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Dayton

OH · 39.7500, -84.1833

Historic National Road - Ohio, Lower Valley Pike Scenic Byway and Accommodation Line Scenic Byway are 3 of 4 signed byways within 30 miles of Dayton, Ohio.

Dayton is known as the Gem City. It is a city of about 141,000 (2016) in the Miami - Scioto basins in Ohio. It is the center of the Dayton-Springfield-Sidney metro area with a population of 1,075,000 (2016).
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4 scenic drives near Dayton

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

  1. 01

    Historic National Road - Ohio

    All-American Road · 9 mi out

  2. 02

    Lower Valley Pike Scenic Byway

    State scenic byway · 11 mi out

  3. 03

    Accommodation Line Scenic Byway

    State scenic byway · 14 mi out

  4. 04

    Miami & Erie Canal Scenic Byway

    State scenic byway · 28 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.

Loop 2 · 8 h window · 179 mi

7 h 48 loop · 10 stops · back by 11:47 PM. Incorporates Whitewater Canal Scenic Byway.

  1. Deeds Carillon · 30 min
  2. SunWatch Indian Village/Archaeological Park · 10 min
  3. Cincinnati Toy Heritage · 30 min
  4. Homage to Cincinnatus · 30 min
  5. Wewe Hill · 15 min
  6. South Gate Hill · 15 min
  7. Whites Hill · 15 min
  8. Miami Lakes Sports · 10 min
  9. Chill Hill · 15 min
  10. Lux Mundi · 30 min

Touches Whitewater Canal Scenic Byway, Historic National Road - Ohio, Indiana's Historic Pathways

How long is a scenic day-trip loop from Dayton?

Byway's engine bakes two loops from Dayton: 4 h, 107 miles, 3 stops; and 8 h, 179 miles, 10 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.

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

The 8 h loop stops at Deeds Carillon, SunWatch Indian Village/Archaeological Park, Cincinnati Toy Heritage, Homage to Cincinnatus, Wewe Hill, South Gate Hill, Whites Hill, Miami Lakes Sports, Chill Hill and Lux Mundi. Each stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature.

Within reach

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

Scenic byways

Named places

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