Oak Openings Preserve Metropark | 10:30 a.m.

Oak Openings Preserve Buehner Center, 5240 Wilkins Rd., Whitehouse, Ohio

Saturday, October 16 | 10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

The Maumee Valley Adventurers invites you to participate in its 42nd Annual Tombstone Bicycle Tour, which now includes the Family Haunted Ride, with routes starting at Oak Openings Preserve Metropark, located between Whitehouse and Swanton. Nature walks, hiking trails, birding, a new playground and the Window on Wildlife are activities you can enjoy before, during or after the tour. A complimentary photo will be taken for later download from our website. All participants in bike-friendly costumes are eligible to win prizes! Prizes will be awarded at 2 p.m.

The Family Haunted Route is an enhanced family-friendly 5-mile route on the Oak Openings bike trail, entirely inside the park. Join a Metroparks RANGER at one of two guided rides starting at 11 a.m. or 1 p.m. at the Buehner Center. For new or first-time cyclists, ride on you own on this route any time during the day.

Our Intermediate and Long Routes include route map notes and GPS route maps you can download before the event, lunch and SAG support. A “Selfie Challenge” will be available at each cemetery.

Our Intermediate Route is a 15-mile loop.

Our Long Route, a 25-mile loop to historic Providence Metropark, allows you to visit a restored, working lock on the Miami-Erie Canal, a mule-drawn canal boat and a water-powered sawmill. A rest stop will be provided on the long loop at the Providence Metropark Dam Shelter overlooking the Maumee River.

For the more adventurous, combine both loops for over 40 miles of scenic cycling.

Check-in/day-of registration starts at 10:30AM. The rides start at 11 a.m. and all riders must be checked and on the route no later than noon.