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Upper Falls in the Old Man's Cave gorge, Hocking Hills, with visitors on the rocks

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Old Man's Cave, Hocking Hills · Photo: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0

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North Ridge Scenic Byway

Northeast Ohio (Lorain County)
Scenic byway · Lorain County to Lorain County
8.8miles
1stops

A 9-mile drive along all of SR 254 in Lorain County, past more than 100 historic homes from the 1830s.

Length
8.8 to 9 miles
Route
The entire length of SR 254 in Lorain County
Designated
2007
Highlights
More than 100 historic homes dating back to the 1830s
Best for
An architecture drive

The story

The North Ridge is one of the old beach ridges left by a higher Lake Erie, and it became a road for early settlers of the Western Reserve. The byway follows SR 254 for its whole length in Lorain County, past more than 100 historic homes that date back to the 1830s.

Stops along the way

1 North Ridge (SR 254), Lorain County
More than 100 homes from the 1830s line the road.

Take the stops with you

Load the 1 stops into your maps app to drive between them.

The file holds 1 waypoints and a stop-by-stop route line. Locations are approximate, often a town center, so use the stop notes to find the exact spot. Your maps app chooses the roads between stops, usually the fastest, so follow the byway signs where they differ. The GPX arrives in a zip file; unzip it and open the .gpx in a GPS or hiking app. The CSV imports into Google My Maps.

Where to camp nearby

Findley State Park
A camping park to the south on the Buckeye Trail.
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Tips

  • Drive slowly; the historic homes are the point.

Distances are the route lengths given by the sources. Confirm road conditions, closures and seasonal hours before you go.

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Details last checked 2026-09-22. Confirm hours and prices before you go.

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