Ohio Day Trips by Theme: (Day Trip Series)

All-in-one guide to Ohio's best outings! If you've ever asked, "What should we do today?" then you've never seen Ohio Day Trips by Theme. This comprehensive guide to the Buckeye State is jam-packed with hundreds-yes, hundreds-of Ohio's top spots for fun and entertainment. Take a simple day trip, or string together a longer vacation of activities that catch your interest. Destinations in the book are organized by themes, such as lighthouses, orchards and vineyards, festivals, and outdoor adventures, so you can decide what to do and then figure out where to do it. Useful for singles, couples, and families-visitors and residents alike-this guide by Cathy Hester Seckman encompasses a wide range of interests. With Ohio Day Trips by Theme at your fingertips, you'll never be bored again!

Table of Contents:
Outdoor Adventures Cuyahoga Valley National Park Buckeye Trail Mohican State Park Ohio to Erie Bicycle Trail Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District Muskingum River Water Trail Ohio Power ReCreation Land The Wilds Ohio Motorized Trails Grand Lake St. Marys State Park Wayne National Forest Athens ranger district Marietta unit Ironton ranger district Motorcycling Zipline and Canopy tours American Indian Culture Pre-Columbian culture Great Serpent Mound Hopewell Culture National Historic Park Leo Petryglyphs and Nature Preserve Ohio History Center Fort Ancient Chief Leatherlips Monument Powwows Great Mohican Annual Fall Powwow Harvest Moon Gathering AuGlaize Village Powwow and Gourd Dance Moccasin Trail Powwow Woodland Indian Celebration Bird Watchers and Nature Lovers Ohio Bird Sanctuary Black Swamp Bird Observatory Lake Katharine State Nature Preserve Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve Whipple State Nature Preserve Kelley Nature Preserve The Arts Toledo Museum of Art Cincinnati Art Museum Contemporary Art Center Butler Institute of American Art Playhouse Square Outdoor Dramas Tecumseh! Trumpet in the Land Blue Jacket The Living Word Cleveland Orchestra and Youth Orchestra Columbus Symphony Orchestra Northern Ohio Youth Orchestra Warren Philharmonic Orchestra Lakeside Symphony Orchestra Central Ohio Symphony Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Museums Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum American Motorcycle Museum First Ladies Library presidential museums, libraries Garfield National Historic Site Grant Birthplace Harding Home Harrison Monument and Tomb Hayes Presidential Center McKinley Presidential Library Taft National Historic Site Warther Museum Bicycle Museum of America Museum of Ceramics Glass Heritage Museum Motts Military Museum National Packard Museum Canton Classic Car Museum Central Ohio Fire Museum Lou Holtz Upper Ohio Valley Hall of Fame and Museum American Sign Museum Bible Walk Wax Museum American Civil War Museum Maps Air Museum National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Beaches and Dunes Headlands Dunes State Nature Preserve Headlands Beach State Park Maumee Bay State Park East Harbor State Park Kelley’s Island State Park Nickel Plate Beach Huntington Beach and Edgewater Park Fairport Harbor Lakefront Beach Island Destinations Kelley’s Island Middle Bass Island South Bass Island Lighthouses Marblehead Light Fairport Lighthouse and Marine Museum Lorain Lighthouse Ships and Shipwrecks Inland Seas Maritime Museum Osprey Charters Wildwood Marina Historic Buildings and Architecture Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens Cleveland Arcade Kirtland Temple Schoenbrunn Village German Village Thompson House Ohio History Point of Beginning Fort Steuben Ohio and Erie Canal Roscoe Village St. Helena Heritage Park St. Helena III Canal Boat Sandy and Beaver Canal Hale Farm and Village Ohio Village Rocks and Minerals Flint Ridge State Park Museum of Ceramics History of Coal Museum Big Muskie Bucket Karl E. Limper Geology Museum Akron Fossils and Science Center Fun Getaways Cedar Point Amusement Park King’s Island Amusement Park Air1 Airboats Wildwater Kingdom Columbus Zoo and Aquarium Toledo Zoo & Aquarium Hocking Hills Akron Zoo Ohio Caverns Gardens, Flowers, Arboretums, & Forests Kingwood Center Gardens Dawes Arboretum Fellows Riverside Gardens Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum Good Spirits and Good Times Fibonacci Brewing Company Tom’s Foolery Distillery Watershed Distillery Old Firehouse Winery Meier’s Wine Cellers Three Rivers Wine Trail Airplanes and Railroads National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Armstrong Air and Space Museum Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic Park Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center Huffman Prairie Flying Field Interpretive Center The Wright Cycle Company Complex Carillon Historical Park International Women’s Air & Space Museum Ohio Railway Museum Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad Hocking Valley Scenic Railway Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad Science Museums, Nature Centers COSI (Center for Science and Industry) National Inventors Hall of Fame Imagination Station Lake Erie Nature and Science Center North Chagrin Nature Center Cincinnati Union Terminal Outdoor Murals Portsmouth Franklin Columbus Steubenville Wellsville Yellow Springs Enjoying the Snow Great Sled Dog Race Classic of Northeast Ohio Boston Mills/Brandywine Ski Resort Snow Trails Lake Metroparks Ice Man Guide Service Western Reserve Greenway West Branch State Park Festivals Jamboree in the Hills Ohioana Book Festival Made in Ohio Arts and Crafts Festival Cincinnati Zoo Festival of Lights Sauder Village Apple Week All-Ohio Balloon Festival Ohio River Sternwheeler Festival Orchards and Vineyards Peace Valley Orchards Burnham Orchards Valley Vineyards Harmony Hill Vineyard Caesar Creek Vineyards Sports Pro Football Hall of Fame Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame Roller Derby Glass City Rollers, Toledo Little Steel Lawless Rollers, Youngstown Central Ohio Roller Dolls, Circleville Akron Roller Derby Cincinnati Roller Girls Football Basketball Baseball Hockey Cavaliers Indians Browns Vikings Crusaders Lumberjacks Bengals Reds Bearcats Cyclones Blue Jackets Buckeyes Chill Zips Flyers Bombers Walleyes Phantoms Oilers Odds and Ends Velodrome Cleveland Spangler Candy Museum and Factory B.A. Sweetie Candy Company Piatt Castles Ohio State Reformatory Ohio Caverns Cornhenge Piatt Castles Annie Oakley’s Grave Kent State Shootings Memorial

About the Author :
Cathy Hester Seckman is a lifelong resident of East Liverpool, Ohio, and has been a fan of day trips since her parents first said, "Let's take a ride!" on a Sunday afternoon. Writing this book has been an adventure as she discovers new favorite places and revisits old ones. Seckman is a back-of-the-book indexer and has written some 160 indexes, including the one in this book. She has published more than a dozen short stories, hundreds of magazine articles, and thousands of newspaper articles. She is the author of East Liverpool, an Images of America title released by Arcadia Publishing in 2015. Weirdo World, her young adult fantasy novel, was published by Cool Well Press in 2012. As an indie author, she cowrote Bad Moon Rising, a murder mystery set between Woodstock and the Kent State shootings; Secrets Matter, a women's fiction title; and an anthology, H2O Mysteries.