Bike Paths in Ohio - Rail Trails in Ohio, Little Miami Scenic Trail, Lebanon Countryside Trail, University]parks Trail, Kokosing Gap Trail (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Rail Trails in Ohio, Little Miami Scenic Trail, Lebanon Countryside Trail, University/parks Trail, Kokosing Gap Trail, Loveland Bike Trail, Conotton Creek Trail, Ohio to Erie Trail, Hockhocking Adena Bikeway. Excerpt: The Little Miami Scenic Trail, also known as the Little Miami Scenic River Trail and Little Miami Bike Trail, is a rail trail that runs though five southwestern counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2008, it is the longest paved trail in the United States, stretching 76 mi (122 km) from Springfield to Newtown, Ohio. The multi-use trail sees frequent use by hikers and bicyclists, as well as the occasional horseback rider. Over 350,000 people made use of the trail in 2005. Most of the trail runs along a dedicated, car-free corridor maintained by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources as Little Miami State Park. The unusually linear state park passes though four counties, running about 50 miles (80 km) long and averaging 66 feet (20 m) in width for a total of about 707 acres (286 ha). Elsewhere, the corridor ranges from 8 to 10 feet (2.4 to 3.0 m) in width. The Little Miami Scenic Trail is signed in Clark, Greene, and Hamilton Counties as State Bike Route 1; elsewhere, the trail uses the Ohio to Erie Trail's green-on-white logo. The Little Miami trail is an incrementally-growing section of not only the Ohio to Erie Trail, but also the Underground Railroad Bicycle Route, Buckeye Trail, and North Country National Scenic Trail. The largely wooded corridor was created along the right-of-way of the old Little Miami Railroad. The original railway bed is still visible beside the trail in various places along the trail route. Together with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the local governments of Xenia and Yellow Springs pu... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=884066