Things to do in and around Perrysburg

When I visit other cities, I Google, “Things to do in and around [name of city].” In today’s episode, I share things to do in and around Perrysburg from the perspective of a local. 

The FULL show notes are on https://www.perrysburgpodcast.com/126.

Search my back-catalog on perrysburgpodcast.com for ideas. Examples are below:

• Places of worship
• Public transportation in Perrysburg
• Where to find Santa
• Cemeteries
• Pharmacies
• Three Dog Bakery + pet info
• Free stuff + second-hand stores
• Every park in Perrysburg
• Way Public Library
• Walleye fishing
• Volunteer opportunities + food banks
• Restaurants, bars/breweries, bakeries/dessert, butcher shops
• Town Center at Levis Commons
• Coffee
• Kayaking + boat launches
• Ice cream shops
• Visit Perrysburg (CVB)
• Municipal pool
• Motorcycle dealerships
• Planes, trains, automobiles
• Norma Stark Memory Garden & Labyrinth 
• American Legion
• Friday night car shows (May–Oct)
• Homecoming Festival 
• Farmers Market (May-October)

Also, check sources of information mentioned in Episode 6:

• Perrysburg Messenger-Journal (local newspaper) https://www.perrysburg.com 
• The Buzz Book https://buzzbookonline.com/ 
• Perrysburg, Ohio Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/Perrysburg 
• Perrysburg Living Magazine (no website)
• Way Public Library https://www.waylibrary.info 
• Perrysburg Chamber of Commerce https://www.perrysburgchamber.com/ 
• Visit Perrysburg (CVB) https://visitperrysburg.com/ 
• Historic Perrysburg Inc. https://www.historicperrysburg.org 

History & Museums

• Historic Perrysburg Inc. https://www.historicperrysburg.org 
• Perrysburg Area Historic Museum (Spafford House) https://www.perrysburgmuseum.com/ 
• Fort Meigs Historic Site (Perrysburg) https://fortmeigs.org/ 
• Wood County Museum (Bowling Green) https://woodcountyhistory.org/ 
• Wolcott House (Maumee) https://www.wolcotthouse.org/
• Toledo Museum of Art https://toledomuseum.org/ 
• Toledo Zoo – ProMedica Museum of Natural History https://www.toledozoo.org/ 
• Imagination Station (downtown Toledo) https://www.imaginationstationtoledo.org/ 
• National Museum of the Great Lakes https://nmgl.org 

Metroparks Toledo

• Glass City Metropark + The Ribbon https://metroparkstoledo.com/theribbon 
• Wildwood Preserve Metropark + The Manor House https://metroparkstoledo.com/explore-your-parks/wildwood-preserve-metropark 
• Cannaley Treehouse Village (Oak Openings area) https://metroparkstoledo.com/explore-your-parks/cannaley-treehouse-village 
• Metroparks Toledo main site: https://metroparkstoledo.com/ 

Wood County Park District https://wcparks.org/ 

• Sawyer Quarry Nature Preserve
• W.W. Knight Nature Preserve
• Slippery Elm Bike Trail 
• Mary Jane Thurston Park (Grand Rapids) (Ohio Department of Natural Resources - Oops, not a Wood County Park). Stop by Snyder’s Pizza (Grand Rapids)

Planetariums

• Bowling Green State University (BGSU) https://www.bgsu.edu/arts-and-sciences/physics-and-astronomy/bgsu-planetarium.html 
• University of Toledo (UT) https://www.utoledo.edu/nsm/rpbo/

The 577 Foundation (Perrysburg) https://577foundation.org/ 

• Koi fish inside the geodesic dome
• Birds & Bees room
• Curiosity Shop
• Phone of the Wind (grief tool)

Toledo Zoo https://www.toledozoo.org/ 

• Lights Before Christmas
• Train ride
• Find the Snow leopard - it’s my favorite animal at The Toledo Zoo! 

Outdoors/hunting retail 

• Bass Pro Shops (Rossford) https://www.basspro.com 
• Cabela’s (Dundee, MI) https://stores.cabelas.com/ 

Fitness + golf

• Fort Meigs YMCA (Perrysburg, Eckel Junction Rd) (ymcatoledo.org)
• Crosswinds (Perrysburg) Golf Course https://www.crosswindsgolfclubanddrivingrange.com 
• Belmont Country Club https://www.thebelmontcountryclub.com
• X-Golf Perrysburg (playxgolf.com)
• Perry Falls Mini Golf https://www.facebook.com/perryfallsminigolf/ 
• Glow Golf at Sylvania Playland https://www.sylvaniaplayland.com 

Indoor things to do

• Cinemark Levis Commons 12 cinemark.com
• Interstate Lanes (Rossford) interstatelanes.com
• Toledo Walleye https://www.toledowalleye.com 
• Ice skating Sylvania Tam-O-Shanter https://sylvaniatamoshanter.com 
• Ice skating BGSU, Bowling Green https://www.bgsu.edu/ice-arena.html 
• Franklin Park Mall (Toledo) https://visitfranklinparkmall.com 

Other Shopping in Perrysburg 

• Levis Commons https://shopleviscommons.com/ (shopleviscommons.com)
• Various shops in the Historic District (Louisiana Ave., Second St. Third St. Perrysburg)
• Strip-mall cluster at Louisiana Ave and S. Boundary St (Perrysburg):
• Plato’s Closet
• Once Upon a Child
• Clothes Mentor
• Gathering Volumes (bookstore)
• The Gilded Exchange (near Sidelines + Plato’s Closet)

Libraries

• Way Public Library (Perrysburg) (waylibrary.info). Check out the cake pans and the "Beyond Books" section.
• Wood County Library System https://www.wcdpl.org/ 
• Toledo Lucas County Public Library System https://www.wcdpl.org/ 
• Main Library (325 Michigan St. Toledo, OH) - check out the rooftop patio!

Visit Toledo Website https://visittoledo.org/ 

• Toledo Mud Hens + holiday lights at/near the stadium (“Hensville”) https://www.milb.com/toledo/news/enjoy-hensville-lights-during-the-holiday-season-300954932? 
• Toledo Farmers’ Market https://www.toledofarmersmarket.com/ 
• Too many attractions to list

Theaters

• Stranahan Theater (stranahantheater.com)
• Valentine Theatre (valentinetheatre.com)
• Toledo Repertoire Theatre (toledorep.org)

Make your own fun + bigger day trips

• Homemade pizza + board games at home
• The Henry Ford (Dearborn, MI) https://www.thehenryford.org 
• Trader Joe’s (Ann Arbor) https://locations.traderjoes.com/mi/ann-arbor/678/? 
• Canada day trip to Caesars Windsor Casino https://www.caesars.com/caesars-windsor/casino? 

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Thank you for listening to episode 126 of The Perrysburg Podcast!