theres also a deck with covered dining areas. breakfast is served in an ornate dining room with a fireplace. set on leafy grounds along highway 40, this refined b&b in a 2-story redbrick building built in 1833 is 5 miles from both the springfield museum of art and buck creek state park. a storied 2-bedroom suite adds fireplaces, a separate living room, and a porch with a swing. . parking is available. some have chandeliers or 4-poster beds. featuring antique furniture, the elegant rooms offer free wi-fi, cable tv and dvd players, as well as desk areas and minifridges John Glenn Columbus International Airport 46 min
C.J. Brown Dam & Reservoir (10 min) Reservoir and lake Springfield Museum of Art (11 min) This museum offers rotating exhibitions & docent-guided tours plus workshops & classes for all ages. Frank Lloyd Wright's Westcott House (9 min) This restored, prairie-style house designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright is now a museum. National Trail Parks and Recreation District (10 min) John Bryan State Park (24 min) Hiking, fishing, camping & rock climbing are offered at this park overlooking a limestone gorge. Glen Helen Nature Preserve (23 min) Quiet reserve with walks amid 400-year-old trees, waterfalls & wildflowers, plus a raptor center. Hartman Rock Garden (16 min) Self-guided tours of an iconic, restored folk-art garden created 1932–1944 with 250,000 stones. Buck Creek Nature Park (12 min) Buck Creek State Park Beach (7 min) Cedar Bog Nature Preserve (February to November) (22 min) Nature and reptiles Clarence J Brown Reservoir (7 min) Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve (21 min) Limestone & dolomite gorges offering varied hiking paths, some with wooden walkways & lookouts. Gallagher Fen State Nature Preserve (4 min) Buck Creek State Park (5 min) Rolling hills with hiking & bridle trails, a lake for fishing & boating, plus campsites & cottages. Davey Moore Park (16 min) Sizable park with a baseball field, playground & grassy lawns, plus a shelter house & picnic areas. |