The best cycling routes around Holiday Valley

A very well-maintained park with beautiful hiking trails. There are parking spaces and shelters that can be rented for barbecues.

The Creekside Trail is a great 16-mile long trail that connects Dayton and Xenia. The trail is fully paved and is popular with walkers and cyclists. This section runs through several parks and green spaces, so it is a wonderful segment to ride.

Southern Ohio Brewery is right off the Beavercreek Trail Connector and is a great spot to grab some refreshments and food as a break along your ride.

This 700-acre preserve was created from a gift of land to Antioch College by Hugh Taylor Birch to honor his daughter, Helen Birch Bartlett. Much of it is along the two creeks that flow by, and the trails access a number of picturesque waterfalls.

The Wright Brothers Bikeway is an almost 5-mile long paved trail that runs through Fairborn. It is popular with cyclists and hikers, so make sure you are respectful of the other trail users.

The Xenia Station is a replica of an old brick train station that used to be in the area. It now holds a museum and meeting space, and serves as a trail head for several trails that intersect at this point.

The Creekside Trail is a great 16-mile long trail that connects Dayton and Xenia. The trail is fully paved and is popular with walkers and cyclists. This section runs through several parks and green spaces, so it is a wonderful segment to walk.

Eastwood MetroPark totals over 400 acres and includes a mile-long lake, picnic area, and a number of different walking and running paths. The main unpaved trail in the park is the Buckeye Trail, and the paved Mad River Recreation Trail passes through the property as well.