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Miami Valley Bike Trails | Greene County

Greene County has converted 40 of more than over 60 miles of former rail corridor into shared-use bicycle trails. Xenia Station is the hub of four uniquely different trails, including the Little Miami Scenic Trail, Creekside Trail, Ohio-To-Erie-Trail and Kauffman Avenue Bikeway.

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Creekside Trail - 15.2 miles

Xenia Hub Station to county line - 10.6 miles
The trail passes by two wetland areas, providing an extraordinary view of rare plants and animals. One of these is the Creekside Reserve, which begins at Factory Road and runs along the south side of the trail to near Fairfield Road. Utilizing the 140’ bridge over Shawnee Creek at the James Ranch, you can commute to the Fairgrounds Recreation Center Park, Mullins Pool, the Greene County Fairgrounds and the Little Miami Scenic Trail. The trail then continues into Montgomery County, Dayton and Kettering. Five Rivers Metroparks manages the Creekside Trail from the Greene County line to Eastwood MetroPark, which will connect you with the Mad River Bikeway and the Great Miami River Corridor Bikeway.

Eastwood Park to county line - 4.6 miles
South from Eastwood Park, cross Springfield Pike, along on Smithville Rd. to Rail Trail along U.S. Route 35.

Indian Ripple Rd. - 1.5 miles

Goes between County Line Rd. and Grange Hall Rd. 4 ft wide bike lanes.

Jamestown Bikeway Connector - 1.2 miles

This trail is planned to connect Xenia with Jamestown. To date, all bridges have been completed and a new 6.6 miles were opened to the public in June 2005, bringing the total to 7.7 miles. The trail currently begins at Jasper Road and extends past Frank Seaman Park to Limestone Street in Jamestown. Future plans will complete the trail into Xenia Station and extend the trail to Washington Court House once funding sources are identified.

Wright Brothers Bikeway /(Kauffman Ave. Bikeway) - 4.7 miles

Fairborn's Wright Brothers Huffman Prairie Bikeway is a 12’ wide urban trail linking downtown Fairborn with the Wright Brothers Memorial, a unique part of the Wright Brothers National Historic Park, and was one of the many highlights of the Inventing Flight Celebration in 2003. The Fairborn section of the Fairborn's Wright Brothers Huffman Prairie Bikeway is concrete and the remaining portion is asphalt.

Ohio to Erie Trail, Xenia to South Charleston - 20 miles

Begins at the Xenia Station hub in Greene County, continues to South Charleston in Clark County. The Ohio to Erie Trail passes quickly from the busy urban setting of the city of Xenia into the beautiful rural Greene County countryside. Connecting spurs at Sims Street and Bob Evans Park link the east side of Xenia and YRC baseball complex.

The trail is 12’ wide out to Wilberforce-Switch Road, where a 0.9 mile spur connects to Central State University, the National Afro-American Museum and Wilberforce University.

From there, the 10’ ribbon of pavement winds gently through area farm fields and crosses a magnificent wooded gorge with limestone cliffs and mature hardwood forest. This portion of the trail connects one park in Xenia and two parks in Cedarville, as part of the 320 mile Ohio to Erie Trail, connecting Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland.

The trail in Clark and Madison Counties is known as the Prairie Grass Trail. Construction to London was completed in 2004 and 6.5 miles of aggregate trail extends east of London. Facilities are available in South Charleston and London.