Sidney (Ohio)

Sidney is a small agricultural city in Shelby County (Ohio), lying on a flat plain called Miami valley.

Sidney Courthouse

Get in

By Car

Sidney is connected to Dayton by the Interstate 75 North and is roughly a 45 minute drive. Coming from Columbus you'll have to take I-70 West and merge onto I-75 North to arrive in Sidney.

By Plane

The nearest international airport is in Dayton. Alternatively Columbus' John Glenn Columbus International Airport is a reasonable drive away.

There is no bus or train service to Sidney, so your options are limited to taking a taxi or hiring a car.

• 🌍 Sidney Municipal Airport. A general aviation airport. (updated Nov 2018)

Get around

See

A statue in Sidney

• 🌍 People's Federal Savings and Loan Association. early-modern building, designed by Chicago architect Louis Sullivan. It was designed and built in 1917 (updated Mar 2017)
• 🌍 Whitby Mansion. (updated Nov 2018)
• 🌍 Fulton Farm. A historic farmstead (updated Nov 2018)

Do

• 🌍 Shelby County Fair. (updated Nov 2018)

Buy

• The Heritage House, 247 West Court St, ☎ [phone]. Need a rug, pots, or candles? The Heritage House sells every type of home furniture including furniture that reflects the 1860s period the house was built in. 

Eat

• Spot Restaurant, 201 South Ohio Ave, ☎ [phone]. 
• Cazadores Mexican Restaurant, 2200 W Michigan St, ☎ [phone]. Fairly good Mexican place, popular with the office crowd looking for a place to have lunch. $5 will buy you a good lunch. 
• Perkins Restaurant, 1955 Michigan Street (Immediately off the I-75 exit), ☎ [phone]. 
• 🌍 Sene Grill, 549 N Vandemark Rd, ☎ [phone]. Looking for an alternative to the usual food, this basic hole-in-the-wall serves excellent Senegalese food. Friendly staff. (updated Feb 2017)

Drink

• Buffalo Wild Wings bar and grill, 2080 Michigan Street, ☎ [phone]. 11 am - midnight Su-Th, 11 am - 2:30 am Fr-Sa. The most popular bar in Sidney. 

Sleep

• 🌍 Holiday Inn Express, 450 Folkerth Avenue, ☎ [phone]. Modern well furnished rooms, basic free breakfast (updated Mar 2017)
• Econo Lodge, 2009 Michigan Avenue, ☎ [phone]. 
• Days Inn of Sidney, 400 Folkerth Avenue, ☎ [phone]. 
• Comfort Inn of Sidney, 1959 W Michigan Avenue, ☎ [phone]. Basic rooms, but free Wi-Fi available. 

Go next

A bridge in Sidney

• Dayton is only a 45 minute drive from Sidney.
• Columbus, Ohio's capital, is 100 miles from Sidney.

Routes through Sidney

Toledo ← Wapakoneta ←

N  S

→ Piqua → Dayton