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The mile long Inman trail inside Glen Helen Nature Preserve in Yellow Springs, Ohio loops around beautiful natural sights and scenes. Located in the northern section of the privately-owned 1000-acre nature preserve, Inman trail offers hikers a beautiful walk through the woods, with stops at a cascading waterfall, a stone…
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I visited the Glen Helen Raptor Center by mistake. I was looking for sanctuary for a parking lot so I could hike at the Glen Helen Nature Reserve when my GPS led me to this sanctuary for injured birds. Since I was already there, I thought that I should take…
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The Kinsey Mound does not show up in search results when you google, for instance, “things to see near Xenia Ohio.” I tried to use the keywords “things to see near Wilberforce Ohio” and still Kinsey Mound was not listed in the results. Not even the keywords “Indian Mounds in…
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The Sunwatch Indian Village located in Dayton, Ohio has been designated as a National Historic Landmark. It had been occupied during the 12th century by Fort Ancient Indians for about 20 years. Around 700 years ago, there was a prehistoric Native American village on this spot! It has a large…
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A tributary of the bigger Little Miami River, the Massies Creek is a stream located entirely within Greene County, Ohio. A portion of the creek runs through the Indian Mound Reserve Park in Cedarville, Ohio. I have hiked along the Massies Creek via the trail that connects the entrances of…
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What a lovely park it is at the Indian Mound Reserve! The 169-acre park has the Cedar Cliff Falls and Massie Creek Gorge to boast about. Whether it is summer or winter, the park creates an amazing view in either season. You can enter the park in three ways. In…
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The Huffman Prairie Flying Field is one of Dayton Ohio’s Aviation Heritage National Historical Park. It is called the “First Airport” after the Wright brothers, Wilbur and Orville, used the field in 1904 and 1905 to master the principles of controlled, powered flight. It was in this field that they…
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