The Slippery Elm Trail is a rail to trail conversion in Wood County, Ohio that runs 13 miles from Bowling Green, through Portage and Rudolph, to North Baltimore, Ohio. History The Bowling Green Railroad Company was founded in 1874. It functioned as a spur line to link Bowling Green to the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railway (C.H. & D.) that ran northwest of Bowling Green, through Tontogany, Ohio. In 1887, the CH&D railroad purchased enough stock to control the Bowling Green line. In 1890, the Bowling Green Railroad Company absorbed the portion of railroad that makes today's trail, which was then called the Toledo, Findlay and Springfield Railroad. The line was later purchased by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1917, and operated as B&O until 1978. The Wood County Parks District opened the rail trail in 1995. Location The trail is maintained by the Wood County Parks District, and the routing is per the following table: External links Google Maps: Slippery Elm Trail, Ohio TrailLink: Slippery Elm Trail Ohio Bikeways: Slippery Elm Trail Wood County Park District: Slippery Elm Trail References Rail trails in Ohio Protected areas of Wood County, Ohio Tourist attractions in Wood County, Ohio Bike paths in Ohio Rail trails in the United States Transportation in Wood County, Ohio Bowling Green, Ohio