Motorcycle Roads in Ohio
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
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Color Key: top-5 ranked routes in the state
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This route is a nice collection of country roads and runs parallel to the west side of I-75. It passes through southwestern Ohio farmland and is a welcome break if you want to get off of I-75 for…
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This route shows you a few of the state of Ohio's 2,000 covered bridges. The route is one of the country's prestigious official National Forest Scenic Byways.This is a great hilly section of…
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There's lots of lush greenery and hills around. You'll pass by the 'Big Muskie Bucket' that they used for moving Earth back in the day.
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Scenery runs from low land dairy and beef farms to rough hilly valleys of southeast Ohio typical of the Ohio River valley. Many times wildlife is visible from the road.
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Ride the crest of some of southeast Ohio's nicest hills. The route takes you along a creek part of the way, and then you get to ride crests of hills.
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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…
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After leaving Zanesville Ohio you will ride along the winding banks of the Muskingum river. You will enjoy beautiful hill sides and farm land as you ride south. Small towns like McConnelsville that…
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Rt. 715 is a twisty rural road that winds through the fertile flood plane of the Walhonding and Mohican rivers with the foothills of the Appalachians in the distance. The road actually crosses the…
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Rolling hills, Amish farms, an Amish market, a creek that follows the road for a while, also tree canopies over the road.
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No big vistas along the main route (there are some killer ones on the gravel back roads), but the cool forests and large rock outcroppings are inspiring enough. Its truly a zen ride at times.
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Scenery? Too bad you wont get much time to enjoy it! Tree filled valleys, amish farms, quaint villages - it's a scenic ride, but, read on...
Update from an Bludy L in May of 2017 "The scenery is…
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just a nice scenic river route, my favorite. Trees and rolling farmland (rare in NW Oh) the Portage river, and Lake Erie @ Port Clinton!
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You start out down by the Ohio river but climb up into a lot of hilly areas with a combination of open field scenery along with thick woods. At some points you are at the peak of some tall hills…
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This route travels through small clusters of houses to rural farmland. There are elevation changes and a couple small towns you will travel through. This route travels through the town of New rumley…
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This is road is sort of a suburb road that slowly changes to a country road the further you get out of Bridgeport. There are some hills and a few little twisty spots, but basically it's just a nice…
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Rolling countryside. Farms, streams, woods, and hillbilly's like me ;) etc., etc. Note: this RT is somewhat similar to ST RT 41, which is already listed here.
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starts with rocky outcroppings over hanging the roadway, through winding hills and farmlands.
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Take a scenic joyride thru the woods, and maybe stop at a couple of overlooks. The best section of this road starts going out of Calcutta, Ohio. It is a state route that has excellent surface and the…
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The route begins riding down into a somewhat industrial valley and quickly gives way to a rural environment where you ride along portions of an old canal system. Once on Riverview road, the route is…
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Great view of the Olentangy River during most of the trip. You will also find some older riverfront homes and the possibility of spotting a bald eagle, they nest along the river.