Mansfield, OH Road Trips

Named after Jared Mansfield, Surveyor General of the United States in the early 19th century, the city sits on a fork of the Mohican River in the western foothills of the Allegheny Plateau, a hilly region surrounded by fertile farmlands, and its elevation is among the highest of Ohio cities. The highest elevation in Mansfield is at the Woodland Reservoir (1,493 feet or 455 meters above sea level), which is on the southwest side of the city. The elevation of Central Park, which is on the square in downtown Mansfield, is 1,243 feet or 379 meters above sea level. Mansfield is known as The Heart of Ohio. It is home to the historic Renaissance Theatre, Miss Ohio Scholarship Program Pageant, and was the filming location for "Shawshank Redemption" (1994); Air Force One (1997); Tango & Cash (1989); Escape Plan 3: The Extractors (2019), and other movies, television programs. 1 Mansfield/Richland County Convention and Visitors Bureau, 124 N. Main St (N Main St & Temple Ct), toll-free: +1-800-642-8282, fax: +1 419-524-7722. The Mansfield/Richland Convention & Visitors Bureau also offer free brochures and separate website at ShawshankTrail.com regarding the filming and their locations in the 1994 film, Shawshank Redemption for a self-guided tour to the sites. The filming sites have been marked with an orange/white "Shawshank Trail" sign and are identified in this and in the Upper Sandusky and Ashland articles. 2 Downtown Mansfield, 55 N. Mulberry St (N Mulberry St & W 3rd, a couple of blocks west of Main along W 3rd.), ☏ +1 419 522-0099, fax: +1 419-526-6853.

1 179th Airlift Wing of the Ohio Air National Guard, 1947 Harrington-Memorial Rd (at Mansfield Lahm Airport), ☏ +1 419 520-6420. Military base with huge C-130 aircraft and crews. No access to the base, but some planes can be seen from the surrounding areas. The Miss Ohio Scholarship Program, ☏ +1 419 522-MOSP (6677). Annual event in June. 2 Biblewalk (The Living Bible Museum), 500 Tingley Ave, ☏ +1 419 524-0139, toll-free: +1-800-222-0139, fax: +1 419-524-2002, [email protected]. M-Sa 9AM-6PM, Su 3PM-7PM. Ohio's only life-sized wax museum, with over 70 scenes and more than 300 wax figures featuring original music and narration to bring Biblical scenes to life. Also features a live Christian dinner theater and other attractions. 3 Bissman Building, 193 N Main St (along N Main between E 5th & 6th, middle of block on west side of street; there's a white & orange 'Shawshank Trail' sign in front of the building). Closed but can be seen from the street. Peter Bissman built the Bissman Building in 1886 for his expanded wholesale grocery store. In the early 1930s, residents of Downtown Mansfield would wake up to the rich aromas of the store’s personal coffee blends and return home to the smell of roasting peanuts. The building possesses an early Romantic Gothic style that closely resembles the Ohio State Reformatory. Both were designed by same architect, built the same year and both are believed to be haunted. In Shawshank Redemption the exterior served as the Brewer Hotel halfway house where Brooks and Red went to after their release from prison.

