Travel is to our well-being, and more people are finding alternative ways to spend their time close to home. If staycation is your vibe this year, Oxford, Ohio, has you covered.
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ULTIMATE STAYCATION
GUIDE TO OXFORD
Buds are beginning to sprout from the ground, and temperatures are warming up. This can only mean one thing: spring is near in Oxford, Ohio! Say goodbye to bare tree branches and sad brown bushes. It’s time to make way for new life in the form of green leaves and flowers of every color.
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WILDFLOWER WALKS
Springtime in Oxford, Ohio means it’s time for the annual egg scramble event hosted by the Oxford Parks and Recreation Department. This year, we’ll enjoy egg scrambles for kids and teens!
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OPRD EGG SCRAMBLES
Join us for the O.A.T.S. n’ Honey 5k/10k, April 18th at Leonard Howell Park before the Oxford Bee Festival. Run, walk, or buzz along the paved path to beat an old record, or achieve a personal timed goal!
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O.A.T.S. & HONEY
5K/10K RACE
Celebrate our essential pollinators with family-friendly activities, honey tastings, educational booths, and local vendors. Plus, the festival stage at the pavilion will be buzzing with live music all day!
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OXFORD BEE FESTIVAL
QT-Con is a grassroots conference featuring queer and trans research, creative works, and passion projects. QT-Con brings together individuals from academia and beyond to center LGBTQIA+ lived experiences and celebrate multiple sources of expertise.
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QT-CON
Oxford’s Earth Fest is put on each year, thanks to the Miami Environmental Professionals Association. Oxford prides itself as a tree city in part of the Arbor Day Foundation’s mission to help expand the tree population and green spaces. While at EarthFest, you will find vendors, organizations, live music, and more to celebrate Earth Day!
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EARTH FEST
At Electric Root Festival, discover the transformative power of ideas through art for the potential of a better world—by unifying communities through creative expression, fostering fellowship, joy, and hospitality. Join the Oxford Community and Miami University as we celebrate this vision together.
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ELECTRIC ROOT FESTIVAL
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COLLEGE TOWN & HOME OF MIAMI UNIVERSITY
Recently cited by Midwestern Traveler Magazine as 2024 Best U.S. College Town, Oxford, Ohio. Explore this small-town community with close to 7,000 year-round residents. During the school year, Oxford is vibrant with nearly 18,000 Miami University students!
The university's proximity provides Oxford access to arts, cultural, and athletic events and facilities. The town stays busy in the summer with festivals, concerts, and special events. Take in the Historic Uptown District's ambiance and discover several locally-owned businesses within walking distance.
Surrounded by miles of generational family farms, Oxford boasts an award-winning farmers market (every Saturday), numerous arts organizations, and miles of hiking trails. Only 15 minutes from Hueston Woods State Park and within an hour drive from Downtown Cincinnati or Dayton, Ohio.
We love our little town and all it has to offer. Welcome to our home; we hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
Spring Staycation Guide & Community Upload
Travel is to our well-being, and more people are finding alternative ways to spend their time close to home. If staycation is your vibe this year, Oxford, Ohio, has you covered. The benefits of staycations boost local economies, give you a chance to discover local attractions and events, and allow extra time to recharge by reducing the stress of travel planning. Staycations can extend your travel budget and allow you to seek new adventures with the peace of mind that you’re close to the comforts of home.
Read more for the Ultimate Staycation Guide…
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OUR MISSION
Enjoy Oxford is Oxford's local visitor's bureau and destination development organization. Saying "Welcome to Oxford!" is what we do best! Our mission is to enhance the economy of the city through marketing and promotion efforts, visitor engagement, and destination development.
MIAMI UNIVERSITY
Miami University's historic campus, strong academic reputation, and stunning, picturesque environment make it an ideal neighbor for Oxford.
Recognized as the #1 public university in the nation for its commitment to undergraduate education (and #2 overall after Princeton), Miami is one of the nation's 8 original Public Ivy universities and is also the 7th oldest in the nation, founded in 1809. It was frequently then called the "Yale of the West."
With more than 17 miles of trails and 1,000 acres of preserve and natural areas, plus an art museum, historic Western campus, the Freedom Summer Memorial, the Cradle of Coaches, and numerous quads and gardens, it offers much to explore for visitors to Oxford. See for yourself why Robert Frost called it "The most beautiful campus that ever there was." To learn more, visit
www.miamioh.edu.
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