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All amenities of the park are accessible, including parking areas. There are no restrooms at this facility.
The ADA-accessible drinking fountain is dog-friendly and is located on the northeast end of the park along the roadside.
Deeds Point MetroPark has a bronze statue of Wilbur and Orville Wright as a fixture along the Great Miami River Trail and an aviation timeline exhibit that serves as an ongoing reminder of the importance of the Wright Brothers and Dayton to aviation history. The park also has a monument — Dayton Peace Accord — that symbolizes the agreement for peace between Bosnia and Herzegovina reached in Dayton, Ohio, on November 21, 1995.
RTA Bus Route 17
Take Route 17 north on Main Street through downtown. This route will pass Deeds Point MetroPark on Webster Street.
The park is accessible by foot or bike on the Great Miami River Trail.
The location of this park, at the convergence of the Great Miami and Mad Rivers, draws visitors to the water and provides an opportunity to interpret and enhance public perceptions of the cleanliness, health and species diversity of our waterways.
The rivers are an excellent place to see the bald eagles that have recently made a return to the Miami Valley, and potentially black-crowned night heron, a state-listed threatened species. Black-crowned night herons frequent Island MetroPark just upstream, where conservation staff and volunteers have been building a habitat for them.
The park’s native plantings benefit pollinators looking for a nectar source.
Deeds Point sits just across the river from RiverScape MetroPark at the junction of the nation’s largest paved trail network and the on-street facilities in downtown Dayton. The Great Miami River Trail that runs through Deeds Point connects to Island MetroPark to the north and the Mad River Trail to the south, taking riders to Eastwood and Huffman.
An alternate route of the Mad River Trail on the north bank of the river takes cyclists from Deeds Point to an on-street bike lane on Valley Street just west of Dayton Childrens Hospital in Old North Dayton.
The Great Miami River that converges with the Mad River in the park is an excellent warm water species fishery with smallmouth and largemouth bass, panfish and catfish.
The paved trails that traverse the park make Deeds Point a popular spot for runners, inline skaters, walkers and cyclists. At the center of Deeds Point sits a large grassy circle perfect for sun salutations.
Geocaching is an activity combining technology and nature, using global positioning system (GPS) devices to search for and find “caches” hidden throughout the world. Visit www.geocaching.com and search by location to get started. Then head out on an adventure to find the geocaches hidden in this park.
Deeds Point was named after Colonel Edward Deeds, a Dayton inventor and businessman who helped rebuild Dayton after the 1913 flood. He was instrumental in forming the Miami Conservancy District and served as its chairman until 1954.
The park has a bronze statue of Wilbur and Orville Wright and an aviation timeline exhibit that serves as an ongoing reminder of the importance of the Wright Brothers and Dayton to aviation history. The park also has a monument — Dayton Peace Accord — that symbolizes the agreement for peace between Bosnia and Herzegovina reached in Dayton, Ohio, on November 21, 1995.
Deeds Point MetroPark lies at the junction of the Mad and Great Miami rivers. A variety of migratory and resident birds can be seen here.
This small MetroPark provides the most picturesque landscape and view of the city of Dayton from a west to southwest viewing angle – the perfect spot for skyline sunsets. Catch the best views of RiverScape Fountains of Lights from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
Commercial photography permits are required.
Latitude: 39.769513
Longitude: -84.183481
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