About Wagner Subaru Outdoor Experience

Bike Parking

Bike Parking is sponsored by MVRPC, who encourage all attendees to consider smart commute options such as biking, walking, taking the bus or carpooling with others. MVRPC’s Rideshare Program offers a range of resources to help you plan your trip, including ride matching for carpoolers and bike and transit route planning. For more information, visit MiamiValleyRideshare.org or call (937) 223-SAVE. Those who park their bike at the event will be entered into a prize drawing, courtesy of Huffy.

Eastwood MetroPark is a short drive from downtown Dayton, only 4 miles north of the center city, just off of State Rt. 4.

Map Link

• From Rt. 4 north take the Harshman Road exit; turn right. 
• From Rt. 4 south, take the Harshman Road exit; turn left.
• From Rt. 4 pass the Lake entrance (no traffic signal); cross the Mad River and immediately turn right when you see the Wagner Subaru Outdoor Experience banner at the main park entrance at the traffic signal.
• Drive Times from;  Cincinnati (45 minutes), Columbus (1 hour), Indianapolis (2 hours), Lexington  (2.5 hours), Louisville (2.5 hours), Toledo (2.5 hours), Huntington, WV (2.5 hours), Cleveland (3 hours)

Parking

Visitors can follow the park road until you reach the closest parking area available. Parking staff and signage will direct you to the right place (general parking, camping, Subaru VIP, or accessible).

Consider bringing a bike. Park and then bike into the main event and using the free monitored bike parking.

Shuttles

Courtesy shuttles will be provided by the Greater Dayton RTA—RTA Connect provide event access from farther parking spaces. Look for shuttle pickup/drop off signs near the crossing of the Eastwood Park Road and Mad River Trail and at the event entrance.

By Air & Boat

A Waste Free Event

In line with our sustainability vision, with your help, we will continue to reduce waste during this year’s event. Five Rivers MetroParks is a conservation agency committed to being the region’s leader in sustainable practices. Together with our vendors, sponsors, service providers and the public, we have made huge strides to make the Wagner Subaru Outdoor Experience waste free in recent years. Check out our progress and milestones and see how you can help! Follow these tips to help keep the Wagner Subaru Outdoor Experience a waste-free event.

Waste Free Partners

• City of Dayton Water
• Greater Dayton RTA

Outdoor Adventure Capital of the Midwest

Why Dayton, Ohio?

The Greater Dayton region is situated in Southwest Ohio among many rivers and valleys that our leaders over the decades have taken great initiative to protect and make accessible to the public. That legacy continues today.

Over the past couple decades, partners in Greater Dayton have worked together to build the region’s reputation as an outdoor recreation destination — a reputation anchored by our widely diverse trail systems, including the Nation’s Largest Paved Trail Network of more than 350 miles. As we built Dayton’s outdoor recreation facilities and outdoor image, we labeled ourselves the The Outdoor Adventure Capital of the Midwest. The name was almost tongue-in-cheek at first, but as the wealth of outdoor assets grew and became integrated into the fiber of the community, we heard area leaders in economic development, health care and quality of life tout the moniker themselves.

As the Outdoor Adventure Capital of the Midwest, the Dayton region has tremendous outdoor recreation opportunities, anchored by myriad trail systems. Our rivers and creeks, along with abandoned rail systems, provide the linear corridors that serve as the architecture for the open space and made many of the trails possible. From our paved trail network to our soft surface trails to our water trails, Dayton offers all tread surfaces and outdoor experiences for every taste within 15 minutes of downtown.

The value of Dayton’s outdoor assets has become pervasive in the community’s culture and self-image. We have remade our region into a town with a bold outdoor image and incredible trail assets that serve the community’s wellness, quality of life and economic development.

We invite you to grab a bike and cruise around the region, honored as a Bicycle Friendly Community, highlighted by being a Trail Town and  awarded as a Best Town by Outside Magazine!

Five Rivers MetroParks is committed to making Dayton a more vibrant place to live by growing the outdoor community through facility development, programs, activities and events such as the Wagner Subaru Outdoor Experience.

Join us. Get Out & Live!

See the growing list of retailers, organizations, and initiatives at OutdoorDayton.com

Contact Us

We want to help make your Wagner Subaru Outdoor Experience a great one. Reach out if you have a question:

Event Coordinator

Chris Buck, Outdoor Recreation Special Events Coordinator
Five Rivers MetroParks
Christopher.buck@metroparks.org
Office: 937-275-7275

Exhibitor and Food Truck Liaison / General Support

Shelby Shaw, Outdoor Recreation Special Events Specialist
Five Rivers MetroParks
events@metroparks.org 
Office: 937-275-7275

Volunteer Coordinator

Amanda Wheatley, Volunteer Coordinator
Five Rivers MetroParks
amanda.wheatley@metroparks.org
Office: 937-275-7275

Sponsor Liaison

Andrea Newport, Sponsorships Manager
Five Rivers MetroParks
andrea.newport@metroparks.org 
Office: 937-275-7275

Media Relations

Lauren Lemons, Marketing & Public Engagement Specialist
Five Rivers MetroParks
lauren.lemons@metroparks.org
Office: 937-275-7275

The Production Team

The Wagner Subaru Outdoor Experience is produced by Five Rivers MetroParks under the leadership of the Outdoor Recreation Division which includes Outdoor Connections Director, Amy Dingle, Outdoor Recreation Program Manager Brent Anslinger; Outdoor Recreation Coordinators Chris Buck, Jordan Hart, and Tyler Mittlestead, Specialists Shelby Shaw, Sadie Crews-Nelson and Thomas Nugent.  This team uses their extensive personal and professional outdoor adventure experience to develop creative event content that brings that “mountain town appeal to your backyard”.  After months of work, the vision is executed on the ground with support from throughout Five Rivers MetroParks.

Support

Over 100 volunteers and dozens of staff from Park Operations Staff to Law Enforcement Rangers to Marketing, Philanthropy, and Business Finance help bring all pieces of the event together.  Everyone works with community groups, clubs, organizations, retailers, athletes, non-profits, and national manufacturers to build the coolest weekend of the year when Dayton truly showcases itself to the region as “The Outdoor Adventure Capital of the Midwest!” and helps introduce new people to the benefits of the outdoor adventure lifestyle.

We are thankful for all the efforts to make the Wagner Subaru Outdoor Experience the Midwest’s premier outdoor adventure festival!