February 16, 2015
  
 
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In This Issue
Events at a Glance
  • Feb 18 - Friends of Madison County Parks and Trails Membership Meeting
  • Feb 22 - Lincoln Train Presentation
  • Feb 26 - Friends of Camp Chase Trail Meeting
  • Feb 28 - Winter Hike at Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park (42nd Annual)
  • Mar 28 - Camp Chase Trail Day at Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park
  • May: Prairie Township Community Recreation Center Opening (on West Broad St.)
  • June 19-20: Georgesville Fish Fry, (60th Annual)
  • June 27: Historic Hilltop Bean Dinner

Tweetables:

Lincoln Funeral Train Presentation by Historian John Ward, Sun Feb 22 3pm, Crossroads UMC 1100 S Hague Ave.  http://bit.ly/1Mm3ULO


Come to the Metro Park trailhead Sat March 28, 10-2, #CampChase Trail Day @railstotrails Opening Day for Trails http://on.fb.me/17ycvve 

Meetings and Events
Upcoming Events

Thursday, February 26 at 6:30 pm

Friends of Camp Chase Trail

Haydocy Automotive 3895 W Broad St, Columbus, Ohio 43228

This meeting will provide a report on the Camp Chase Trail day to be held on March 28 and provide updates on the Metro Parks Trail Volunteer opportunities.  Volunteers are needed to help plan the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Opening Day for Trails to be held at Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park.  The event date is  Saturday March 28, 10 am-2 pm.  

Meeting Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1529379820669385/

 

Wednesday, February 18, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Friends of Madison County Parks and Trails

Monthly Membership Meeting

Madison County Senior Citizens Center - 280 W. High St. - London, Ohio 43140


 

More Community Events:


Sunday February 22, 2015 at 3:00 pm

Hilltop Historical Society Lincoln Funeral Train Presentation:

An invitation from the Hilltop Historical Society to hear a unique presentation given by noted Lincoln Historian John Ward of the Lincoln Funeral Train and the burial in Springfield IL were John's GGGGrandfather was the bugler.   The program will be presented at Crossroads United Methodist Church at 1100 S Hague Ave.

http://hilltopusa.tripod.com/

Like History?  

Check out the Hilltop Historical Society's History of Camp Chase:   http://hilltopusa.tripod.com/id16.html 

 

Saturday February 28, 2015 at 10:00 am

Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park

42ND ANNUAL WINTER HIKE

Sat Feb 28, 2015, 10:00 am

Enjoy a 2-, 4- or 6 mile trek along the banks and bluffs of Big Darby Creek.

https://reservations.metroparks.net/programs


 


 
Saturday, March 28, 10 am - 2 pm: 
Camp Chase Trail Day
Celebrating Rails to Trails Conservancy's "Opening Day for Trails"
Saturday, March 28, 2015, 10 am - 2 pm 
Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park at the Ohio to Erie Trailhead 
8465 Alkire Rd, Galloway, OH 43140
GIS: 39.893482, -83.215803
Come out and enjoy the Camp Chase Trail part of the Ohio to Erie Trail to London, Xenia and Cincinnati. Trail Volunteers will be available to share information about Camp Chase Trail as well as additional trails within the Metro Park.
https://www.facebook.com/events/775293145853262/
Volunteers Needed!
If you would like to volunteer to help, please attend the February 26th meeting 
or contact Jody Dzuranin at 614-745-9178. 

Later this month, all participating trail events will be listed at: railstotrails.org/openingday


Trail events are listed at: https://www.facebook.com/campchasefriends/events


 

PROGRESS
Camp Chase Trail - Current PROGRESS

2/16/15:  The trail is now paved to Galloway Road - there are still "Road Closed" signs in place but people are using it.    See the News section for an extended report from Metro Parks on the trail segments under construction. 

 

There will be a small connector between the Metro Parks segment and the City of Columbus segment near Sullivant and Georgesville.  (See map image in January's newsletter: http://conta.cc/1u7sHrF )

 

The best place to access the trail and park a motor vehicle is at the Trailhead in Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park 8465 Alkire Road, GIS: 39.893428, -83.215835 Google Maps Link


Photos of the Camp Chase Trail Construction are on the Facebook page.    

 Camp Chase Trail Map (2 page pdf) showing the section open to Galloway:  MAP LINK 

CHARITABLE DONATIONS
Our group has not established itself as a 501(c)(3) yet, so we direct you to these charitable organizations supporting our initiatives. Please consider supporting one or more.

