Tours and Other Fun Things to Do

Here are some great websites with basic information on visiting Dayton, Ohio.

• http://www.inventingflight.com/visitor/visiting_dayton.php
• http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/9647/daytonoh.htm
• http://www.daytoncvb.com/
• http://www.daytonchamber.org/

Map of Dayton

• http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&addr=&csz=Dayton%2C+OH&Get+Map=Get+Map

For information on the Aviation Trail, a group of fascinating sites… http://aviationtrailinc.org/ also visit http://www.inventingflight.com/invention/aviation_trail.php

U.S. Air Force Museum is fantastic. Here is their website.

• http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/

Admission free. IMAX additional cost.

Carillon Historical Park has 23 exhibit building including a restored 1905 Wright Flyer

Admission Scouts $3.00 Adults $5.00

Visit the website for the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic Park

Paul Laurence Dunbar Library at Wright State University has a replica of the 1903 Wright Flyer on display in the library's atrium. Plus much more!

Admission is free.

CAMPING IN DAYTON

Miami Valley Council BSA has a camp only minutes away from the US Air Force Museum called "Cricket Holler".

You can call them at (937) 278-4825.

Wright-Patterson has a very nice camping area for Scouts near Bass Lake on base. You can make arrangements for staying there by e-mailing campground@wpafb.af.mil

Tecumseh Council also has a camp only minutes away from the AF Museum, too - Camp Hugh Taylor Birch. Call (937) 325-6449. The website is:

Camp Birch adjoins John Bryan State Park

Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve

Glen Helen.

Trails connect all these locations. Glen Helen offers a special Boy Scout trail (5 or 10 miles) with a patch.

Also, a bike path runs from Springfield OH to Cincinnati OH. The path runs through Yellow Springs which is where all the above are. Bikes are available for rent in Yellow Springs. A must stop if you stay in YS is Young's Jersey Dairy http://www.youngsdairy.com/ where Scouts can chow down on some of the best ice cream to be had. If your troop enjoys astronomy, the Miami Valley Astronomical Society http://www.mvas.org/ can arrange access to the observatory located in John Bryan State Park. (The observatory is just steps from Camp Birch's Dan Boone campsite). There are several canoe liveries along the Mad River in Springfield. Cave lovers can go about 40 miles north to Ohio Caverns http://www.ohiocaverns.com/.

NORTH OF DAYTON

The Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum in Wapakoneta, OH is another nice stop. It is not as big as the Wright Patterson Museum. This museum is small, good for a two or three hour stop. It is about 50 mile north of Dayton, OH. Admission $2 for Scouts, $6 for adults.

KING'S ISLAND

King Island offers discounts for group of 15 or more see this link.