Buckeye Lake Bikeway  - Playground of Ohio Smart-Guided Cycle Tour

Buckeye Lake Bikeway - Playground of Ohio Smart-Guided Cycle Tour

The Playground of Ohio - Buckeye Lake! This unique fun historical bikeway tour ties in the lake's past and present amusement adventures.

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Buckeye Lake, Ohio - Playground of Ohio Self Guided Cycle Tour

Buckeye Lake State Park, 2905 Leibs Island Rd NE Millersport, OH 43046

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Smart-guided Cycle Tour ~ Buckeye Lake, Ohio - The Playground of Ohio

CycleNuts Selfie Cycle Tours

CycleNuts Selfie Tours tie together fun, interesting, scenic, historic, tasty, and refreshing points of interest along a bikeway focused tour route where you ride at your pace and your pleasure. You are the tour boss. You pick the date and time - ticket is good for any day or time - dates/times listed only as a guideline to give you an idea of how long tour normally takes.

With these smart-guided bikeway cycling adventures you bring the bike and smart phone, and CycleNuts provides the Smart Guide. The Smart Guide gives you voice and visual turn-by-turn instructions along an expertly designed and tested tour route.

Do the tour solo or bring along your crew. 1 ticket = fun for all! Easily stop anywhere along the way to visit attractions or refreshments and the Smart Guide will continue the route from wherever you are when you are ready to roll.

Get your tour ticket to this historical fun-in-the-sun bikeway adventure at Buckeye Lake! Explore the sights and museum of what made this manmade lake crucial in the early growth of the United States of America and then later, the 'Playground of Ohio' with its amusement park, dance hall, hotels, and lake attractions.

"The Buckeye Lake Amusement Park opened in 1901 and was referred to as “The Playground of Ohio.” In its heyday, crowds as large as 50,000 would come to visit the attractions, which included rides, a skating rink, boating excursions, swimming, and dining. The park also had two large ballrooms, The Crystal Ball Room and Lake Breeze Pier Dance Hall, which often hosted popular big bands including Louis Armstrong and Tommy Dorsey. Radio broadcasts that could be heard across the country were also recorded in the Pier Ballroom." source: Licking County Library - Buckeye Lake Amusement Park

You have lots of options on this adventure - pick from a 10 mile, 14 mile, 18 mile, or 21 mile route. Make it a short fun bikeway adventure along the lake... or make a day of it - go swimming at the beach, enjoy lakeside dining with live music, visit the Buckeye Lake Historical Society Museum (Admission: $4 donation for adults; $2 donation for seniors; $1 donation for children), taste old fashioned ice cream in a vintage ice cream factory, ponder canal side at the historical Deep Cut marker (The Deep Cut is considered by some historians as one of the greatest engineering feats in Ohio's first half-century), take in the natural beauty of Ohio's oldest State Park - Buckeye Lake State Park, find the trailside Buckeye Lake historical marker, see (or even tour) the environmental quirk of the floating Cranberry Bog State Nature Preserve, check out the numerous shops, breweries, and local attractions, and maybe even take a boat tour on Buckeye Lake.

This bikeway tour route is loaded with options - 10, 14, 18, or 21 total miles. All of the options include 8 miles on the Buckeye Lake Bikeway, which is lakeside level. The balance of the routes are roadway and follow the lay of the land, in some areas over rolling hills where your cycle's gear shifter will see some use. Nevertheless, the tour comes with the usual CycleNuts 50% downhill guarantee.

Points of interest (listed for the longest route - the shorter routes have fewer): Buckeye Lake, Buckeye Lake Bikeway, The Deep Cut, Buckeye Lake State Park, Ohio and Erie Canal, Buckeye Lake Historical Society Museum, Crystal Beach at Crane Lake, Cranberry Bog State Nature Preserve, and two optional tasty CycleNuts tested and approved turnaround spots - Papa Boos, and Welden's Ice Cream Factory.

HERE'S THE PLAN: You bring the bike. CycleNuts provides the smart-tour guide! Via email you receive an expertly designed and tested tour route. Simply click on the emailed link and follow the expertly designed Selfie Tour route using your smart phone as your personal smart-tour guide for the Voice and Map guided turn-by-turn instructions.

  1. From your location simply click on link 1 provided by CycleNuts (using your cell phone) and follow the Google Maps directions to the starting spot;
  2. Unload your bike (if you transported it to the starting spot), or if you rode your bike to the starting spot then you are good to go;
  3. and then click on link 2 provided by CycleNuts and begin the tour (for more complex tours there may also be a link 3 or 4 to click on along the way as well as additional instructions).

WHERE TO RENT A BIKE: See your ticket purchase confirmation information for local bike rental listings.

ARE YOU READY TO ROLL? GREAT... LET'S HIT THE TRAILS!

GET YOUR TICKET TODAY! - take note that the tour starting and ending times on the ticket are only a general guideline to give you an idea of how much time the tour may take at the minimum. Your time in the saddle, on the trail, and starting times are your call - it is your tour. One ticket equals fun for all! Bring as many people as you wish on your tour. Ticket purchase is for the CycleNuts Selfie Smart-guided route only. Attractions, lodgings, food, bike rental, etcetera are not included in the ticket purchase.

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In a nutshell - CycleNuts is an alternative cycle touring experience where seeing and socializing take emphasis over speed and (ugh!) sweat. Join along on bikeway touring adventures to destinations near and far as we strive for the

Goal: to create bikeway touring opportunities for cyclists of all types to enjoy together

Mission: to encourage casual cyclists and cyclists interested in casual cycling to tour together

Vision: a united cycling community that tours together on bikeway adventures for the holistic benefit of all

What to expect - Casual social cycle touring where exercise is optional, everybody finishes together, and nobody is dropped, abandoned, or left to fend for their self (unless they wish to be).

Expect a slow pace under 11 mph average with CycleNuts’ 50% downhill guarantee. Sweating is optional. Pictures, merriment, and other tourist activities heartily encouraged. Allow ample time for the nature of CycleNuts tours including

Trail-side breaks

Eating and drinking

Picture taking and posing

Pacing with the slowest riders

Looking at cool stuff along the way

And other sorts of tourist activities – as well as unforeseen detours, breakdowns, and delays of various sorts.

Helmets are not mandatory - CycleNuts tours give preference to bikeways - bicycle trails and protected bicycle lanes. Routes may include dedicated bicycle lanes on streets, bicycle ‘friendly’ streets, and of necessity, regular streets, parking lots, sidewalks, and unpaved trails. Darkness may be experienced on evening or early morning rides. Lights in good working order at all times on CycleNuts tours are a great idea – to be seen and to see!

SAG-free - CycleNuts tours, including travel and over-night accommodations, are self-supported with the slightest of guidance. SAG is not provided. Carpools and caravans are individual choices. Emergency road support – if necessary – may be a creative, collective group effort or you may need to fend for yourself. Be prepared with options.

Recommended Gear - A cycle (uni, bi, tri, tandem, E, recumbent, or cycle/trailer rig). Protective gear of your choice. ID. Front and rear lighting. Communication device. Spare tube. Patch kit. Air pump. Wrench kit. Cycle lock. Water. Energy bar. Funds for refreshment breaks and emergencies. Sun screen. Pest repellent.

Recommended Preparation – Pre-check (before you load that bike for transport to the starting spot) brakes, tire pressure, lights, and rideability. Consider what you are wearing on tour and what you may need for changing weather conditions.

​Yes – CycleNuts will offer cycling events in all four seasons – what else could be expected from CycleNuts?

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