Mansfield (Ohio)

Named after Jared Mansfield, Surveyor General of the United States in the early 19th century, the city sits on a fork of the Mohican River in the western foothills of the Allegheny Plateau, a hilly region surrounded by fertile farmlands, and its elevation is among the highest of Ohio cities. The highest elevation in Mansfield is at the Woodland Reservoir (1,493 feet or 455 meters above sea level), which is on the southwest side of the city. The elevation of Central Park, which is on the square in downtown Mansfield, is 1,243 feet or 379 meters above sea level. Mansfield is known as The Heart of Ohio but is also known as the Carousel Capital of Ohio, Danger City, The Fun Center of Ohio and Racing Capital of Ohio and also the filming location of Shawshank Redemption.

Tourist information center

• Mansfield/Richland County Convention and Visitors Bureau

  address: 124 N. Main St
  The Mansfield/Richland Convention & Visitors Bureau also offer free brochures and separate website at ShawshankTrail.com regarding the filming and their locations in the 1994 film, Shawshank Redemption for a self guided tour to the sites. The filming sites have been marked with an orange/white "Shawshank Trail" sign and identified in this and in the Upper Sandusky and Ashland articles.

• Downtown Mansfield

  phone: +1 419 522-0099
  address: 55 N. Mulberry St

By plane

• Mansfield Lahm Airport

  phone: +1 419 522-2191
  address: 2000 Harrington Memorial Rd
  Locally, Mansfield Lahm Airport is a city-owned, joint civil-military, public-use airport, on the north side of the city.

The nearest airports for commercial flights are:

• Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

  address: 5300 Riverside Dr
  Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is Cleveland's main airport, on the west side of the city. The airport is served by most of the major domestic airlines.

• John Glenn Columbus International Airport

  phone: +1 614 239-4083
  address: 4600 International Gateway, Columbus OH
  Direct flights from most major U.S. cities, in Columbus southwest via I-71 & I-270.

By car

• Interstate 71 (I-71). Mansfield can be accessed by I-71 which provides connection to Cleveland to the northeast and Columbus and Cincinnati to the southwest, ultimately running its course into Kentucky southwest to Louisville. From I-71 Mansfield is accessed via SR-13 at Exit #169 and SR-39 Lucas Rd at Exit #173.
• U.S. Route 30 carries the Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway along it length through Mansfield. The freeway provides connection to Wooster, Canton and Pittsburgh to the east and Ontario, Bucyrus and Fort Wayne to the west.
• U.S. Route 42 goes through Mansfield and the downtown district. It provides connection to Ashland to the northeast and Lexington and Mount Gilead to the southwest.
• Ohio State Route 13 goes through Mansfield and the downtown Historic Carrousel District. It provides connection to Bellville to the south and Norwalk and Sandusky to the north. At Exit #169 of I-71.
• Ohio State Route 39 goes through Mansfield and by the downtown Historic Carousel District. It provides connection to Shelby to the northwest and Lucas and Amish Country to the southeast. At Exit #173 of I-71
• Ohio State Route 309 starts out at U.S. Route 30 near the Home Road overpass in Mansfield. It provides connection to Ontario and Galion to the west.
• Ohio State Route 430 goes through Mansfield and the downtown business district. It provides connection to Ontario to the west and Mifflin to the east.
• Ohio State Route 545 starts out at Ohio State Route 39 in Mansfield. It provides connection to Olivesburg and Savannah to the northeast.

By bus

The on 2424 O'Possum Rd, on SR-13 & I-71 (Exit #169 of I-71) in the south of town serves as a de-facto bus station for:

• Barons Bus

• Greyhound

  address: (bus stop) 7-Eleven at 2424 O'Possum Rd
  Travels primarily on Interstate 71 (Cleveland, West Salem, Mansfield and Columbus)

• Go Bus

  address: (bus stop) 7-Eleven at 2424 O'Possum Rd
  Travels on US Hwy 42 and I-71 between Wooster, Mansfield, Mt Gilead and Columbus.

RCT #3 (South Main/Southside) bus connects the nearby Wal-Mart and the 7 Eleven store (Greyhound & Go bus stop) to downtown Mansfield.

By bus

• Richland County Transit

  phone: +1 419 522-4504
  address: (bus transit center) 74 S Diamond
  RCT operates local bus service five days a week; no service on Saturdays, Sundays or national holidays. RCT offers local bus services within Mansfield and to Ontario, Shelby, and portions of Madison Township, in Richland County on 12 fixed routes.

