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Urbana

OH · 40.1083, -83.7525

Historic National Road - Ohio, Lower Valley Pike Scenic Byway and Big Darby Plains Scenic Byway are 3 of 4 signed byways within 30 miles of Urbana, Ohio.

Urbana lies on US Route 68.
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4 scenic drives near Urbana

Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Urbana. 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 · 12 mi out

  2. 02

    Lower Valley Pike Scenic Byway

    State scenic byway · 14 mi out

  3. 03

    Big Darby Plains Scenic Byway

    State scenic byway · 15 mi out

  4. 04

    Miami & Erie Canal Scenic Byway

    State scenic byway · 26 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 1 · 4 h window · 55 mi

3 h 19 loop · 4 stops · back by 3:18 PM. Incorporates Big Darby Plains Scenic Byway.

  1. Warren G. Grimes/Grimes Field · 30 min
  2. Ohio Caverns · 10 min
  3. Goshen Township Memorial Park · 45 min
  4. Tradersville Hill · 15 min

Touches Big Darby Plains Scenic Byway

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

Byway's engine bakes two loops from Urbana: 4 h, 55 miles, 4 stops; and 8 h, 264 miles, 7 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.

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

The 8 h loop stops at First Congregational Church, Ralston Knob, Alpaca Meadows, Bird Bath, Nickel Plate 779 and VanDemark Farm. Each stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature.

Within reach

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

Scenic byways

Named places

A day out of Urbana, planned on real roads

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