Aullwood Audubon Center and Farm (OH)

Aullwood Audubon Center and Farm adjoins Aullwood Garden in Englewood MetroPark and is one of the most outstanding private recreational facilities on the western portion of the Ohio National Road. It is a 350-acre wildlife sanctuary that highlights the native flora and fauna of west central Ohio, making it an excellent way for visitors to the byway to learn about the natural environment through which they are traveling. The center has six miles of hiking trails, a nature center, a new education center and gift shop, and an organic farm.

Directions

Travel south from the Byway on I-75 to Dayton. The Audubon Center is at 1000 Aullwood Rd. in Dayton.

Battelle-Darby Creek Metro Park (OH)

Battelle-Darby Creek Metro Park is situated along the Big and Little Darby Creeks, designated State and National Wild & Scenic Rivers. Its 3,500-plus acres contain land management areas and a variety of ecosystemsincluding prairies, wetlands, and woodlands, as well as Big and Little Darby Creeks. The park has several trails ranging in length from onetenth of a mile to two miles, and offers other activities including hiking, picnicking, nature and history programs, canoeing, sledding, crosscountry skiing, hunting and fishing, and a pet trail. A ranger station and restrooms are available.

Directions

Travel south from the Byway just west of Columbus to Galloway. The park is at 1775 Darby Creek Drive in Galloway.

Blacklick Woods Metro Park (OH)

Blacklick Woods Metro Park is a 632-acre park thatincludes the Walter A. Tucker Nature Preserve, a swamp preserve designated a National Natural Landmark. Other activities available here include a four-mile trail, picnic facilities, nature center, a golf course, and cross-countryskiing. Meeting facilities and restrooms are also available.

Blaine Hill Bridge (OH)

Blaine Hill Bridge is the state's oldest bridge and recently was named the state Bicentennial Bridge. Constructed in 1828, it is a stone arch bridge that crosses Wheeling Creek in Blaine at the foot of an infamously arduous hill that travelers on the National Road had to climb and descend. This bridge is part of the National Road, which carried travelers from the steep foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, across the Ohio River, and then across Wheeling Creek and Blaine Hill Bridge. The bridge remains in its authentic state, and the sandstone structure is unique for its three arches. The Bridge is thought to be the first bridge in the Northwest Territory. The bridge was saved from demolition, and now has received over $1 million in state aid for restoration.

Brick-Paved Road Section (OH)

On the western side of Norwich, there is a one mile-long segment of the National Road that is entirely paved with brick. Brick paving was popular in the early 20th Century and remnant sections of brick paving can be found on many sections of the National Road, however, few segments are as well-preserved as the segment in Norwich. It is open to passenger vehicles so visitors can experience how driving along the National Road in the early part of the 1900s might have felt like.

Cambridge (OH)

The city of Cambridge is the largest urban area in GuernseyCounty and is a National Road pike town. Through Cambridge, theNational Road is Main Street, a bustling commercial corridor linedwith historic buildings that offer many visitor services. Twoblocks north of Main Street is the Wheeling Avenue HistoricDistrict, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

In addition to its many historic sites and visitor services,Cambridge offers byway travelers the opportunity to visit one ofseveral glass museums. The city was the site many glassmakers inthe early 20th Century, including the well-known Cambridge Glasswhich is highly collectible today.

Camp Chase Military Prison and Cemetery (OH)

Camp Chase Military Prison was used from 1861 to the end of the Civil War chiefly to hold political and military prisoners from Kentucky and western Virginia, and later privates, corporals, and sergeants from the ConfederateArmy. The height of the prison population occurred in 1863 and resulted in a smallpox epidemic that caused hundreds of deaths, thereby establishing Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery. The cemetery is the only remaining element of the former prison camp, which was located on the grounds of present-day Westgate Park.

Dawes Arboretum (OH)

A remnant of the old forest of Eastern Ohio survives in the Deep Woods plot in Dawes Arboretum. The 1,149-acre arboretum was established in 1929 and contains a modern visitor center, three driving tours, eight walking trails, and acres of gardens, natural areas, and experimental agricultural and arboreal parcels.

Directions

Go north from Jacksontown on Ohio 13 to the arboretum.

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park (OH)

The Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park is one of the area's top attractions, attracting over 34,000 people annually. It is a collection of sites dedicated to the work of the Wright brothers as well as local author Paul Laurence Dunbar. The park consists of several sites scattered throughout the city, including the National Historical Landmarks of the Wright Cycle Company building and Wright brothers' print shop building, the Huffman Prairie Flying Field, and the 1905 Wright Flyer III. It also includes the Paul Laurence Dunbar State Memorial.

Directions

Travel south on I-75 to Dayton.

Dysart Woods Laboratory (OH)

Dysart Woods Laboratory is worth a detour off thebyway. Owned by Ohio University, this 50-acre deciduous woods contains old-growth beech maple forests like those that once blanketed much of Eastern Ohio. It is designated a National Natural Landmark. Visitors can hike through the 400-year old forest remnant on several trails.

Directions

Travel south from Morristown to Dysart Woods.