By taxi

• C & D Taxi

  phone: +1 419 756-3333
  address: (dispatch office) 272 Newman St

• 179th Airlift Wing of the Ohio Air National Guard

  phone: +1 419 520-6420
  address: 1947 Harrington-Memorial Rd
  Military Base with huge C-130 aircraft and crews. No access to the base, but some planes can be seen from the surrounding areas.

• The Miss Ohio Scholarship Program

  phone: +1 419 522-MOSP

• Biblewalk

  phone: +1 419 524-0139
  address: 500 Tingley Ave
  Ohio's only life-sized wax museum, with over 70 scenes and more than 300 wax figures featuring original music and narration to bring Biblical scenes to life. Also features a live Christian dinner theater and other attractions.

• Bissman Building

  address: 193 N Main St
  Peter Bissman built the Bissman Building in 1886 for his expanded wholesale grocery store. In the early 1930s, residents of Downtown Mansfield would wake up to the rich aromas of the store’s personal coffee blends and return home to the smell of roasting peanuts. The building possesses an early Romantic Gothic style that closely resembles the Ohio State Reformatory. Both were designed by same architect, built the same year and both are believed to be haunted by spirits. In Shawshank Redemption the exterior shots served as the Brewer Hotel halfway house where Brooks and Red went to after their release from prison. It also served as the offices of the Portland Daily Bugle in the film where the editor received the warden's accounting ledgers accompanied by a letter explaining the warden's shady activities. The room where Brooks & Red stayed in was filmed back at the Mansfield Reformatory. It is vacant and believed to be haunted.

• Central Park

  address: 29 Park Ave E
  Seen in The Shawshank Redemption, this 2-acre park features a playground, gardens and a gazebo which still functions as a city park for all. In Shawshank Redemption, Brooks sat here to feed the pigeons in hopes of seeing "Jake", a crow he reared while in prison. The bench where Brooks sat on is marked with an orange/white "Shawshank Trail" sign.

• Kingwood Center

  phone: +1 419 522-0211
  address: 900 Park Ave. W
  47 acres of gardens on former estate, a favorite spot for orchardists, gardeners and photography.

• Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Project

  phone: +1 419 522-2644
  address: 100 Reformatory Rd., (just off SR 545)
  The cornerstone for this building was laid in 1886. The Reformatory has been closed as prison since 1990 and the building is being preserved. Scenes from several movies such as Shawshank Redemption (1994); Air Force One (1997)'; Tango & Cash (1989); Escape Plan 3: The Extractors (2019), amongst others have been filmed there and other activities and tours take place throughout the year.

• Malabar Farm State Park

  phone: +1 419 892-2784
  address: 4050 Bromfield Rd, Lucas OH
  In 1976, Malabar became an Ohio State Park. Dedicated to perpetuating Bromfield's farming philosophies, preserving the Big House artifacts, providing a place where visitors can explore life on the farm and beauty of nature. The following are some historic places of interest within the park, a couple of which were filming locations for Shawshank Redemption in 1993 (the marker is at Bromfield & Pleasant Hill Rd, the main entrance into the park from the north):

• "Big" HouseA 32-room house Western Reserve style house built in 1939 Pulitzer Prize-winning author Louis Bromfield who lived there till his death in 1956. He wrote many of his books, attracted film stars, artists, politicians, writers, and conservationists. Bromfield also hosted Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall's wedding and honeymoon at Malabar Farm in 1945.

• Ceely Rose HouseThe Miller's house, mentioned in the Pleasant Valley collection of ghost stories, was the 19th Century home of a young, mentally challenged girl named Ceely Rose. In 1896, Ceely Rose murdered her three-person family by poisoning their food with arsenic. Annually in October, the Ceely Rose Play is performed in the park's timber frame barn, as part of a ghost story trilogy. The other two plays are Phoebe Wise and Louie. In 2014, an episode of Ghost Hunters was filmed at the Ceely Rose House

• This authentic, rustic log-cabin style home was built in the 1940s by Bromfield's neighbor, Jim Pugh, within the modern-day park. The cabin is available for rent, for weddings, reunions, company holiday parties and other private gatherings. It was used in the opening scene in Shawshank Redemption, in which Andy Dufresne's (Tim Robbins) wife and her lover had their last rendezvous (before being murdered) while Andy sat in his car with a gun on his lap and getting drunk.
• Used every spring during the Maple Syrup Festival when the maple sap is boiled into pure maple syrup and sold at the giftshop.
• Location of the park administration, museum, educational exhibits, guided tours, library, gift shop, restrooms and a conference room for rent.

