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...
