My wife and I just rode this trail for the first time and truly enjoyed it. What really made this even better was that a great deal of it was shaded. I do feel that more signs giving directions to the parking lots are needed, but we will be back.
Attached are a some pictures [see photo gallery] taken while biking the Little Beaver Greenery Trail at Lisbon on 3/25/07. We had a great time and the trail was beautiful.
[The photos include] a pair of swans we saw along the trail. They were pretty far away from the trail, so the picture quality is not as good. [And] some crocus that was growing along the trail. Someone obviously had to have planted it and it was so refreshing to see some spring flowers early in the year after all the snow we had earlier. Thank you to whoever planted it, it was a welcome site along the trail. [Also pictured is] a small waterfall of run off water. There were so many of these along the trail, it was like nature's way of washing away winter.
Thanks for the web site, it's very helpful.
The new trail head at the northern end in Leetonia has been completed and the 1800 feet that was not done earlier is finished. It is wonderful. The culvert I talked about in the last update has also been repaired, so everything is in good working order at this time as [the trail] now begins in Lisbon on St Rt 164 and ends in Leetonia on Washington Street.
The main [trail] section that was damaged is fully repaired. There was, however, a culvert that was damaged near the trail head at the 8.5 mile mark and they are working on it right now. They have it closed off while they are working, but with a detour around it on the road it is rideable. It is probably 1/2 mile detour out on the road around it. Very little traffic, so no real problem.
The new parking area is at the northern terminus to the present trail. The trail stopped short of (I believe) 1800 feet of the next road. This is the section that will be completed. It is new. It has been rideable, but it has been very rough. We have been trying for the last couple years to get it completed. It should extend the [asphalt] surfaced part of the trail to approx. 10 miles rather than the 9.7 that is blacktopped at this time. I don't know how long the culvert project is going to take, but I would imagine it will be done within the next couple weeks. The new parking area and 1800 feet will hopefully be done in the next month or 2.
I along with many of my friends ride the Little Beaver Creek portion of the Greenway Trail at least 4 to 5 days a week. This is a well used trail. Weekends attract 100's of bikers, walkers, and rollers of all ages. There are also many young people that climb in the rock quarry just short of the one mile marker. Lisbon's Willow Grove Park seems to be packed on Sat. and Sun. every week nowadays. The covered bridge is in good shape and is worth a look.
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