8 - Bicycling Through Paradise

This map and its embedded images suggest only some of the content of this bicycle tour. For the stories behind these places and why they are important, we hope you will read our book,  Bicycling Through Paradise .

This is a long tour, starting in Mariemont, east of Cincinnati. We’ll ride through historic small towns further east, then turn south and descend into the Ohio River Valley. We’ll cross the river on the Augusta Ferry and end at Augusta, Kentucky. The terrain is rolling to hilly, and there are some traffic-y stretches where special caution is required. The tour is composed of eight segments. Total one-way distance is a little over 83 miles, but each segment is fun to ride independently and has something historic to see. Each segment starts and stops in places where you can find parking, food, and bathrooms. There are bed-and-breakfasts at the halfway point (Batavia) and at the three-quarters point (Bethel), and at the end point in Augusta.

• Distance: 83 miles (one way)
• Terrain: rolling to very hilly

Segment 1: Mariemont to Perintown

• Distance: 10.7 miles
• Terrain: flat to rolling
• Elevation change: gaining 184 feet and losing 243

Segment 2: Perintown to Owensville

• Distance: 9.2 miles
• Terrain: hilly
• Elevation change: gaining 374 feet and losing 36

Segment 3: Owensville to Williamsburg

• Distance: 10.1 miles
• Terrain: mostly flat

Segment 4: Williamsburg to Batavia

• Distance: 12.7 miles
• Terrain: flat to rolling with one steep descent
• Elevation change: gaining 210 feet and losing 384

Segment 5: Batavia to East Fork State Park

• Distance: 10.8 miles
• Terrain: hilly

Segment 6: East Fork State Park to Bethel

• Distance: 9.8 miles
• Terrain: rolling
• Elevation change: gaining 174 ft and losing 72

Segment 7: Bethel to Felicity

• Distance: 10.3 miles
• Terrain: mostly flat

Segment 8: Felicity to Augusta

• Distance: 9.4 miles
• Terrain: a long, gradual hill, downhill heading south
• Elevation change: gaining 105 ft and losing 518

To download the entire route for this trail, click the link to Google Maps  HERE 

A section of this route (point 12 of this StoryMap) does not appear on Google Maps, so you can refer to the map of the Williamsburg-Batavia Hike-Bike Trail found  here .

View cyclist input for this route  HERE