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Bowling Green

OH · 41.3749, -83.6504

Maumee Valley Scenic Byway, Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail and Old Mill Stream Scenic Byway are signed byways within 30 miles of Bowling Green, Ohio.

Bowling Green is primarily a college town. Bowling Green State University is known for its education, music, and aviation programs. As a result, many events have an educational bent, music and the arts are popular in town, and clear days are hallmarked with frequent flybys of propeller-driven airplanes.
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3 scenic drives near Bowling Green

Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Bowling Green. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.

  1. 01

    Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail

    National Scenic Byway · 13 mi out

  2. 02

    Maumee Valley Scenic Byway

    State scenic byway · 8 mi out

  3. 03

    Old Mill Stream Scenic Byway

    State scenic byway · 22 mi out

Day-trip loops

Planned by the Byway engine on real roads: every stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature, and the total time counts driving and the stops themselves.

How long is a scenic day-trip loop from Bowling Green?

Byway's engine bakes two loops from Bowling Green: 4 h, 92 miles, 3 stops; and 8 h, 238 miles, 4 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.

What is there to stop at on a day trip from Bowling Green?

The 8 h loop stops at Miller Park, Turkeyfoot Rock, Fort Wayne History Museum and Wiley Post no 46 Memorial. Each stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature.

Within reach

Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.

Scenic byways

Lookouts

Named places

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