1 Equestrian Valley Farm (Equestrian Valley Farm), 2495 Crimson Road (County Rd #296) (half mile east of Crimson & Peterson Rd intersection, past the creek.), ☏ +1 419 589-5161. Take a trail ride on horseback on an historic Mohican style farm, established in 1815. The house, built in 1825, overlooks the pond and adjacent pastures. This 200-acre farm has trails on scenic rolling hills through open pastures and beautiful forests. 2 Mansfield Art Center, 700 Marion Ave, ☏ +1 419 756-1700, fax: +1 419-756-0860. You'll find two floors of open galleries filled with beautiful artwork. Oaktree Golf Club, 1440 Old Oak Trail (off Walker Lake Road on Old Oak Trail), ☏ +1 419 747-4653. 3 Richland Carrousel Park, 75 N. Main St (southwest corner of W. 4th St. and N. Main St.), ☏ +1 419 522-4223, [email protected]. In the Historic Carrousel District in downtown Mansfield. Richland B & O Bike Trail, ☏ +1 419 884-3764. The bike trail is over 18 miles long, paved on the abandoned Ohio B & O Rail Road bed. It is well maintained and protected. It runs from Mansfield to Butler through one of Ohio's most scenic areas. 4 The Renaissance, 138 Park Ave. West, ☏ +1 419 522-2726, fax: +1 419-524-7005. The 1,600-seat theatre opened in 1928 as the Ohio Theatre and serves today as the largest performing arts center in North-Central Ohio. 5 Mansfield Playhouse, 95 East 3rd St, ☏ +1 419 522-2883. Vary, the playhouse is active from early August to late May.

1 Buckeye Bakery Inc., 21 E. 4th St (in downtown Mansfield in the Historic Carrousel District), ☏ +1 419 522-2341, [email protected]. M-F 5AM-5PM, Sa 5AM-4PM. 2 Buckeye Bakery Inc., 866 Ashland Rd (Ashland (US Hwy 42) & Indiana, in NE part of town between downtown and Jct US Hwy 30), ☏ +1 419 589-5174, [email protected]. M-F 7AM-5PM, Sa 7AM-4PM. 3 Blackbird Bakery, 105 N. Main St (inside Relax Coffee), ☏ +1 567 231-9709. Very nice and friendly bakery. You can eat in or have baked goods delivered. Cookies, pretzels, scones, cake, etc. (updated Oct 2019) 4 Save A Lot (formerly KV Mart), 359 W 4th St (W 4th & Sycamore St, west of downtown Mansfield), ☏ +1 419 709-9235. M-Sa 8AM-10PM; Su 8AM-9PM. When Shawshank Redemption was filmed in 1993, this location was the E&B Market. It has since undergone extensive renovation and is once again home to a full-service supermarket offering fresh produce, meat, deli and hot foods located near downtown and more convenient for travelers staying closer in town. Once paroled from the Shawshank Prison, both Brooks and Red struggle to adjust to life on the outside while bagging groceries at the Food-Way which was filmed here. (updated Oct 2019) 5 Meijer, One store in Ontario at 1355 N. Lexington-Springmill Rd (NW of the Lexington-Springmill Rd & US Hwy 30 junction at Lexington Springmill Rd & Walker Lake Rd), ☏ +1 419 747-8364. Open 24 hours, seven days a week. Ask for discount card.

There are plenty of choices for alcohol. Most grocery stores carry it, as well as the gas stations, drive-throughs and convenience stores. The Electric Co., 1400 W. 4th St, ☏ +1 419-528-8788. A live music venue. Cornerstone Bar & Grill, 586 Park Ave. E., ☏ +1 419 522-5523. Cornerstone has some of the areas best talented dart throwers. If you want some competition, then this is the place to go, and they have $1000 blind draws on a regular basis. Fresh Apple Cider This area is to apple cider, what Florida is to orange juice. In the fall, through late spring, fresh squeezed, unadulterated cider flows freely at the local orchards. Some freeze it for year around use. (It only makes it sweeter.) Horseshoe Burger Company, 1349 Park Ave. W., ☏ +1 419-573-3495. Su-Th 11AM-9PM, F-Sa 11AM-10PM. Serving beer. Kosta's, 924 W. 4th St, ☏ +1 419 529-3844. (updated May 2017) Lew's Tavern, 1188 Park Ave. E., ☏ +1 419 589-9600. Live music every Wednesday night, D.J. Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, darts every Thursday night. Martini's on Main, Taverna e Pizzeria, 108 N. Main St, ☏ +1 419 775-5936, [email protected]. Tu-F 4PM-1AM, Sa 7PM-1AM. Rocky's Pub & Grill, 22 S. Park St, ☏ +1 419 522-1342, [email protected]. Phoenix Brewing Company, 131 N Diamond St, ☏ +1 419 522-2552. (updated Jan 2019) Relax It's Just Coffee (Relax), 105 North Main st, ☏ +1 419 522 1521. Great coffee. Great people. Great atmosphere. (updated Oct 2019)