Rails to Trails Conservancy  
http://www.railstotrails.org/support-us/

 

Friends of the Hilltop  
 http://www.friendsofthehilltop.com/contact_1.html  

(under "Other" write "Camp Chase Trail Support")


Friends of Madison County Parks and Trails  
http://www.fmcpt.com/Donations.html


Ohio to Erie Trail  
http://www.ohiotoerietrail.org/Donations.aspx

 

The work of each of these groups has a positive impact on the Camp Chase Trail. 

TRAIL NEWS
Metro Parks Update:

January 2015 

Progress Report (West to East):

 

Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park to Galloway Rd:

Trail segment was paved in November and the contractor has some grading to complete and then the  trail will be open,    Engineering is underway to manage the RR crossing and trail crossing at Galloway Road to allow a buffer between the trail and tracks.  In the interim a fence will be placed on the West Side of Galloway Rd between the trail and tracks.

 

Galloway Rd to Norton Rd:

Metro Parks has cleared the entire right-of-way and began grading the section from Norton Rd. to Galloway in December.  Grading is complete and base stone is partially installed.  The plan is to have all the base stone in place and will be ready to pave when the asphalt plants open in the spring.   

 

Norton Rd to Hall Rd:

Metro Parks will begin grading as weather permits, if weather cooperates, this segment should be done in time for some summer use.

 

Hall Rd: to  Sullivant Ave. (across I-270)

Contractor has all piles driven and wall panels set.  They have poured both abutments for the I-270 bridges and have worked out setting the 2 spans from rail flat cars supplied by Camp Chase RR.  Bridge setting is scheduled for sometime in February.  They are working on pouring abutments for the 360 feet of bridge parallel to the track and an additional 80 foot bridge over a 48" culvert and stream.    This is on schedule to pave and have open summer 2015

Vintage Photos from the Historical West Side, Columbus Ohio
Photo of the Railroad Bridge over Broad Street, the trail will share this bridge with the tracks.

Photos from Historical West side, Columbus Ohio and Matt Goodman. 




10 Photos: 


 

Photo of the bridge being restored:


 

 

A 2014 photo of the Restored Railroad Bridge; photo credit: Jody Dzuranin


 


 

More Photos at: 
Steering Committee

Friends of Camp Chase Trail (Steering Committee)

  • Dana Foreman - Franklinton Cycleworks

  • Chris Haydocy - Haydocy Automotive Group

  • Kathy Hoke - West Side Community Leader

  • Vince Nobel - Westgate Resident, Photographer, Teacher

  • Jodie Smith - Recreational Rider

  • Jody Dzuranin - Ohio to Erie Trail Website Editor
ARCHIVES

ARCHIVES: News from Camp Chase Trail Friends  

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01/14/2015: http://conta.cc/1u7sHrF

12/26/2014: http://conta.cc/1vi2fe7

10/10/14: http://conta.cc/1vU7m6C

10/03/14:  http://conta.cc/1rFu1Fh

09/11/14:  http://conta.cc/1CW15wa

08/27/2014  http://conta.cc/1sE3CnN 

07/13/2014  http://conta.cc/1rjEC5O

06/11/2014  http://conta.cc/1xKzRWG

04/23/2014  http://conta.cc/1ia2iXN

04/08/2014 http://conta.cc/1js5f4V

02/26/2014 http://conta.cc/1fsD9B9

02/12/2014 http://conta.cc/1fhVod7

01/22/2014 http://conta.cc/KFrdVq

01/02/2014 http://conta.cc/1dYdtxw

12/02/2013 http://conta.cc/1bEq1Nt

   

 

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Camp Chase Friends - Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/campchasefriends

 

Be sure to check out the Camp Chase Trail on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Chase_Trail

 

Thank you for being a friend of the Camp Chase Trail.  See you on the Trail! 

 

- Friends of Camp Chase Trail Communications   

 

 

Resources
Camp Chase Trail Map, November 2014: 
Visit Consider Biking for the link to the Camp Chase Trail Map:
http://www.considerbiking.org/index.php/resources/maps/camp-chase-trail-map/?p=2894
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Like History?  Check out the Hilltop Historical Society's History of Camp Chase:  
http://hilltopusa.tripod.com/id16.html 


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