Discover the BIg Darby Plains Scenic Byway in Union County, OH

1. Big Darby Plains Scenic Byway A State Scenic Byway

2. What is a Scenic Byway? For travelers, scenic byways provide an antidote to the monotony of highway travel. They open up vistas and introduce us to places and features that we might otherwise pass by. Byways can be rural, suburban or urban. They can run hundreds of miles or just a short jaunt over to the next town.

6. Section 1 3.75 Miles

7. NEW North Lewisburg Road Covered Bridge

10. Pottersburg Covered Bridge

14. North Lewisburg Multi-Use Trail

15. Spain Covered Bridge

17. Section 2 and Spur 1 4.60 miles

18. Fertile farmland of the Big Darby Plains

19. Historic homes and farms on Middleburg Plain City Road in Allen Township.

20. NEW Buck Run Road Covered Bridge

24. Big Darby Creek from Buck Run Road Covered Bridge

25. Section 3 7.18 miles

26. International Life & Mercy Chapel at Sacred Heart Mission Church

27. Replica of first Union County Courthouse WWI Veterans’ Monument Liberty Park

28. Milford Center United Methodist Church

29. Chinquapin Oak Tree in Milford Center Cemetery

30. Veterans’ Monument

31. Holding Vault at edge of Big Darby in Milford Center Cemetery

32. Spur 2 15.5 miles

34. Native prairie grass and flowers.

35. Treacle Creek at Milford Center Prairie

36. Historic home and reconstructed log cabin on St. Rt. 4

37. Culbertson Bridge on Winget Road

41. Historic home on St. Rt. 161

42. Bigelow Bridge on Axe Handle Road

43. Streng Road Bridge

44. View of Big Darby Creek from Streng Road Bridge

46. Section 4 5.98 miles

47. Unionville Center Cemetery

48. Unionville Center United Methodist Church

49. “ The Green” in Unionville Center

50. Big Darby Creek vistas from Unionville Road Bridge

51. Historic homes on Middleburg Plain City Road in Darby Township.

52. Darby Plains along Middleburg Plain City Road

53. SPUR 3 5.92 miles

55. Section 5 2.74 miles

56. Horn House

57. Plain City United Methodist Church – built 1902

58. The Barto & Keiser Hardware Building home of the “Clock Tower.”

59. Farmers National Bank Building

60. Monument honoring Plain City’s founder and his family .

62. Big Darby Creek from McKitrick Recreational Fishing Area

63. Old Post Road Monument

64. Section 6 3.95 miles

66. Contact Information Sue Irwin Union County Engineer’s Office 937-645-3018 Christy Clark Union County Convention & Visitors Bureau 937-642-6279

67. Bridges of Union County Full Color Afghan Each Afghan is numbered. $75 Order Forms Available