Little Miami River
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The Little Miami River (also called the Little Miami Scenic River) is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 106 mi (170 km) long, in southwestern Ohio in the United States. It has been designated a National Wild and Scenic River.
It joins the Ohio River east of Cincinnati, and is named for the Miami, an Algonquian-speaking Native American people who lived in the region during the early days of white settlement.
Historically, the Little Miami formed the eastern boundary of the Symmes Purchase and the western boundary of the Virginia Military District.
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[edit] Recreation
The Little Miami River is a National Scenic River. A series of state and local parks and bike trails have been built along the river, including the Little Miami Bike Trail, the Buckeye Trail, and Little Miami Scenic State Park. Most of these trails have been built along the abandoned rail grades that run along the river. The Ohio to Erie Trail project, under construction, aims to link these trails to other trails statewide to create a single bike trail from Lake Erie to the Ohio River.
The Little Miami is also popular among canoers and anglers. There are several canoe liveries along its course and the smallmouth bass fishing in the river is among the best in the state. For a river its size and considering that it drains mainly agricultural land, the water quality of the Little Miami River is excellent. Visitors may see a variety of wildlife including several varieties of turtles, Mallards, and other ducks, Canadian Geese and Blue heron.
[edit] Places and point of interest
The following places, towns, and points of interest are located on the Little Miami starting at the headwaters in Clark County and proceeding down the river to its mouth on the Ohio River.
- Clark County - Headwaters of river
- Greene County, Ohio
- Clifton and Clifton Mill
- John Bryan State Park and Clifton Gorge
- Bellbrook
- Spring Valley
- Warren County
- Waynesville
- Corwin
- Caesars Creek Gorge - mouth of Caesar Creak leading to Caesar Creek Gorge and Lake.
- Oregonia
- Mathers Mill - canoe livery, public access
- Jeremiah Morrow Bridge - Interstate 71 bridge crossing over the river valley
- Fort Ancient - canoe livery, public access
- Morrow - canoe livery, mouth of Todds Fork tributary
- South Lebanon
- Kings Mills - historic Peters Cartridge factory
- Fosters - historic settlement & public access
- Clermont County east side of river, Hamilton County west side of river
- Chateau LaRoche Museum, also known as Loveland Castle (Hamilton County)
- Loveland - canoe livery (Hamilton and Clermont County)
- Lake Isabella Park - (Hamilton County Park)
- Milford - (Clermont County)
- Hamilton County
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Lunken Field - Cincinnati Municipal Airport is along the bank of the river
- Ohio River - mouth of the Little Miami River
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Buckeye Trail
- Loveland Bike Trail
- Ohio to Erie Trail
- Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve
- Little Miami, Inc. (LMI), a non-profit conservation group
Protected Areas of Ohio | |
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| National Park Service | Cuyahoga Valley National Park • Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park • Hopewell Culture National Historical Park • First Ladies National Historic Site • James A. Garfield National Historic Site • William Howard Taft National Historic Site • David Berger National Memorial • Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial |
| National Forests | Wayne National Forest |
| State Parks | Adams Lake • Alum Creek • A.W. Marion • Barkcamp • Beaver Creek • Blue Rock • Buck Creek • Buckeye Lake • Burr Oak • Caesar Creek • Catawba Island • Cleveland Lakefront • Cowan Lake • Crane Creek • Deer Creek • Delaware • Dillon • East Fork • East Harbor • Findley • Forked Run • Fox Island • Geneva • Grand Lake St. Marys • Great Seal • Guilford Lake • Harrison Lake • Headlands Beach • Hocking Hills • Hueston Woods • Independence Dam • Indian Lake • Jackson Lake • Jefferson Lake • John Bryan • Kelleys Island • Kiser Lake • Lake Alma • Lake Hope • Lake Logan • Lake Loramie • Lake Milton • Lake White • Little Miami • Madison Lake • Malabar Farm • Marblehead Lighthouse • Mary Jane Thurston • Middle Bass Island • Maumee Bay • Mohican • Mosquito Lake • Mt. Gilead • Muskingum River • Nelson Kennedy Ledges • Paint Creek • Pike Lake • Portage Lakes • Punderson • Pymatuning • Quail Hollow • Rocky Fork • Salt Fork • Scioto Trail • Shawnee • South Bass Island • Stonelick • Strouds Run • Sycamore • Tar Hollow • Tinker's Creek • Van Buren • West Branch • Wolf Run |
| State Forests | |
| State Nature Preserves | Acadia Cliffs • Adams Lake Prairie • Audubon Islands • Augusta-Anne Olsen • Aurora Sanctuary • Baker Woods • Evans Beck Memorial • Betsch Fen • Bigelow Cemetery • Blackhand Gorge • Bonnet Pond • Boord • Brown's Lake Bog • Burton Wetlands • Caesar Creek Gorge • Lou Campbell • Carmean Woods • Cedar Bog • Chaparral Prairie • Christmas Rocks • Clear Creek • Clear Fork Gorge • Clifton Gorge • Howard Collier • Compass Plant Prairie • Conkle's Hollow • Copperrider-Kent Bog • Crabill Fen • Cranberry Bog • Crane Hollow • Crooked Run • Culberson Woods • Davey Woods • Davis Memorial • Marie J. Desonier • Drew Woods • Dupont Marsh • Eagle Creek • Emerald Hills • Erie Sand Barrens • Etawah Woods • Flatiron Lake Bog • Fowler Woods • Frame Lake Fen • Gahanna Woods • Gallagher/Springfield Fen • Goll Woods • Goode Prairie • Gott Fen • Greenbelt • Greenville Falls • Gross Memorial Woods • Hatch-Otis • Halls Creek • Headlands Dunes • Hueston Woods • Hutchins (Highland) • Irwin Prairie • Jackson Bog • Johnson Ridge • Johnson Woods • Karlo Fen • Kendrick Woods • Kessler Swamp • Kiser Lake Wetlands • Kitty Todd • Knox Woods • Kyle Woods • Ladd Natural Bridge • Lake Kathatine • Lakeside Daisy • Lawrence Woods • Little Rocky Hollow • Mantua Bog • Marsh Wetlands • McCracken Fen • Mentor Marsh • Milford Center Railroad Prairie • Miller • Morris Woods • Mud Lake Bog • Myersville • Newberry • North Pond • North Shore Alvar • Novak Sanctuary • Old Woman Creek • Owens/Liberty Fen • Pallister • Pickerington Ponds • Portage Lakes Wetland • Prairie Road Fen • William C. McCoy • Raven Rock • Rhododendeon Cove • Rockbridge • Rome • Rothenbuhler Woods • Saltpetre Cave • Sears Woods • Seymour Woods • Shallenberger • Sharon Woods Gorge • Sheepskin Hollow • Sheick Hollow • Sheldon Marsh • Siegenthaler-Kaestner Esker • Smith Cemetery • Spring Beauty Dell • Spring Brook Sanctuary • Springville Marsh • Stage's Pond • Strait Creek Prairie • Stratford Woods • Swamp Cottonwood • Edward Thomas • Tinker's Creek • Travertine Fen • Triangle Lake Bog • Trillium Trails • Walter Tucker • Tummonds • Warder-Perkins • Whipple • White Pine Bog Forest • Zimmermand Prairie |
| State Scenic Rivers | Big Darby Creek • Chagrin River • Conneaut Creek • Cuyahoga River • Grand River • Greenville Creek • Kokosing River • Little Beaver Creek • Little Darby Creek • Little Miami River • Maumee River • Mohican River • Olentangy River • Sandusky River • Stillwater Creek |
| Ohio Department of Natural Resources (web) | |
