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Sports & Recreation

Northwest Ohio offers sports lovers everything from a relaxing game of golf to the excitement of watching professional and college athletics. See the internationally known Toledo Mud Hens at the award-winning Fifth Third Field; catch a Mid-American conference football game at the University of Toledo or Bowling Green State University; catch the excitement of auto racing at Toledo Speedway; or see the new Toledo Walleye hockey team beginning in Fall 2009 at the brand new Lucas County Arena in downtown Toledo.

AREA SPORTS

Auto Racing

Toledo Speedway
5639 Benore Rd. Toledo, OH 43612
419-727-1100

Baseball

Toledo Mud Hens International (Triple-A)
Fifth Third Field 406 Washington St. Toledo, OH 43604
419-725-HENS
www.mudhens.com

Basketball

Men’s College
Bowling Green State University Falcons
Mid-American Conference (Division I-A)
Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH 43402
419-372-0000
www.bgsu.edu/welcome/athletics.html

Owens Community College Express
Ohio Community College Athletic
Conference (Division III) Alumni Hall Perrysburg, OH 43551
419-661-7409
www.owens.cc.oh.us/Athletics/Mbasketball

University of Toledo Rockets
Mid-American Conference (Division I-A)
Savage Hall Toledo, OH 43606
419-530-4653
www.utrockets.com

Women’s College
Bowling Green State University Falcons
Mid-American Conference (Division I-A)
Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH 43402
419-372-0000 www.bgsu.edu/welcome/athletics.html

Owens Community College Lady Express
Ohio Community College Athletic
Conference (Division III)
Alumni Hall Perrysburg, OH 43551
419-661-7409
www.owens.cc.oh.us/Athletics/Wbasketball

University of Toledo Lady Rockets
Mid-American Conference (Division I-A)
Savage Hall Toledo, OH 43606
419-530-4653
www.utrockets.com

Football

College
Bowling Green State University Falcons
Mid-American Conference (Division I-A)
Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH 43402
419-372-2762
www.bgsu.edu/offices/athetics/football

University of Toledo Rockets
Mid-American Conference (Division I-A)
Glass Bowl Stadium Toledo, OH 43606
419-530-4653
www.utrockets.com

Harness Racing

Raceway Park
5700 Telegraph Rd. Toledo, OH 43612
419-476-7751
www.racewayparktoledo.com

Ice Hockey

College
Bowling Green State University Falcons
Central Collegiate Hockey Association (Division I)
BGSU Ice Arena Bowling Green, OH 43402
419-372-2762
www.bgsu.edu/offices/athletics/hockey

Golf

TOLEDO-AREA GOLF
Public Courses and Driving Ranges

American Golf Corp. Collins Park Golf Course
624 Reineck Dr. Toledo, OH 43605
419-693-1991
9 holes, par 36

Detwiler Park
4001 N. Summit St. Toledo, OH 43611
419-726-9353
18 holes, par 71

Eagle’s Landing
5530 Bay Shore Rd. Oregon, OH 43616
800-283-3846
18 holes, par 72
www.eagleslandinggolfclub.net

Fallen Timbers Fairways
7711 Timbers Blvd. Waterville, OH 43566
419-878-GOLF
18 holes, par 71

The Legacy by Arthur Hills
7677 U.S. Hwy. 223 Ottawa Lake, MI 49267
800-344-8825
18 holes, par 72
www.legacybyarthurhills.com

Links at Lake Erie, LLC
14727 LaPlaisance Rd. Monroe, MI 48161
888-643-6765
18 holes, par 72

Maumee Bay Resort
1750 Park Rd., No. 2 Oregon, OH 43618
419-836-9009
18 holes, par 72

Maumee Sports Mall
1610 Marketplace Dr. Maumee, OH 43537
419-897-9464
Driving range

Ottawa Park
2315 Walden Pond Dr. Toledo, OH 43606
419-472-2059
18 holes, par 71

Perry Falls Mini Golf and Driving Range
24750 N. Dixie Hwy. Perrysburg, OH 43551
419-874-5557

South Toledo Golf Club
3915 Heatherdowns Blvd., Toledo, OH 43614
419-385-4678
18 holes, par 71

Spuyten Duyval Golf Club
9501 W. Central Ave. Sylvania, OH 43560
419-829-2891
18 holes, par 71

Stone Ridge Golf Club
1553 Muirfield Bowling Green, OH 43402
419-353-2582

Tamaron Country Club
2162 W. Alexis Rd. Toledo, OH 43613
419-474-5067
18 holes, par 70

TangleWood Golf Club, Inc.
9802 Dowling Rd. Perrysburg, OH 43551
419-833-1725
18 holes, par 72

PARKS & PRESERVES

Metroparks of the Toledo Area

Main Office
419-407-9700
www.metroparkstoledo.com

Farnsworth/Bend View
Off U.S. Hwy. 24, Waterville
This park includes a boat launch, walking trails, fishing, playgrounds, and open shelters. Bend View is accessible only by hiking the two-mile Towpath Trail.

