akron and Cleveland via the Cuyahoga National Forest's Towpath Trail.

Creekside Trail (AKA H-Connector) This east-west path extends from the Montgomery/Greene County line in Beavercreek to Xenia. The trail parallels State Route 35 from Dayton to Xenia.. The trail is on the north side of 35; Perhaps you've noticed it from your car. You can park at 5/3 Gateway Park, Dayton-Xenia Rd., Beavercreek (located near the I-675-U.S. 35 interchange); Nutter Park, 865 Factory Road, Beavercreek; and the Xenia Station, trail complex located between Detroit St. and Cincinnati Ave. in Xenia. The Montgomery County section of the Creekside Trail extends west from the Greene/Montgomery County line to near Woodman Drive. There it meets the north-south trail from Eastwood MetroPark. South to Woodbine Road it enters the park via the Springfield Street park entrance (under the Conrail railroad tracks) and be routed onto existing surface streets within the park to connect to the Mad River Trail.

Clark County

Buck Creek Trail - The trail is finished from Old Reid Park near Buck Creek State Park to Veteran's Park in downtown Springfield.

Other Trails in Ohio

Tri-County Triangle Trail (Washington Court House)
Towpath Trail (Cuyahoga National Park) National Park Service
Ohio to Erie Trail (Cincinnati to Cleveland)

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