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14. BIKE PATHS IN AREA PARKS •Maumee Bay State Park offers bike trails, bike lanes and park roads suitable for cycling. Contact the Park Administration at 419.836.7758. • Metroparks of the Toledo Area. In addition to the facilities described in sections 3 and 6 of this brochure, the following metroparks have bike trails within their grounds: Oak Openings (5 miles), Pearson (3 miles), Wildwood (2 miles), Secor (3 miles), Swan Creek (3 miles), and the 8-mile Towpath Trail from Farnsworth to Providence Metroparks (14-1 on map). Some are paved, some, not. For more information, contact the Metroparks at 419.407.9700. Website: www.metroparkstoledo.com. •Wood County Park District. In addition to the Slippery Elm Trail, the following Wood County Parks have facilities of interest to cyclists: W.W. Knight Nature Preserve—restrooms, bike trail; William Henry Harrison Park—restrooms; Otsego Park—restrooms. For more information, contact Wood County Park District, 419.353.1897; 800.321.1897; E-mail: email@wcparks.org. Website: www.wcparks.org. •Community Parks. Toledo, Bowling Green and several other area cities, villages, and townships have parks with bicycle paths, usually 10-foot-wide paved. Contact your local government for information, or for assistance call TMACOG at 419.241.9155. Village of Waterville. In 2008 the village is constructing a public restroom facility with drinking fountain at the intersection of the Anthony Wayne Trail, Farnsworth Road and Third Street adjacent to popular biking routes and downtown restaurants. Proposed Bicycle Facilities £¤ 20 Oak Openings Metropark Wabash Trail - South Providence Metropark LUCAS COUNTY SWANTON £¤ 6 OP 295 GRAND RAPIDS Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments 300 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Toledo, Ohio 43604 Phone 419-241-9155, Fax 419-241-9116 www.tmacog.org BERKEY Bend View Metropark Secor Metropark Wabash Trail - North Blue Creek Conservation Area WESTON WHITEHOUSE OP 235 MILTON CENTER 0 1 2 3 Miles 4 I Farnsworth Metropark Otsego Park MONROE COUNTY OP 2 HOLLAND Homecoming Park £¤ 20A OP 64 WATERVILLE OP 65 SYLVANIA OP 281 TEMPERANCE 23 £¤ £¤24 §¨¦ 475 Side Cut Metropark £¤ 24 TONTOGANY HASKINS OP 64 BOWLING GREEN LAMBERTVILLE Slippery Elm Trail Wildwood Metropark Swan Creek Metropark City Park MAUMEE OP 25 MICHIGAN OHIO PERRYSBURG TOLEDO OTTAWA HILLS §¨¦ 75 PORTAGE OP 582 OP 199 §¨¦ 75 WOOD COUNTY OP 105 Maumee R. Erie State Game Area OP 420 Pearson Metropark NORTHWOOD §¨¦ 80 §¨¦ 90 §¨¦ 280 OP ROSSFORD 51 OP 795 ROSSFORD WALBRIDGE MILLBURY LUCKEY PEMBERVILLE LUNA PIER £¤ 20 WH Harrison Park £¤ 6 HARBOR VIEW Woodtick Peninsula Park Maumee Bay £¤ 23 MICHIGAN Lake Erie Maumee Bay State Park OREGON OP 579 MAP AREA North Coast Inland Trail GENOA Portage R. OHIO OP 2 OTTAWA COUNTY CLAY CENTER WOODVILLE GIBSONBURG SANDUSKY COUNTY BRADNER Legend Existing Facility Segment Proposed Bike WAYNE Path Parks and Preserves Path Under Development Proposed Bike Facility Municipal Boundaries RISING SUN - type to be determined map date: 5/15/08 10.
MORE OHIO BICYCLE FACILITY INFORMATION To find out more about area and statewide bikeways, contact the Ohio Department of Transportation’s office of bicycle planning at 614.752.4685, or check out the bikeway map and information on their website at www.dot.state. oh.us/bike. FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS Many exciting future bike projects are planned for our region. From new trails and bridges, to more bike lanes and signed bike routes, to completing many of the facilities and networks described in this brochure, our northwest Ohio/southeast Michigan region will help to ensure that bikes belong as an integral component of our transportation options. For more information on new and upcoming projects, see the Proposed Facilities Map. To find out how you can be involved in planning the region’s future, contact TMACOG and the TMACOG Pedestrian & Bikeways Committee at 419.241.9155, or e-mail public.info@tmacog.org. Please visit TMACOG’s website at www.tmacog.org. Resources for Bicyclists: BIKEWAYS: • Rails to Trails Conservancy www.railtrails.org • Firelands Rails to Trails www.firelandsrailstotrails.org • The Olander Park System www.olanderpk.com • The Sylvania Joint Recreational District www.sylvaniarecreation.org • City of Bowling Green Parks and Recreation www.bgohio.org/parks-and-recreation • Springfield Township www.springfieldtownship.net • City of Oregon www.ci.oregon.oh.us • City of Toledo www.ci.toledo.oh.us • Lucas County Engineer’s Office www.co.lucas.oh.us/engineer • Monroe County Planning Dept. and Commission www.co.monroe.mi.us BIKE SHOPS IN NORTHWEST OHIO The Bike Route Bike Works Cycle Werks 5201 Monroe Street 5631 Alexis Road 248 South Main Street Toledo, OH 43623 Sylvania, OH 43560 Bowling Green, OH 43402 419.885.3030 419.882.0800 419.352.9375 Cycle Werks Reggie’s Cycling & Fitness Wersell’s Bike and Ski Shop 116 East William Street 5934 Secor Road 2860 West Central Avenue Maumee, OH 43537 Toledo, OH 43623 Toledo, OH 43606 419.893.9375 419.475.1585 419.474.7412 Fremont Schwinn Cyclery Road Racer Mountain Man Ski Shop 107 North Ohio Avenue 625 Eckel Road #4 2735 North Reynolds Road Fremont, OH 43420 Perrysburg, OH 43551 Toledo, OH 43615 419.332.4481 419.874.7550 419.536.0001 Memory Lane Classics 24516 Third Street Grand Rapids, OH 43522 419.832.3040 11.
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