Dayton Ohio Travel Information
Dayton has just over 165,000 residents and is Ohio’s sixth largest
city. Dayton is a city rich in inventive history, with more patents
than any other town in the nation, and the birthplace of aviation
pioneers, the Wright brothers. There are several parks and golf
courses in the area as well as canoeing, and fishing. Dayton has a
nice art institute, a large air force base, a symphony, ballet company
and opera, as well as festivals and arts fairs year
round. Unique to the area is the Dayton Aviation Heritage
National Historic Park, which consists of several monumental sites
including the Wright Brother’s bike shop. The United States Air Force
Museum is located in Dayton and is the largest military aviation
museum in the world with over 200 planes, missiles and exhibits on
display. For outdoor enthusiasts, there’s Sycamore State Park, which
offers fishing and camping, or Five Rivers Metroparks with several
locations throughout Dayton with miles of biking and walking
trails. Dayton is accessible via I-70 east/west and I-75
north/south which meet just north of the town, and which are also
linked by I-675. Dayton is about 55 miles north of Cincinnati, and 75
miles southwest of Columbus.
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