Oak Openings Preserve
Off S.R. 2, two miles west of Toledo Express Airport
The preserve features Ohio's only moving sand dunes. It also has areas for hiking, biking, and ice skating, as well as horseback riding trails, softball diamonds, and soccer fields.

Pearson
Off S.R. 2 at Lallendorf Rd., Oregon
This park offers picnic facilities, trails, playgrounds, and tennis courts.

Providence
U.S. Hwy. 24 at S.R. 578
Located near Providence Dam, this park has fishing, picnicking, and hiking trails.

Secor
Off Central Ave. near Sylvania
This park features the National Center for Nature Photography, all-purpose trails, a large picnic area, and a planted prairie.

Side Cut
Off W. River Rd., Maumee
This area has 19th-century canal locks, a playground, walking trails, tennis courts, and the Fallen Timbers Battlefield.

Swan Creek Preserve
4100 Glendale Ave., South Toledo
This preserve features a Window on Wildlife observation area, walking, biking, and hiking trails, picnicking, and playgrounds.

University/Parks Trail
An eight-mile, paved trail along the former railroad right-of-way between King Road and the University of Toledo, as well as a connector trail to Wildwood Preserve.

Wabash Cannonball Trail
Part of a 65-mile rails-to-trails project, the trail has north and south legs. Access points include Jerome Road in Maumee, downtown Whitehouse, Monclova Elementary School, and Oak Openings Preserve.

Wildwood Preserve
5100 W. Central Ave., West Toledo This preserve offers tours of 1930s-era Manor House (Wednesday-Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.), a Window on Wildlife observation area, a floodplain boardwalk trail, walking and biking trails, and picnic areas.

Other Recreational Outlets

Crane Creek State Park
13531 W. S.R. 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449 419-836-7758
www.dnr.state.oh.us/odnr/parks
Located on the scenic shore of Lake Erie, Crane Creek State Park offers a vast, freshwater marsh and spacious, sandy beach. This coastal environment is home to more than 300 species of birds. Anglers can fish for walleye, yellow perch, bluegill, white bass, channel catfish, and freshwater drum from the lake. Controlled hunting is also permitted on the adjacent Magee Marsh Wildlife Area. A valid Ohio hunting and/or fishing license is required.

Maumee Bay State Park
1400 State Park Rd. Oregon, OH 43618
Park office — 419-836-7758
Campground, seasonal — 419-836-8828
Nature center — 419-836-9117
Reservations — 800-282-5393
www.dnr.state.oh.us/odnr/parks
Maumee Bay State Park is a popular refuge for golfers, sunbathers, bird-watchers, swimmers, and a host of other outdoor enthusiasts.

Maumee Bay
has a lodge, 20 rental cottages, a winter sledding hill, campgrounds, summer beaches, a championship golf course, a marina, inland fishing ponds, the Trautman Nature Center, a two-mile boardwalk through a wild bayside wetlands area, and a University of Toledo environmental research center.

Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge
(from I-280 in Toledo, exit 7 to OH-2 east, 15 miles to refuge entrance on left) 14000 W. S.R. 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449
419-898-0014
www.fws.gov/r3pao/ottawa
This 8,316-acre complex along Lake Erie in Lucas and Ottawa counties includes the 2,445-acre Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Lucas County, the 77-acre West Sister Island National Wildlife Refuge—the only designated wilderness in Ohio—nine miles offshore from Cedar Point Refuge, and the 4,683-acre Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, the centerpiece of the complex.

WATER RECREATION

To some boating enthusiasts, a perfect day on Toledo waterways could include cruising the downtown riverfront with a band playing in Promenade Park, rowing on the river at dawn, running full throttle on Lake Erie to a watering hole on Put-in-Bay, or a leisurely sail around the islands.

Public Boat Services To Lake Erie Islands

Jet Express — 800-245-1538
Miller Ferry — 800-500-2421
Neuman’s Kelleys Island Ferry — 800-876-1907