For an authentic experience of early Ohio, make Lebanon your base for the upper Miami watershed or even all of southwest Ohio. The legendary Golden Lamb Inn downtown is Ohio’s oldest continuously operating business; its 18 guest rooms have many stories to tell, having hosted many presidents and other distinguished guests. Along well-preserved, tree-lined downtown streets are many cafés, antique and specialty shops, and other amenities.

On weekends, a scenic railroad tour embarks from the nearby station for Mason and Monroe. Two blocks from the Golden Lamb is one of Ohio’s finest Greek Revival mansions, open as a museum: “Glendower” was built in 1840 for one of the framers of the state’s constitution, and has exceptional architectural details.

The Pollock earthwork's gateways lie buried in the forest.

Lebanon to Pollock

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