Marion (Ohio)

Visitor Information

• Marion Area Convention & Visitors Bureau

  phone: +1 740 389-9770
  address: 1713 Marion-Mt. Gilead Rd. Suite 110

By plane

• John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) in Columbus has direct flights from most major American cities.

• Marion Municipal AirportA General aviation airport.

By car

• U.S. Route 23, Marion can be accessed by U.S. Route 23 which provides access to Delaware and Columbus to the south and Toledo to the northwest.
• Ohio State Route 4 runs through Marion and its historic downtown business district. It provides access to Richwood, Marysville, Springfield and Dayton to the southwest and Bucyrus and Sandusky to the northeast.
• Ohio State Route 95 runs through the city of Marion and its historic downtown business district. It provides access to the village of La Rue to the west and Mount Gilead and Interstate 71 to the east.
• Ohio State Route 309 runs through the city of Marion and its historic downtown business district. It provides access to the cities of Galion and Mansfield to the northeast and the cities of Kenton and Lima to the northwest.
• Ohio State Route 423 runs through the city of Marion and its historic downtown business district. It provides access to the village of Waldo to the south and U.S. Route 23 near Morral to the north.
• Ohio State Route 739 begins in the city of Marion at Ohio State Route 4. It provides access to Honda of America and Marysville to the southwest.

By bus

• Marion Area Transit (MAT)

  phone: +1 740 382-9850
  Marion Area Transit (MAT) provides local bus and taxi service and is also the area Greyhound Passenger and freight agent.

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• Harding Home and Tomb

  address: 380 Mount Vernon Ave
  (Home), Vernon Heights Blvd. (Tomb) The Warren G. Harding home contains almost all original furnishings owned by the 29th President of the United States. Seasonal hours.

• Marion Palace Theater and May Pavilion

  phone: +1 740 383-2101
  This rare jewel's architecture is just as fascinating as the acts on stage. The Palace Theatre is a must-see site in central Ohio and on the National Register of Historic Places. With Spanish architectural designs, guests are transported into an outdoor palace courtyard. The original 1928 cloud machine and blue sky with twinkling stars gives an open-air feel. Eberson's masterful technique for the atmospheric style is on full display throughout the theatre. You can learn all about the Marion Palace, its designer, John Eberson, and the unique architectural design of the atmospheric theatrea movie palace. A book that explores the design of the Palace, the life of John Eberson and his theatres, written by Scott Hoffman, "A Theatre History of Marion, Ohio--John Eberson's Palace and Beyond," is on sale in the Palace box office.

• Marion County CourthouseHistoric sandstone courthouse building built in 1884.

• Wyandot Popcorn Museum

• Marion County Historical SocietyOperates several historical sites and small museums

• The Huber Machinery Museum

  phone: +1 740 387-9233
  address: 220 E Fairground St

• Caledonia Bowstring BridgeA historic, but abandoned and overgrown iron bridge in nearby Caledonia. An interesting site for Urbex. If you go to visit, do not touch or use the bridge.

• Marion Cemetery Merchant Family GraveA grave with a mysterious rotating sphere.

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• Marion Popcorn Festival

  phone: +1 740 387-3378
  address: PO Box 1101 Marion, Ohio 43301
  Annual event is held every year in downtown Marion in September, the weekend following Labor Day

• Marion Palace Theater

  phone: +1 740-383-2101
  address: 276 W Center St
  Built in 1928, the theatre was designed by John Eberson. Renovated in 1975 and 2015, this atmospheric theatre is the center for the performing arts in central Ohio. The Marion Palace presents an annual season of 3 to 4 touring artists, small concerts in its pavilion venue, and a 4-program educational theatre series for schoolchildren. During the off-season and at other times during the year when the theatre would otherwise be dark, amateur theatre and high school productions use the venue. The theatre, designed as a movie palace, also exhibits digital motion pictures. The pavilion venue is also available for rent for weddings and meetings.

• Marion County Fairgrounds & Veterans Memorial Coliseum

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• The Ohio State University at Marion

  phone: +1 614 292-9133
  address: 1465 Mount Vernon Ave

• Marion Technical College

  phone: +1 740 389-4636
  address: 1467 Mount Vernon Ave

• Tri-Rivers Career Center

  phone: +1 740 389-4681
  address: 2222 Marion-Mt. Gilead Rd

• Marion Centre

  phone: +1 740 389-5785
  Was formerly Southland Mall, 1509 Marion-Waldo Rd.

• Carlyle's

• Ralphies Sports Eatery

• Super 8 Marion OH

  phone: +1 740 389-1998
  address: 2117 Marion-Mt. Gilead Rd

• America's Best Value Inn by Vantage Marion Ohio

  address: 1952 Marion-Mt. Gilead Rd

• Holiday Inn & Suites

• Fairfield Inn

• Comfort Inn

• County Inn & Suites

• Marion Post Office

  phone: +1 740 389-4621
  address: 230 Barks Rd. W

• Marion Public Library

  phone: +1 740 387-0992
  address: 445 E. Church St
  The main branch of the Marion Public Library offers free internet access, although you may have to obtain a library card first.

Hospitals

• Marion General Hospital

  phone: +1 740 383-8400
  address: 1000 McKinley Park Dr

Newspapers

• The Marion StarThe only daily newspaper published in the Marion area.

• Delaware is about 35 minutes south on U.S. Route 23.
• Columbus is about an hour south on U.S. Route 23.

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