When you enter the Medlar Conservation Area after coming from Austin Landing it’s like you are in an entirely different world. The conservation area is a preserve of over 400 acres that contains mature woods, fields, shrub-scrub habitat and wetlands that protects some of the last quality open space in southern Montgomery County. To the east you will ride around the Miamisburg Soccer Association soccer fields and then through the Medlar Conservation Area. There is much less traffic as you move toward either the current eastern or western end of the trail. My suggestion is to avoid riding along Austin Boulevard as much as possible by riding the portion of the trail that loops around Austin Landing.
You’ll just have to wait for the automated timing for the crosswalk signals to activate in order to cross these streets and highway ramps. However, with the exception of the crossing at the intersection with Springboro Pike none of these buttons work. At each intersection between trail and roadways there are crossing buttons at the crosswalks. The trail along Austin Pike (or Boulevard, in front of the Mall) is very busy. There is lots of traffic in and around this mall as commuters enter and exit Interstate 75 at adjoining Exit 41. The central part of the current trail encircles Austin Landing, a mixed-use retail district that includes retail stores, restaurants, motels, office buildings and contemporary apartments.
This is a trail of considerable contrast.
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