• "Shawshank Tree"

  The white oak tree became a major tourist attraction following the filming of Shawshank Redemption. In the film the tree is in a hayfield "near Buxton", where Red (Morgan Freeman) went to find the box containing a letter and some money Andy had left for him after Red's release. A lightning strike cut the tree in half in 2011, and it toppled over in 2016 in a windstorm. The tree stood on private land across the road from Malabar Farm State Park so whatever is left of it can only be seen from the main public road. It's located across the street from the main entrance into the park along Pleasant Hill Rd.

The following are a couple of sites along country roads 2 mile south of Malabar Farm State Park near the town of Butler that were additional filming locations of Shawshank Redemption that may be of an interest to movie buffs. The locations are marked with an orange/white "Shawshank Trail" sign.:

• Towards the end of the film Red was dropped off here by a pick-up truck where he walked towards Buxton to find the box Andy hid for him.
• Second to the last scene where a bus is seen leaving town with Red on board going towards Ft Hancock, TX. The bus went north on SR-95 from Hagerman Rd for the filming. The last scene and end credits where Red (Morgan Freeman) and Andy (Tim Robbins) met again as free men on a beach in Zihuatanejo was filmed at Sandy Beach National Wildlife Refuge in St Croix, USVI.

• Warren Rupp Observatory

  address: 5127 O'Possum Run Road
  Warren Rupp Observatory is one of the world's largest amateur-operated telescopes. It is nestled in a pastoral setting that boasts some of the darkest skies in the state. The Rupp Scope and the Richland Astronomical Society dedicate themselves to public awareness of astronomy. Public Nights are held on the first Saturday of each month, from March through November and special programs are offered on alternative weekends. If weather permits, you can look through the big telescope and smaller ones that people bring.

• Equestrian Valley Farm

  phone: +1 419 589-5161
  address: 2495 Crimson Road (County Rd #296)
  Take a trail ride on horseback on an historic Mohican style farm, established in 1815. The house, built in 1825, overlooks the pond and adjacent pastures. This 200-acre farm has trails on scenic rolling hills through open pastures and beautiful forests.

• Mansfield Art Center

  phone: +1 419 756-1700
  address: 700 Marion Ave

• Mansfield Motorsports Park

  phone: +1 419 524-0183
  address: 100 Crall Road East
  Newer NASCAR track, building a new 1/4 mile drag strip. Very nice facility, very clean.

• Oaktree Golf Club

  address: 1440 Old Oak Trail

• Richland Carrousel Park

  phone: +1 419 522-4223
  address: 75 N. Main St
  In the Historic Carrousel District in downtown Mansfield.

• Richland B & O Bike Trail

  phone: +1 419 884-3764
  The bike trail is over 18 miles long, paved on the abandoned Ohio B & O Rail Road bed. It is well maintained and protected. It runs from Mansfield to Butler through one of Ohio's most scenic areas.

• The Renaissance

  phone: +1 419 522-2726
  address: 138 Park Ave. West
  The 1,600-seat theatre opened in 1928 as the Ohio Theatre and serves today as the largest performing arts center in North-Central Ohio.

• Mansfield Playhouse

  phone: +1 419 522-2883
  address: 95 East 3rd St
  The second oldest, and largest continually producing community theater in Ohio, the Mansfield Playhouse has been in its current location for over 40 years. With an aggressive season consisting of 6 Main Stage shows, 2 Youth Theater shows, and 2 Second Stage shows.

• The Blueberry Patch

  address: 1285 W. Hanley Rd.
  The u-pick blueberry season is open from early July to early September and the u-pick raspberry season is open from mid August to frost. The Blueberry Patch has a gift shop, blossoms cafe, greenhouse and a nursery.

Annual events

• Richland County Fair

  phone: +1 419 747-3717
  address: 750 N. Home Rd
  The fair is usually held during the first full week of August or sometimes in some years the fair is held during the second full week of August.

• Mansfield Lahm Airport Day

  phone: +1-419-295-2478
  address: 2000 Harrington Memorial Rd
  Air and auto show held at the airport

• The Ohio State University at Mansfield

  phone: +1 419 755-4011
  address: 1760 University Dr

• North Central State College

  phone: +1 419 755-4800
  address: 2441 Kenwood Cir.

