Carillon Historical Park Group 4

Carillon Historical Park-A Day of Local Dayton Landmarks

Group Four-Aerin, Ean, Eric, and AJ

Trip Theme - Dayton Landmarks

This trip was an exciting trip that allows you to see many landmarks, such as the Carillon bell tower, the Riverscape fountains, and a few others.  The carillon bell tower is the largest in Ohio with 57 bells.  Riverscape was designed to reunite the Dayton area with a nice park and its fountains.  One of the landmarks in Riverscape is the Wright Flyer.  This was placed to commentate the Wright Brother's first flight. We rated this trip as 3/4 because of the distance that you need to travel, and the slightly hilly trail.

The trail is a relatively nice trail that goes from DRSS to Eastwood Metropark, to Riverscape, and finally to Carillon park.  When you get to each location along the bike path, you can explore and rest there.  When you get to the final destination, you will want to make sure you spend about an hour there, and go into Carillon Park, and look around at all of the historic buildings such as Deed's Barn and Newcom's Tavern.  Deed's Barn is where the Barn Gang, a group of local engineers, including Charles Kettering, met to discuss and design new technological and scientific issues and ideas.  Newcom's Tavern is one of the first buildings built by one of Dayton's first settlers, George Newcom.  It was built in 1796, and was moved to Van Cleve Park in 1896, and then moved to its current location in Carillon park in 1965.

Plan for the Day:

Wright Flyer model at Riverscape.

1. Leave School at 9:00 a.m.
2. Take the trails to Riverscape.
3. Arrive at Riverscape Metro Park at about 10:00 a.m. -play in the fountains and hang out. Spend about 45 minutes at Riverscape before continuing. 
4. Continue on the Great Miami Trail at about 10:45 a.m.. 
5. Arrive at Carillon Historical Park at about 11:00 a.m.-play outside, maybe go into the park. (1 hour and a half)
6. Lunch at Carillon Park at 12:30 p.m. before continuing. (About half an hour)
7. Begin the trip back to school at about 1:00 p.m..
8.  Arrive back at school at about 2:15 p.m.

The bell tower at Carillon Park. 

Total Time: Five hours and fifteen minutes or three hundred fifteen minutes

What actually happened:

We left school at 9:08 am and reached Riverscape MetroPark at 10:15 am.  We sat around a while at Riverscape and then moved again. We arrived at Carillon Park at 11:00 am. We played at the park around the bell tower. We were not granted admission into the park itself but we had lunch and resumed our trip around 12:00 pm. After popped tires, brakes malfunctioning, and collisions,  we returned to school at 2:45 pm. 

Ms. Curran smiling after climbing a hill to return to school.

Safety tips: 

• Always wear a helmet- in case John runs into you.
• Follow all safety laws- Like not colliding with people on bicycles and obeying red lights. 
• Carry a bike multi-tool- in case your brakes get too tight or if your pedals become lose. 

Group 4 enjoying Carillon Historical Park

Playing in the fountain on the way back to STEM.

Directions:

Turn right on Trail 9 (Iron Horse trail) from Woodman Drive. 

Take a detour to get to Trail 2 to avoid construction. 

Take a left onto Spaulding Road.

Take a left onto Linden Avenue.

Take a right onto Spinning Road.

Take a right onto Trail 2.

Turn left on Trail 2 (Creekside Trail).

Turn left on Trail 8 (Madriver trail).

Take the first left on Trail 25 (Great Miami Trail).

Stop at Riverscape along the trail.

Follow Great Miami until Carillon Historical Park.

Click here for the Google map link.

A photo of the Google Maps Image.

Distance to Carillon Park-11.4 miles

Approx. Round trip Distance- 22.8 miles

Actual Round Trip Distance- 25.78 miles

Group Photo time!

Most Memorable Experience:

Aerin-

The bike ride to the park was amazing. The river reflected the sun just the right amount. Downtown Dayton looked pretty in the sun on the Miami Trail. We got to the park and ate. After we ate, I ( Aerin Cornn) blew bubbles around and teenage boys are hilarious when they see bubbles and all shout "BUBBLES!"  Then we heard Twinkle Twinkle Little Star playing from the bell tower. Then we returned to Riverscape and played in the fountains! Beautiful day for a bike ride.

Ean-

When we stopped at Eastwood Park on the way back to STEM, we could not find Mr. Greive or Ms. Curran.  After waiting a few minutes, AJ, Eric, and I decided to go back along the trail to make sure everything was OK with them. After riding over halfway back to Riverscape, we found them pedaling towards us.  We later found out that one of the students had their tire pop, and did not have the right replacement size for it.

AJ-

On the way there we were on the road and we stopped by a cop. This cop then proceeded to drive in front of the oncoming cars and stop traffic for us to pass. Then on the way back the same cop stopped traffic again for us so that we could go.

Eric- 

On the way home I was quite a bit ahead of the group, so I took a little detour onto a super shady BMX track. As I was riding along, there was little blond haired boy just chilling in the middle of the course, randomly. I rode by him and long story short, I flipped over my handlebars. I may never reproduce but it was hashtag worth it.

Sources Cited: 

Carillon Historical Park. Dayton History. Retrieved May 28, 2014, from: http://www.daytonhistory.org/ 

Five Rivers MetroParks. Riverscape MetroPark. Retrieved May 28, 2014, from: http://www.metroparks.org/Parks/Riverscape/Home.aspx 

The Nation's Largest Network of Paved, Off-Street Trails. (n.d.). Miami Valley Bike Trails. Retrieved May 28, 2014, from: http://www.miamivalleytrails.org/nations-largest-network-paved-street-trails

Ryan saving a turtle! Ms. Curran than reminded Ryan to wash his hands.