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The Great Miami River (also called the Miami River) (Shawnee: Msimiyamithiipi[2]) is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 160 miles (260 km) long, [3] in southwestern Ohio and Indiana in the United States. The Great Miami originates at the man-made Indian Lake and flows south through the cities of Sidney, Piqua, Troy, Dayton, Middletown ...
Designated NHL. December 23, 2016. The Eldean Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge spanning the Great Miami River in Miami County, Ohio north of Troy. Built in 1860, it is one of the nation's finest surviving examples of a Long truss, patented in 1830 by engineer Stephen H. Long. At 224 feet (68 m) in length for its two spans, it is the ...
Public access points can be found at various locations along the river which begins in Logan County near the city of Bellefontaine and runs southwest to Dayton where it flows into the Great Miami River. These access points are generally small and tend to be next to bridges where local roads cross the river.
List of crossings of the Great Miami River. This is a complete list of current bridges and other crossings of the Great Miami River from its mouth at the Ohio River to its source at Indian Lake. All locations are in Ohio unless otherwise specified. Pedestrian-only bridges are marked in italics.
Watersheds of the Great Miami River (beige) and Little Miami River (yellow)The Little Miami River is a tributary of the Ohio River. It is part of a watershed that drains a 1,757 square miles (4,550 km 2) area in 11 southwestern Ohio counties: Clark, Montgomery, Madison, Greene, Warren, Butler, Clinton, Clermont, Brown, Hamilton, and Highland. [4]
Pickawillany (also spelled Pickawillamy, Pickawillani, or Picqualinni) was an 18th-century Miami Indian village located on the Great Miami River in North America's Ohio Valley near the modern city of Piqua, Ohio. [2] In 1749 an English trading post was established alongside the Miami village, selling goods to neighboring tribes at the site.
Miami Conservancy District Building (1915), 38 East Monument Avenue, Dayton, Ohio. The Miami Conservancy District is a river management agency operating in Southwest Ohio to control flooding of the Great Miami River and its tributaries. It was organized in 1915 following the catastrophic Great Dayton Flood of the Great Miami River in March 1913 ...
Five Rivers MetroParks is a regional public park system consisting of conservatories and outdoor recreation and education facilities that serve the Dayton metropolitan area. The name Five Rivers MetroParks comes from five major waterways that converge in Dayton. These waterways are the Great Miami River, Mad River, Stillwater River, Wolf Creek ...