Lorain County Speedway, Amherst

#1 among attractions in Amherst

Game and entertainment center, Sport venue, Sport

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Lorain County Speedway is an auto racing track located in Amherst Township, Lorain County, near South Amherst, Ohio, USA opened in 1949 as a 1/3 mile dirt oval. It was paved between the 1960 and 1961 racing seasons. It is currently a 3/8-mile asphalt oval, with 12 degree banking in both turns, and slight banking on the straightaways. ()

Coordinates: 41°21'34"N, 82°13'0"W

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9100 Leavitt RdAmherst 44035-4212 United States

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+1 440-522-9152

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Lorain County Speedway – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Weltzheimer/Johnson House, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Midway Mall, Apollo Theatre.

5.1 miS
Museum, History museum, Modernist architecture
Weltzheimer/Johnson House, Oberlin
130 min walk • The Weltzheimer/Johnson House is a Usonian style house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Oberlin, Ohio. It was constructed in 1948 and 1949. Now owned by Oberlin College, it is operated as part of the Allen Memorial Art Museum. The house was originally named the Charles Weltzheimer Residence.
4.5 miS
Museum, Art museum, Neo-renaissance architecture
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin
116 min walk • The Allen Memorial Art Museum is an art museum located in Oberlin, Ohio, and it is run by Oberlin College. Founded in 1917, the collection contains over 15,000 works of art.
6 miNE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Midway Mall, Elyria
154 min walk • Midway Mall is a 1.1 million square foot regional shopping mall in Elyria, Ohio. Lorain County's only enclosed regional mall, it sits on Ohio State Route 57, about 1/8 mile from Interstate 80 and Interstate 90. Anchored by Dunham's Sports and Johnny K's Power Sports, it has more than 100 specialty stores and a children's playland.
4.7 miS
Cinema, Nightlife
Apollo Theatre, Oberlin
120 min walk • The Apollo Theatre is a 1913 art-deco moviehouse located in Oberlin, Ohio and maintained by Oberlin College. It is notable as one of the earliest theaters to screen "talkies" and for its use as one of Northeast Ohio's film forums.
4.6 miS
Quad, Park
Tappan Square, Oberlin
118 min walk • Tappan Square is a public park and National Historic Landmark at the center of Oberlin, Ohio. The park initially opened in 1885, on 13 acres of city-owned land at the bequest of Oberlin College benefactor Charles Martin Hall.
4.8 miS
Museum, History museum
Oberlin Heritage Center, Oberlin
124 min walk • The Oberlin Heritage Center is a non-profit 501 organization, governed by an 18-member Board of Trustees. The organization is funded by memberships, annual fund contributions, investments, grants, fund-raising projects and planned gifts.
4.5 miS
Universities and schools
Oberlin College, Oberlin
114 min walk • Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio. It is the oldest coeducational liberal arts college in the United States and the second oldest continuously operating coeducational institute of higher learning in the world.
5 miS
Church, Romanesque architecture
Christ Episcopal Church, Oberlin
127 min walk • Christ Episcopal Church is a historic church at 156 S. Main Street in Oberlin, Ohio. It was built in 1855 and added to the National Register in 1978. In addition to weekly masses, the church offers weekday community meals and a home stay program.
4.7 miS
41°17'27"N • 82°12'60"W
Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin
121 min walk • Museum, Art gallery, Shopping
4.5 miS
Library
Oberlin College Library, Oberlin
116 min walk • The Oberlin College Libraries is a system of libraries located in Oberlin, Ohio comprising the Mary Church Terrell Main Library, Clarence Ward Art Library, Conservatory Library, and Science Library.
5.7 miE
41°22'36"N • 82°6'33"W
Friends of Cascade Park, Elyria
146 min walk • Park