• Ashland University Dwight Schar College of Nursing & Health Sciences

  phone: +1 419 521-6800
  address: 1020 S. Trimble Rd.

• Madison Adult Career Center

  phone: +1 419 589-6363
  address: 600 Esley Ln

• Pioneer Career & Technology Center

  phone: +1 419 347-7744
  address: 27 Ryan Rd., Shelby, Ohio

• Alpaca Meadows

  phone: +1 419 529-8152
  address: 1200 Rock Rd
  Alpaca Meadows Farm & Fiber Studio is a local alpaca farm that offers alpaca products including yarn, fiber, and fiber art equipment. They also host various events, including tours and art classes.

• Historic Carrousel DistrictFeatures eateries and coffee shops, small antique, craft and gift shops and more. It is what turned the downtown around.

• Carrousel Antiques

  phone: +1 419 522-0230
  address: 118 N Main St
  Open today as a boutique shop where you can find a variety of antiques, decor, furniture, and other upscale resale items. It was a filming location of Shawshank Redemption where Red came upon a pawn shop window offering guns and compasses. Red was tempted to buy a gun but instead he bought a compass which would later help him find the red box Andy hid for him in a 'hay field near Buxton'.

Jones Potato Chip Company

phone: +1 419 529-9424

address: 823 Bowman St

Family made since 1945 by the Jones family. The Jones Potato Chip Company and retail store are located at the same address. The chips can be bought at any local grocery store or supermarket, where potato chips are sold.

KritterMallBuy pet supplies and find a comprehensive list where kids can touch, feed and interact with animals in Ohio. Locations include petting zoos, wildlife safaris, horseback riding, aviaries, working farms, butterfly conservatories and more. Purchases are covered by warranty and have complete customer support.

Mansfield Antique Show and Flea Market at Richland County Fairgrounds

phone: +1 419 747-3717

address: Richland County Fairgrounds at 750 N. Home Rd

The Mansfield Antique Show and Flea Market is a monthly event that is held from February to November, the last weekend (last Saturday and Sunday) of each month at the Richland County Fairgrounds. For more information contact Kevin Spore at +1 419 756-3904 or Tim Babcock at +1 419 884-3253.

Richland Mall

phone: +1 419 529-4003

address: 2209 Richland Mall, Ontario, Ohio

Bakeries

• Buckeye Bakery Inc.

  phone: +1 419 522-2341
  address: 21 E. 4th St

• Buckeye Bakery Inc.

  phone: +1 419 589-5174
  address: 866 Ashland Rd

• Schneider's Olde World Bakery

  phone: +1 419 522-2212
  address: 146 Orange St

• Blackbird Bakery

  phone: +1 567 231-9709
  address: 105 N. Main St
  Very nice and friendly bakery . You can eat in or have baked goods delivered. Cookies, pretzels, scones, cake, etc.

Grocery stores

• Geyer's Fresh Foods

  phone: +1 419 522-6331
  address: 660 S. Diamond St

• KrogerThree stores in Mansfield. Ask for discount card.

• KV Market

  phone: +1 419 709-9235
  address: 359 W 4th St
  When Shawshank Redemption was filmed in 1993, this location was the E&B Market. It has since undergone extensive renovation and is once again home to a full-service supermarket offering fresh produce, meat, deli and hot foods located near downtown and more convenient for travelers staying closer in town. Once paroled from the Shawshank Prison, both Brooks and Red struggle to adjust to life on the outside while bagging groceries at the Food-Way.

• Meijer

  phone: +1 419 747-8364
  address: One store in Ontario at 1355 N. Lexington-Springmill Rd
  Ask for discount card. There's also a Starbucks, CiCi's Pizza, Game Stop and a IHop Restaurant in separate buildigs along the south end of the premises on Walker Lake Rd in separate buildings.

• Walmart Supercenter

  phone: +1 419-756-2850
  address: 2485 Possum Run Rd.

• Walmart Supercenter

  phone: +1 419-529-2950
  address: 359 N. Lexington-Springmill Rd., Ontario

Restaurants

• Asian Buffet

  phone: +1 419 774-1689
  address: 1296 Lexington Ave

• Athens Greek Restaurant

  phone: +1 419 524-5620
  address: 41 N. Main St

• City Grille and Bar

  phone: +1 419 709-9199
  address: 37 E. 4th St

• Coney Island Diner

  phone: +1 419 526-2669
  address: 98 N. Main St
  Coney Island Diner is Mansfield's oldest restaurant and is famous for its coneys and pea salad. The downtown eatery has been around since 1936 and has become famous among filmmakers and politicians.

