Mapping a Gallia County road trip
Beth Sergent | OVP
Road trips aren’t always far from home with Gallia County offering road trip opportunities including two scenic byways and a special touring route for those on two or four wheels.
Welsh Scenic Byway
According to a news release from the Madog Center in Rio Grande, this 64-mile byway loops through Gallia and Jackson counties and showcases the imprint on the landscape of the Welsh settlement in southeastern Ohio during the 19th century. The byway connects many Welsh churches, cemeteries, and remains of charcoal furnaces built by the Welsh.
Visitors are treated to pastoral farms, including the Bob Evans Homestead, quaint cemeteries and wildlife areas that include Raccoon Creek where Daniel Boone hunted and trapped. It provides many cultural, historical, and recreational opportunities for the visitor that connects them to the area’s past, present, and future.
For The Times Leader
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The Fort Steuben Visitor Center was designed and constructed for travelers on the Ohio River Scenic Byway with funds from the Federal Highway Administration.
STEUBENVILLE The Ohio Department of Transportation and Tourism Ohio figure a leisurely drive on one of the Buckeye State’s 27 scenic byways could be the perfect getaway for Ohioans anxious for a change of scenery.
May is “Drive Ohio Byways Month,” and Judy Bratten, assistant director of Historic Fort Steuben and the Visitor Center, points out Steubenville is situated along the longest byway in Ohio.
“Route 7 is part of the Ohio River Scenic Byway, a road that continues along the river from East Liverpool to Cincinnati and then on through Indiana and Illinois,” Bratten said. “The award-winning visitor center here was designed and constructed for travelers on the byway with funds from the Federal Highway Administration. The center has maps and brochures about sites along the b
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