Byway: Ohio - Land of the Cross-Tipped Churches Scenic Byway

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Km	Miles	Road Item	Road Summary
0.0 (61.8)	0.0 (38.4)	McCartyville, Ohio Altitude: 974 feet	At the Junction of State Highway #119 with State Highway #29 at McCartyville, Ohio, Land of Cross-Tipped Churches Byway starts in Ohio. On this Byway, an array of cross-tipped churches, all of which are on the National Register of Historic Places could be found. The Byway route features other sorts of history, as seen in part by Fort Recovery, the National Marian Shrine of the Holy Relics, and the New Knoxville Historical Museum.
3.4 (58.4)	2.1 (36.3)	Lehmkuhl Landing Altitude: 961 feet	State Route #78 / Luthman Road, Lehmkuhl Landing, Lake Loramie
5.0 (56.8)	3.1 (35.3)	State Route #53 Altitude: 974 feet	State Route #53 / Schmitmeyer Baker Road, Lake Loramie State Park, Oran, Ohio
7.7 (54.1)	4.8 (33.6)	Elm Drive Altitude: 965 feet	Elm Drive, Lake Loramie,
10.1 (51.7)	6.3 (32.1)	Minster, Ohio Altitude: 965 feet	Minster, Ohio, a predominantly Catholic village located in Auglaize County, Ohio, St. Augustine Catholic Church, built in 1848, is an historic Gothic Revival–style Roman Catholic church building located on North Hanover Street in Minster, Ohio. Minster, Ohio falls within Jackson Township, one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. State Highway #63, leads to Fort Loramie, Ohio, a village in Shelby County, Ohio, McLean township, Ohio, Newport, Ohio, a village, in Shelby County, Ohio, Cynthian Township, Ohio
11.8 (50.0)	7.3 (31.1)	State Highway #66 Altitude: 968 feet	State Highway #66, leads to New Bremen, Ohio, a village in the Auglaize County, Ohio, New Bremen, Ohio, contains Locks from the Miami and Erie Canal. The town is rich in canal history and contains many historic canal sights. New Bremen, Ohio, is also home to the Bicycle Museum of America, which contains the country's largest collection of bicycles. St. Mary's, Ohio, a city located in Auglaize County, Ohio.
15.0 (46.8)	9.3 (29.1)	Tri Twp Road Altitude: 971 feet	Tri Twp Road, Grand Lake Saint Marys is an artificial lake in Grand Lake-Saint Marys State Park, located on the Wabash River, Grand Lake Saint Marys is the largest inland lake in Ohio in terms of land area.
16.6 (45.2)	10.3 (28.1)	State Route #364 Altitude: 974 feet	State Route #364 to Grand Lake St.Mary's, South from here lies Russia, Ohio, a village in Shelby County, Ohio.
21.7 (40.1)	13.5 (24.9)	Maria Stein, Ohio Altitude: 971 feet	State Route #716, Community of Maria Stein, Ohio, located in Mercer County, Chickasaw, Ohio, a village located in mercer County, Ohio. To the South Lie Yorkshire, Ohio, a village in Darke County, Ohio, Osgood, Ohio, in Darke County, Ohio.
23.3 (38.5)	14.5 (23.9)	Clune Stucke Road Altitude: 968 feet	Clune Stucke Road, Community of Sebastian, Ohio, in Mercer County, Ohio
28.3 (33.5)	17.6 (20.8)	Intersection Altitude: 958 feet	Intersection of United States Highway #127, To the north lie, Carthagena, Ohio, Lakefield Airport, Ohio, Montezuma, Ohio, a village located in Mercer County, Ohio. Montezuma is the home of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Parish. Celina, Ohio, a city located in Mercer County, Ohio, at the southwest edge of the Grand Lake St.Mary's, Celina Lighthouse. To the south on the State Highway #127 lie, North Star, Ohio, a village in Darke County, Ohio, Dawn, Ohio, York Township, Ohio, Wabash Township, Ohio,
33.5 (28.3)	20.8 (17.6)	St. Henry, Ohio Altitude: 961 feet	Intersection State Highway #118, St. Henry, Ohio, a village located in Mercer County, Ohio, Coldwater, Ohio, a village in Mercer County, Ohio. Burketsville, Ohio, New Weston, Ohio, Rossburg, Ohio, Ansonia, Ohio are some of the communities lying south from this Intersection in Ohio.
35.3 (26.5)	21.9 (16.5)	Philothea, Ohio Altitude: 984 feet	Burkettesville-St.Henry Road, Philothea, ohio
38.8 (23.0)	24.1 (14.3)	Wendelin, Ohio Altitude: 988 feet	Twp Line Road, Wendelin, Ohio, Sharpsburg, Ohio.
46.6 (15.2)	29.0 (9.4)	Fort Recovery, Ohio Altitude: 938 feet	State Highway #49, Fort Recovery, Ohio, a village in Mercer County, Ohio. Recovery Township, Mercer County, Ohio, Gibson Township, Mercer County, Ohio, Mississinawa Township, Ohio, Greenville, Ohio, a city in Darke County, Ohio. State Highway #119 to the west, crosses the Ohio border with Indiana.
51.2 (10.6)	31.8 (6.6)	Philothea Road Altitude: 932 feet	Philothea Road, Philothea, Ohio
54.5 (7.3)	33.9 (4.5)	State Route #219 Altitude: 915 feet	State Route #219, Macedon, Ohio, Coldwater, Ohio, a village in Mercer County, Ohio.
57.7 (4.1)	35.9 (2.5)	Erastus, Ohio Altitude: 899 feet	St. Anthony Road, Eratus, Ohio, Washington Township, Mercer County, Ohio.
61.8 (0.0)	38.4 (0.0)	End of Land of the Cross-Tipped Churches Byway Altitude: 863 feet	Junction of State Highway #49 with State Highway #29, off Celina, Ohio a city in Mercer County, Ohio. This is where Land of the Cross-Tipped Churches Byway ends.

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