• Coney Island Inn

  phone: +1 419 525-1406
  address: 20 South Park St

• Dairy Land

  phone: +1 419 525-2168
  address: 800 Springmill St
  The drive-in restaurant has been serving Mansfield since 1947 and its menu serves ice cream, sundaes, shakes, sodas (Pepsi products), fries, burgers, hotdogs, coneys, chicken and more. When you arrive at Dairy Land, you just park and one of the servers will help you in taking your order. Before you go, you may want to ask for a menu (a yellow paper menu full of good food and ice creams with prices listed) to take with you so you know what to order on your next visit. They are locally famous for their excellent shredded chicken sandwiches.

• El Campesino Restaurante Mexicano Cantina

  phone: +1 419 522-7226
  address: 80 W. Hanley Rd
  This Mexican restaurant with the best combination platters around is known for their fajitas, quesadillas, enchiladas, tacos and burritos. El Campesino also has a full bar that serves Margaritas,flavored margaritas and daiquiris, domestic and Mexican beer, wine, and mixed drinks.

• Empress Express Chinese Cuisine

  phone: +1 419 524-4200
  address: 1041 Park Ave. West

• Fork & Fingers Fine Mexican Food

  phone: +1 419 526-2321
  address: 54 Park Ave. West

• Mansfield Restaurant, Southside

  phone: +1 419 756-0479
  address: 948 S. Main St

• Mansfield Restaurant, Westside

  phone: +1 419 529-8238
  address: 1090 Park Ave West

• Rancho Fiesta

  phone: +1 419 774-1774
  address: 1360 S. Trimble Rd
  Mexican restaurant that serves authentic Mexican cuisine and cantina.

• The Leaning Tower of Pizza

  phone: +1 419-525-3462
  address: 180 Lexington Ave

• Two Cousins Pizza Co.

  phone: +1 419 522 2211
  address: 103 N Main St
  Friendly local pizza place.

There are plenty of choices for alcohol. Most grocery stores carry it, as well as the gas stations, drive-throughs and convenience stores.

• Boomers Grill & Bar

  phone: +1 419 528-0050
  address: 1400 W. 4th St

• Cornerstone Bar & Grill

  phone: +1 419 522-5523
  address: 586 Park Ave. E.
  Cornerstone has some of the areas best talented dart throwers. If you want some competition, then this is the place to go, plus they have $1000 Blind draws on a regular basis.
• Fresh Apple Cider This area is to apple cider, what Florida is to orange juice. In the fall, through late spring, fresh squeezed, unadulterated cider flows freely at the local orchards. Some freeze it for year around use. (It only makes it sweeter).

• Good Fellows Pizza & Sports Pub

  phone: +1 419 529-2499
  address: 1349 Park Ave. W.

• Kosta's

  phone: +1 419 529-3844
  address: 924 W. 4th St

• Lew's Tavern

  phone: +1 419 589-9600
  address: 1188 Park Ave. E.
  Live music every Wednesday night, D.J. Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, darts every Thursday night.

• Martini's on Main, Taverna e Pizzeria

  phone: +1 419 775-5936
  address: 108 N. Main St

• Rocky's Pub & Grill

  phone: +1 419 522-1342
  address: 22 S. Park St

• Phoenix Brewing Company

  phone: +1 419 522-2552
  address: 131 N Diamond St

• Relax It's Just Coffee

  phone: +1 419 522 1521
  address: 105 North Main st
  Great coffee. Great people. Great atmosphere.

• 42 Motel

  phone: +1 419 884-1315
  address: 2444 Lexington Ave
  The motel has 22 rooms/2 floors with a smoke alarm in every room. Room amenities include air conditioning, telephone, free internet access, television/color tv, cable/satellite, coffee maker/complementary coffee, refrigerator, and kitchen/kitchenette. Pets are allowed with a swimming pool located on site.

