Wabash Cannonball Trail
The Wabash Cannonball Trail is a 63-mile non-motorized, multi-use trail traversing four counties. Ownership is divided among six separate entities:
- Toledo Metroparks
- Lucas County
- Maumee
- Whitehouse
- Wauseon
- Northwestern Ohio Rails-to-Trails Association, Inc. (NORTA)
The trail is comprised of two former rail lines, originally established by the Wabash Railroad, that converge in Maumee near Jerome Road. The North Fork of the trail runs in an east-west direction, 46 miles from Maumee to within 12 miles of the Indiana state line near Montpelier, Ohio. The South Fork takes a southwesterly route from Maumee to the edge of Liberty Center, Ohio for a length of 17 miles.
Notable points of interest along or nearby the Wabash Cannonball
Trail include: Fallen Timbers State Memorial and Monument, Goll
Woods State Nature Preserve, Sauder Farm and Craft Village,
Maumee State Forest, Oak Openings Metropark, Side Cut
Metropark, Williams County Historical Museum, Fraker Mill
Covered Bridge, and several local parks.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Parks & Recreational Areas
this page online
Location. 41° 33.322′ N, 84° 8.343′ W. Marker is in Wauseon, Ohio, in Fulton County. It is on Wood Street just north of Mulberry Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 615 Wood St, Wauseon OH 43567, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Black Swamp and in the Till Plains. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Clinton Township Memorial Building (approx. 0.4 miles away); Soldiers Of Fulton County Civil War Memorial (approx. half a mile away); This American Elm (approx. 0.6 miles away); New York Central Railroad Depot (approx. 0.6 miles away); St. Caspar Church (approx.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 14, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 12, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 303 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 12, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
