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Ohio Department of Natural Resources Recommends Favorite Routes for Fall Color Tours

September 12, 1997

COLUMBUS, OH -- Ohioans and out-of-state visitors hoping to get a taste of spectacular fall color scenery without hiking through the woods can enjoy a leisurely drive along some of Ohio's most picturesque highways. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) recommends this sampling of the most popular Fall Color driving tours, many offering stops at nearby state parks, forests and nature preserves.

SR 315 from I-270 N. to Delaware
SR 745 from I-270 N. to Bellepoint
Central
RossUS 50 from Chillicothe SW to Bainbridge
I-71 from Delaware N. to Mansfield
Delaware
LickingSR 13 from I-70 N. to Newark/Heath
  
Northeast
Richland/AshlandSR 97 from I-71 E. to Londonville
Ashland/KnoxSR 3 from Loudonville S. to Jelloway
SR 534 from Damascus N. to Harpersfield
Geauga/PortageSR 700 from Burton S. to Freedom
Geauga/LakeSR 608 from Middlefield N.W. to I-90
GeaugaUS 322 from Gatesmills E. to Huntsburg
SummitI-271 & I-80 over the Cuyahoga Valley N.R.A.
Medina/Summit/PortageSR 303 from Hinkley E. to Shalersville
Holmes CountySR 39 from Loudonville E. to Sugarcreek & I-77
  
Eastern
East CentralI-77 from Canton S. to Marietta
  
Southeast
MorganSR 78 from Glouster NE to McConnelsville
HockingSR 374 & 664 around the Hocking Hills Region
Hocking/VintonSR 278 from Nelsonville S.W. to Prattsville
JeffersonSR 151 from SR 7 W. to Hopedale
MeigsSR681, SR124 & SR248 from Tuppers Plains to Keno
Jackson/LawrenceSR 73 from Oak Hill S. to Ironton
Monroe/WashingtonSR 26 from Woodsfield to Marietta
  
Southwestern
WarrenI-71 over Little Miami River Gorge
SciotoShawnee State Forest & State Park Roads
RegionalUS 50, SR 32/124 The Appalachian Highway from Athens to Cincinnati
  
Northwestern
RegionalSR 65, SR 424 & SR 111 from Perrysburg S.W. to Defiance
SR 105, SR 163 & SR 53 from Bowling Green N.E. to Catawba Island

Fall Color updates are available each week (beginning September 25) through ODNR's Fall Color Hotline at (614) 265-7000 and on the Ohio Travel and Tourism Hotline, 1-800-BUCKEYE. Internet users can also find fall color information at ODNR's World Wide Web address: http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/odnr/color.

For further information contact Jim Lynch or Dave Pagnard, ODNR Media Relations, (614) 265-6886.