• Best Western Richland Inn-Mansfield

  phone: +1 419 756-6670
  address: 180 E. Hanley Rd

• Hampton Inn & Suites Mansfield-South @ I-71

  phone: +1 419 774-1010
  address: 2220 S. Main St

• Heritage Inn Mansfield

  phone: +1 419 589-3333
  address: 1017 Koogle Rd

• Holiday Inn & Suites Mansfield-Conference Center

  phone: +1 419 525-6000
  address: 116 Park Ave. West

• La Quinta Inn & Suites Mansfield

  phone: +1 419 774-0005
  address: 120 Stander Ave

• M Star Hotel

  phone: +1 419 522-5142
  address: 137 Park Ave. W

• Mohican Lodge & Conference Center

  phone: +1 419 938-5411
  address: 1098 Ashland County Rd 3006, Perrysville OH
  Lakesite hotel near Malabar Farm SP and Pleasant Hill Lake Park

• Motel 6 Mansfield

  phone: +1 419 529-2100
  address: 555 N. Trimble Rd

• Quality Inn & Suites

  phone: +1 419 529-1000
  address: 500 N. Trimble Rd
  114 rooms, centrally located.

• Super 8 Mansfield

  phone: +1 419 756-8875
  address: 2425 Interstate Cir

• Travelodge Mansfield

  phone: +1 419 756-7600
  address: 90 W. Hanley Rd

Stay safe

The non-emergency number of the police department is 419-755-9724.

• United States Post Office, Main Office

  phone: +1 419 755-4621
  address: 200 N. Diamond St

Hospitals

• OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital

  phone: +1 419 526-8000
  address: 335 Glessner Ave

Gym

• Madison Fitness Center

  phone: +1 419 589-1234
  address: 926 Ashland Rd

• Mansfield Area YMCA

  phone: +1 419 522-3511
  address: 750 Scholl Rd

• NexGen Fitness & Nutrition

  phone: +1 419 295-7886
  address: 270 Lexington Ave. Unit 108

• Planet Fitness

  phone: +1 419 709-8194
  address: 2155 Village Mall Dr., Ontario, Ohio

Laundromat

• Brass Hanger Cleaners

  phone: +1 419-526-2733
  address: 366 Ashland Rd.

• Brass Hanger Cleaners

  phone: +1 419-756-1802
  address: 1351 Lexington Ave.

• Brass Hanger Cleaners

  phone: +1 419 529-5256
  address: 2232 Stumbo Rd., Ontario

• Clean Jeans

  phone: +1 419 522-9109
  address: 225 Ashland Rd

• Colonial Coin Laundry

  phone: +1 419 522-7600
  address: 190 Marion Ave

• Heatherwood Coin Laundry & Dry

  phone: +1 419 589-7600
  address: 787 Laver Rd

• Hilltop Coin Laundry

  phone: +1 419 522-5055
  address: 709 Ashland Rd

• Kimmel Corporation

  phone: +1 419 529-8000
  address: 36 Brookwood Way N.

• Park Avenue West Cleaners

  phone: +1 419 522-8438
  address: 518 Park Ave. West

• Sunlite Laundry & Tannery

  phone: +1 419 747-4500
  address: 1081 W. Longview Ave

• Swan Cleaners

  phone: +1 419 524-2611
  address: 165 Park Ave. West
  Pick up and drop off only.

• Wash N Wear Laundry

  phone: +1 419 526-1044
  address: 199 Glessner Ave

Library

• Mansfield/Richland County Public Library, Main Branch

  phone: +1 419 521-3100
  address: 43 W. 3rd St
  The main branch of the Mansfield/Richland County Public Library offers free internet access, although you may have to obtain a library card first.

Newspapers

• The Mansfield News Journal is the only daily newspaper published in the Mansfield area.

• Ashland is northeast on U.S. Route 42 or Interstate 71.
• Canton is about 1 hour and 15 minutes east on U.S. Route 30.
• Cleveland is about 1 hour and 25 minutes northeast on I-71.
• Columbus is about an hour southwest on I-71.
• Cincinnati is about 2 hours and 50 minutes southwest on I-71.
• Lexington is a rual village about 7 miles southwest of downtown Mansfield on U.S. Route 42.
• Ontario is a suburban city west of Mansfield. It is a major regional retail hub with a shopping mall serving the entire North-Central Ohio area.
• Upper Sandusky is the location for a couple more Shawshank filming locations, one of which is a dedicated museum to the film in a small town. It's a small town (and county seat of Wyandot County) located west on US Hwy 30.
• Amish Country centered in Holmes County to the southeast of Richland County on Ohio State Route 39.
• Mohican Resort & Conference Center located in southern Ashland County is surrounded by 6,000 acres of Mohican State Forest and borders Pleasant Hill Lake. Hiking, swimming and boating are nearby. 96 recently renovated guest rooms offering a private balcony. The dining room is also open Sundays with a great buffet for $12.95. A Ohio Department of Natural Resources facility.