A Sunday walk in Maumee, Ohio

The Wolcott House

Last Sunday (Oct 23) I decided to do a local year round walk.  It started at the Maumee Police Station. After picking up my map and directions, I walked past some historic houses and St.Paul's Episcopal Church. The church bells started ringing just as I passed the church and were they ever loud. After passing the Maumee Library the walk went to the Wolcott Museum Complex. Besides the house, there is an old church, log cabin, train and garden at the Museum. Although we have had some cold days lately, there were still plenty of flowers in the garden at the museum and around town.

After walking past  more historic houses, including one that was part of the Underground Railway, I entered a park and walked along the old canal towpath by the Maumee River. While walking along the towpath, I was surprised to see a deer laying in the brush beside the path. It seemed to be used to people and did not get up or run away. I had to take a few pictures of her.

From here the trail continued into Side Cut Metropark. In the park I walked on a trail with stone steps to view several of the canal locks.

After exiting the park, I walked through St. Joseph Cemetery which has some old head stones in it. The remainder of the walk was past many more historic houses back to the Police Station.

Canal Lock

This is a very nice walk by the Maumee Valley Volkssporters, the local club for the Toledo area. If you are interested in doing this walk, look for directions to the start point on the American Volkssport Association's website.