Buck
Creek Trail Master
Plan
The Buck Creek Trail is a beautiful wooded trail, which follows Buck
Creek from Plum Street through Veteran's Park then follows Warder
Street to North Limestone Street, to Old Reid Park across Croft Road
and into Buck Creek State
Park. The 9 mile trail is paved and accessible to cyclists,
skaters, walkers, and others. Parking and rest rooms are available
in designated lots: in Old Reid Park off Pumphouse and Croft
Roads, in Buck Creek State Park on Croft Road, and in the Buck Creek
State Park beach parking lots.
Little
Miami Scenic Trail Master
Plan
The Little Miami Scenic Trail, built in 1998 and dedicated in 1999,
has brought an exciting new form of transportation / recreational
facility to Clark County residents and visitors. Its path, along the
old Little Miami Railway, has been paved to accommodate cross
country skiing, in-line skating, walking, bicycling, and horseback
riding. This is the northern most portion of a 70 mile trail which
starts in Springfield and travels south to Milford, Ohio (just north
of Cincinnati). The Little Miami Scenic Trail is designated as part
of the state-wide Buckeye Trail and the North Country National
Scenic Trail. Clark County’s portion of the trail begins at
Jefferson Street traveling 8.01 miles south connecting to the Greene
County's portion of the trail. Parking and restrooms are available
at the Beatty Station Staging area, which is 1 mile south of I-70.
The trail has mile markers every ˝ mile between Springfield and
Xenia.
Prairie
Grass Trail
The Prairie Grass Trail paralleling Route 42 in Clark County is a ten mile section of the Ohio
to Erie Trail which connects South Charleston in Clark County to Cedarville in
Greene County and London in Madison County. Many species of
native Ohio prairie plants can be observed
on this scenic section of trail. With the completion of the this section of the Ohio to Erie Trail, Clark County
joins many communities along the 325 mile bikeway which travels from the Ohio River in Cincinnati to Lake Erie in Cleveland.
Parking and restroom facilities are located at 147 West Mound Street in South Charleston. The trail has mile markers every ˝ mile starting in Xenia and ending in London.
Simon
Kenton Trail
The Simon Kenton Trail connects to the Little Miami Scenic
Trail at the corner of Center and Jefferson in downtown Springfield close
to the Clark County Heritage Center. It by-passes downtown
Springfield as it heads north and intersects the Buck Creek Trail
immediately behind the Carleton Davidson Stadium. The trail
continues north over an abandoned rail bridge, north on the rail
line past North High School, under Home Road, on to Villa Road Staging
area, then north to a spur which can run west to the Splash
Zone Water Park to the Soccer Field Spur a spur which can run west to
the Eagle City Road Soccer Complex and all the way to Urbana in Champaign
County. The trail is 18 miles in length. The trail is 18 miles in
length.
Simon
Kenton Trail Ceremony
