The Buckeye State offers a top quality collection of popular motorcycle roads and destinations among Midwestern states. Southeastern Ohio (OH) in particular is a motorcycle riding paradise filled with quaint country towns, hills, & twisty roads, many offering river hugging journeys. The northeastern portion of the state offers access to the 11th largest fresh water lake in the world - Lake Erie - with its 262 miles of Ohio shoreline. The rest of the Ohio offers motorcycle rides meandering through classic portraits of Midwest Americana.
Best Rated Motorcycle Roads & Rides
Color Key: top-5 ranked routes in the state
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Routes ranked below the top-5 are drawn in gray
This ride takes you along the windy twisty roads through Lake Hope State Park and Zaleski State Forest. There was one area where there was a pond with the largest water lilies I have ever seen. The…
This is beautiful country with a mix of family farms and forested areas. Elevations are generally low as much of the road is at the bottom of valleys, but some wide open vistas await around the turns…
Some curves and lots of river views. Great route in the fall for foliage. Hugs the river for the most part.
You travel through the hills of southern Ohio through small communities and farm land, but still beautiful.
All along the road you parallel or cross over the old canal. The towns are small midwestern Americana, but you have several opportunities to stop and explore the canal and about 25 of the locks…
As can be seen by my videos of the road, it's typical rural Ohio, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. You have your rolling hills, your winding creeks, your trees removed from the road, a bit, and…
A nice 39 mile twisty-hilly ride along a couple of ridges, also sweeps along north side of Tappan Lake, twists around south side. Has its share of scenic views and points of interest as you ride…
Not much in the way of scenery. It may be called Mt. Pleasant, but it's only a 'mount' for Ohio, so I wouldn't get my hopes up. Coming out of Martin's Ferry you'll be going uphill, but not passed any…
3 in the green months, 4.5 in the autumn months is the ranking I give this road for scenery.
For starters, a video is worth millions of words. So, please, check out my video on this route on my…
Uh, Fernwood State Park and Friendship Park are near here? I'm no Ernest Hemingway, so getting much more than 'trees and hills' out of if me might be a bit of a stretch.
I prefer to paint a…
Once you get about 2 miles north on Tieber Rd/CR-2, this route closely hugs the west bank of the Muskingum River almost the entire route. Has many scenic views of the river and locks. Tree lined a…
This route runs entirely through rural farm land. There really aren't any places that you could stop and enjoy majestic views. There would be lots of trees visible immediately along the route,…
The route is a mix of farm country and woods. It's a relaxing ride. You can hammer down,or just enjoy a cruise. Police are non existent pretty much. There's lakes in Hamilton IN, and final…
There really isn't too much scenery, due to the trees. There's some rolling hills parts, and a few overlooks, but nothing too crazy.
Route starts off in with a mile ride thru the shade and canopy of Fort St. Clair State Park. Travel past Crystal Lake on Water St., Roberts Bridge on S Beech St and across metal truss St. Clair…
OH-266 follows the Muskingum River along rural farm land with periodic views of the river passing by Big Bottom State Memorial Park. As you cross the bridge into Stockport, the Muskingum River Lock…
This route runs a ridge line for miles so the views are spectacular especially in the fall.
This route starts off in a quiet residential area, so keep it composed for the locals, and as you wind up the ridge you climb into more scenic area. You do shave a few degrees of temperature off, as…
This is a short, leisurely tour connecting destinations each worth its own tour, the scenic college town of Oxford, Ohio and the recreation mecca of Brookville Lake, Indiana. In between is a narrow,…
As you proceed east from Nashville you'll pass through scenic vistas of Ohio farmland. As you head south towards Killbuck the road takes on a more curvy and twisty nature and still follows farmland…