1 Best Western Richland Inn-Mansfield, 180 E. Hanley Rd (Hanley & Washington Pkwy, accessible from I-71 & SR-13 at Exit 169), ☏ +1 419 756-6670, fax: +1 419 756-9041. 2 Hampton Inn & Suites Mansfield-South @ I-71, 2220 S. Main St, ☏ +1 419 774-1010, fax: +1 419 774-0909. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM. 3 Park Hospitality & Conference Center, 116 Park Ave. West, ☏ +1 419 525-6000, fax: +1 419 525-0197. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM. 4 La Quinta Inn & Suites Mansfield, 120 Stander Ave, ☏ +1 419 774-0005, fax: +1 419 774-9066. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: noon. 5 M Star Hotel (Magnuson Hotels), 137 Park Ave. W (in downtown Mansfield across from The Renaissance), ☏ +1 419 522-5142. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: 11AM. (updated May 2017) 6 Mohican Lodge & Conference Center, 1098 Ashland County Rd 3006, Perrysville OH, ☏ +1 419 938-5411. Lakeside hotel near Malabar Farm SP and Pleasant Hill Lake Park (updated Oct 2019) 7 Red Roof Inn Mansfield, 2425 Interstate Cir (Exit 169 from I-71, End of Interstate Cir from Hanley Rd), ☏ +1 419 756-8875, fax: +1 419 756-8875. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: 11AM. 8 Travelodge Mansfield, 90 W. Hanley Rd (behind El Charrito from W Hanley Rd), ☏ +1 419 756-7600, fax: +1 419 756-8102. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: 11AM. The non-emergency number of the police department is ☏ +1 419-755-9724.

1 Mansfield Lahm Airport (MFD IATA), 2000 Harrington Memorial Rd, ☏ +1 419 522-2191. Locally, Mansfield Lahm Airport is a city-owned, joint civil-military, public-use airport, on the north side of the city. The nearest airports for commercial flights are: 2 Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE IATA), 5300 Riverside Dr (69 mi (111 km) northeast of Mansfield via Interstate 71). Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is Cleveland's main airport, on the west side of the city. The airport is served by most of the major domestic airlines. (updated Oct 2019) 3 John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH IATA), 4600 International Gateway, Columbus OH, ☏ +1 614 239-4083. Direct flights from most major U.S. cities, in Columbus 75 mi (121 km) southwest via I-71 & I-270. (updated Oct 2019) Interstate 71 (I-71). Mansfield can be accessed by I-71 which provides connection to Cleveland to the northeast and Columbus and Cincinnati to the southwest, running its course into Kentucky southwest to Louisville. From I-71 Mansfield is accessed via SR-13 at Exit #169 and SR-39 Lucas Rd at Exit #173. US 30 carries the Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway along it length through Mansfield. The freeway provides connection to Wooster, Canton and Pittsburgh to the east and Ontario, Bucyrus and Fort Wayne to the west. Park Ave E goes through Mansfield and the downtown district. It provides connection to Ashland to the northeast and Lexington and Mount Gilead to the southwest. Main St & Diamond St go through Mansfield and the downtown Historic Carrousel District.

1 Richland County Transit (RCT), (bus transit center) 74 S Diamond (S Diamond & E 1st Ave), ☏ +1 419 522-4504, fax: +1 419-522-3157. RCT operates local bus service five days a week; no service on Saturdays, Sundays or national holidays. RCT offers local bus services within Mansfield and to Ontario, Shelby, and portions of Madison Township, in Richland County on 12 fixed routes. 2 C & D Taxi, (dispatch office) 272 Newman St (Newman & Orange St), ☏ +1 419 756-3333.