Day Trips® from Cincinnati, 7th; Getaways Less than Two Hours Away

by David Hunter; revised by Sacha DeVroomen Bellman and Felix Winternitz

• ISBN13: 9780762727490
• ISBN10: 0762727497
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Globe Pequot

Summary

Be amazed by an ancient serpent mound, join in the festivities surrounding the Kentucky Derby, or nibble on sugar candy in Indiana--all within a two-hour drive of Cincinnati.

Author Biography

Sacha DeVroomen Bellman is a visiting instructor in journalism at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and a freelance journalist. She has won awards for her work from the Kentucky Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists, and Landmark Community Newspapers, Inc. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Felix Winternitz writes a weekly column for the Dayton Daily News and is a contributing editor at Cincinnati CityBeat. His articles have appeared in USA Weekend, Aloft Inflight Magazine, and Quill Magazine. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
NORTHWEST
Day Trip 1
Oxford, Ohio	1	(2)
Connersville, Indiana	3	(3)
Metamora, Indiana	6	(2)
Oldenburg, Indiana	8	(2)
Batesville, Indiana	10	(3)
Day Trip 2
Greensburg, Indiana	13	(1)
Columbus, Indiana	14	(3)
Gnaw Bone, Indiana	17	(1)
Nashville, Indiana	18	(4)
Belmont, Indiana	22	(1)
Bloomington, Indiana	23	(4)
Day Trip 3
Indianapolis, Indiana	27	(14)
Morristown, Indiana	41	(2)
NORTH
Day Trip 1
Dayton, Ohio	43	(7)
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base	50	(3)
Day Trip 2
Vandalia, Ohio	53	(2)
Springfield, Ohio	55	(3)
Cedar Bog	58	(3)
Day Trip 3
Yellow Springs, Ohio	61	(4)
Clifton, Ohio	65	(2)
Wilberforce, Ohio	67	(1)
Xenia, Ohio	68	(3)
Day Trip 4
Urbana, Ohio	71	(4)
West Liberty, Ohio	75	(8)
NORTHEAST
Day Trip 1
Kings Island	83	(6)
Day Trip 2
Lebanon, Ohio	89	(6)
The Vineyards	95	(2)
Fort Ancient State Memorial	97	(2)
Day Trip 3
Columbus, Ohio	99	(18)
Day Trip 4
Hillsboro, Ohio	117	(4)
Bainbridge, Ohio	121	(1)
Chillicothe, Ohio	122	(5)
Day Trip 5
Waynesville, Ohio	127	(3)
Caesar Creek State Park	130	(3)
Wilmington, Ohio	133	(2)
SOUTHWEST
Day Trip 1
Anderson Ferry	135	(2)
Belleview, Kentucky	137	(1)
Rabbit Hash, Kentucky	138	(1)
Big Bone Lick, Kentucky	138	(1)
Warsaw, Kentucky	139	(2)
Vevay, Indiana	141	(2)
Day Trip 2
Madison, Indiana	143	(4)
Clarksville Jeffersonville, Indiana	147	(4)
Day Trip 3
Louisville, Kentucky	151	(10)
Fort Knox, Kentucky	161	(2)
Day Trip 4
Bardstown, Kentucky	163	(7)
Springfield, Kentucky	170	(1)
Hodgenville, Kentucky	170	(1)
Knob Creek, Kentucky	171	(2)
SOUTH
Day Trip 1
Kentucky Horse Park	173	(3)
Lexington, Kentucky	176	(6)
Frankfort, Kentucky	182	(5)
Day Trip 2
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Kentucky	187	(5)
Harrodsburg, Kentucky	192	(1)
Perryville, Kentucky	193	(1)
Danville, Kentucky	194	(3)
Berea, Kentucky	197	(3)
Richmond, Kentucky	200	(3)
Day Trip 3
Natural Bridge	203	(1)
Red River Gorge Geologic Area	204	(4)
SOUTHEAST
Day Trip 1
New Richmond, Ohio	208	(1)
Point Pleasant, Ohio	208	(1)
Moscow, Ohio	209	(1)
Augusta, Kentucky	210	(2)
Ripley, Ohio	212	(3)
Maysville, Kentucky	215	(2)
Washington, Kentucky	217	(3)
Manchester, Ohio	220
APPENDIXES
Appendix A: State Parks and Forests	221	(6)
Appendix B: Celebrations and Festivals	227	(10)
Appendix C: Regional Information	237	(2)
About the Editors	239