Mount Gilead

Mount Gilead is a city in West Central Ohio. It is the county seat of Morrow County. The mailing and local reference is Mt. Gilead.

Get in

By plane

• John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH ^IATA), 4600 International Gateway, Columbus. +1 614-239-4083. Direct flights to most major American cities.
• 1 Morrow County Airport. A general aviation airport. (updated Sep 2019)

By car

It is located at the intersection of SR 42 and 61 N/S.

Get around

There is no public transportation. It is a small town and walking is practical.

See

• 1 Morrow County Courthouse. (updated Nov 2018)
• 2 James S. Trimble House. (updated Nov 2018)
• 3 Morrow County Museum. (updated Sep 2019)

Do

• 1 Mt. Gilead State Park, toll-free: +1-866-644-6727. 4119 State Route 95, for camping. 59 sites with electrical hookups. Boating, trails, camping.  
• Ohio State Trapshooting Association Facility (I71 SR61 Exit Morrow County, Marengo). Ohio State Trapshooting Association (OSTA), new $1.6 million dollar trap shooting facility. (updated Dec 2018)
• 2 Morrow County Fair. (updated Sep 2019)

Eat

• 1 La Cabiñita, 47 S Main St, ☏ +1 419-946-1666. (updated Nov 2018)

Drink

There is now a small bar and cafe across from the Morrow County Fairgrounds. They have a good selection of beer, including Blue Moon and Sierra Nevada.

• The Endzone. (updated Nov 2018)

Sleep

Hotels

• 1 Best Western Executive Inn, 3991 Cty Rd 172 (off OH Rte 95, east of I-71 exit 151), ☏ +1 419 768-2378, toll-free: +1-800-780-7234, fax: +1 419 768-4165. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM. Outdoor pool, free breakfast, high speed internet. From $98 (Feb 2022). 

Camping

• 2 Mt. Gilead State Park, toll-free: +1-866-644-6727. 4119 State Route 95, for camping. 59 sites with electrical hookups. Boating, trails, camping.  
• 3 Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park at Columbus North, 4185 Township Rd 99, ☏ +1 419 946-5230. Features camping sites plus Boo Boo and Cindy Bear cabins, all around a little lake in Dogwood Valley with inflatable slides and things. (updated Feb 2022)

Connect

• 1 Mount Gilead Public Library, 41 E High St, ☏ +1 419 947-5866. (updated Nov 2018)
• 2 Mount Gilead Post Office. (updated Sep 2019)

Go next

• Columbus
• Marion

Routes through Mount Gilead

Cleveland ← Bellville ←	N  S	→ Sunbury → Columbus
Delaware ← Jct E ← Jct W ←	S  N	→ Lexington → Cleveland
Norwalk ← Galion ←	N  S	→ Jct W → Jct E → Jct W → Sunbury
Marion ← Jct N ←	W  E	→ Jct N S → Jct W E → Jct W E → Wooster