Daycation Passport Adventures

Dayton offers a number of progressive challenge activities. You and your friends and family can have loads of fun! Whether your goal is to complete the Wilbear Wright Aviation Trail to earn your very own Wilbear Wright Aviator Teddy Bear, or to sample beers at all of the area craft breweries on the Dayton Ale Trail to earn your own tin tacker, there's great variety in the fun to be had! Log onto the National Aviation Heritage Area's (NAHA) website to take-off for area aviation sites. If you're ready for a physical challenge, then Five Rivers MetroParks Trail Challenge is for you!

Wilbear Wright Aviation Trail Passport

Wilbear Wright the Aviator Teddy Bear, a rumored distant relative of Wilbur and Orville Wright, invites you to explore the Greater Dayton area's amazing, authentic aviation sites! In fact, if you download a Wilbear Passport, you merely have to collect stamps from 8 of 17 aviation sites in order to submit your passport and receive your very own Wilbear Wright Aviator Teddy Bear! According to Wilbear, if you're really flyin' you can hit 8 sites in one day; however, we recommend that you spend several days (or take a year if you like!) to complete your passport. The Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park's Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center is the only required stop. You can download a passport or pick one up at any of the 17 participating sites. Guaranteed Top-Flight Fun!

Aviation Trail Wilbear

2025 Dayton Ale Trail Passport Graphic & Brewery Map

Dayton Ale Trail

The Dayton region can satisfy your thirst for locally brewed craft beer as you take a journey on the Dayton Ale Trail. Pick up a Dayton Ale Trail passport book at any of the participating 28 local breweries. Participants will complete the trail by visiting each brewery on the list and collecting all the stamps. To claim your prize, visit the final destination, Crafted & Cured, and pick up your custom logo Dayton Ale Trail Tin Tacker.

Five Rivers MetroParks Trails Challenge

Your Five Rivers MetroParks locations are home to 160 miles of paved and natural surface trails for hiking, cycling, mountain biking and horseback riding. The greater Dayton region is home to more than 350+ miles of paved trails – the nation’s largest paved trail network – and 270 miles of river corridor. The MetroParks Trails Challenge is a fun way to explore them. MetroParks’ outdoor recreation team has selected 28 trails that range in mileage and difficulty that you can hike, walk, bike, jog or run. New this year, the MetroParks Trails Challenge includes flat water paddles at Eastwood and Possum Creek MetroParks. This challenge is a convenient way to improve your physical and mental health while connecting with nature and enjoying an active lifestyle. You can participate by completing just one trail. You’ll be entered to win a $100 gift card to a local outdoor retailer of your choosing for each trail you complete. Complete all 28 trails and get 28 chances to win. Everyone who completes at least 18 trails will receive a MetroParks Trails Challenge sticker. Additionally, 100 people who complete at least 18 trails will be selected at random to receive a 2025 Trails Challenge T-shirt.

2025 trails challenge

To enter to win, you must submit your trails log by October 31.

National Aviation Heritage Area

Want more aviation sites to explore? While most of the sites of the National Aviation Heritage Area (NAHA) are within the Wilbear passport, if you're a true aviation aficionado, you'll want to visit the few extra sites that are a part of NAHA as well. Click here to access the National Aviation Heritage Area aviation sites and take-off for aviation fun! Explore the aviation sites in the NAHA including the Woodland Cemetery & Arboretum as well as Armstrong Air & Space Museum. From the founders of flight to the first man on the moon, this is your chance to discover Top-Flight Fun!

wright brothers hat bench

Additional Information

Make Your Passport Adventure a true DAYCATION by spending the night or a weekend in a local hotel and dining in Greater Dayton area restaurants! Click on the links below to find the perfect match for what you're craving and for where to stay.