The 800-250 Loop

0 McR Points

Motorcycle Type : Touring

This is a great loop. Piedmont lake rest area
Is a nice shady place to stop.

4000 McR Points

Motorcycle Type : Cruiser

A decent loop. 800 is much more entertaining that 250, but 250 is more scenic and has more little stops to look at things along the way. The further North you go the less twisty and less sweepers things can be, so this seems to be much more of a cruiser/tourer type of ride here. If you're in the area and want to kill some time, see a pretty lake, trees, hills, recreation centers, and some decent sweepers (on 800) then you can't really go wrong. Be sure and check out the Route 800 videos I've submitted. (I didn't film 250, as the camera is mounted to the bike, not my helmet, so you can't really see the lake.)

15 McR Points

Motorcycle Type : Sport - Touring

250 is nice, smooth with great scenery and visibility. Careful on 22 in the evening. Many of the crests will have you staring into the evening sun. 800 was freshly paved (I rode it in Oct 2014) and be careful-- it is narrow and there is a lot of truck traffic. The trucks drag a lot of the cinders from the berm onto the roadway. I didn't really care for the loop for that reason.

3736 McR Points

Motorcycle Type : Slingshot

Nice loop, enjoyed it! 250 along Tappan Lake is an excellent cruiser, has lots of scenery as it sweeps along north side of lake. Several places to stop along 250, rest area on north end has several picnic tables and a shelter house. Tappan Lake Dam is about half mile north of rest area on Eslick Rd. I suggest running a little loop around Tappan Lake. If riding north on 250 go up to Eslick Rd, about half mile past rest area... hang a left, which takes you across dam, in 2 miles at stop sign, hang another left on CR-2/Moravian Trail Rd, ride it 5.5 miles to Deersville (be sure to stop at the General Store, deli, ice cream, food). Continue east out of Deersville another 4 miles back to 250. If riding South, turn right onto CR-55/Deersville Rd and reverse north directions. While OH-800 and US-22 does not have the scenery of 250, it's not bad. 22 has Piedmont Lake & dam on west end, 800 has Clendening Lake dam just south of Tippecanoe. Other good roads in the area. CR-21 (becomes OH-799) south out of Deersville is worth checking out. Pavement is good and enough twists to keep it interesting. The roads in this area are underrated!