Directions to The Copper Top Inn:
Please note that most of the internet map sites and GPS’s do not give accurate directions to The Copper Top Inn. It is best to set your trip odometer and follow the directions below exactly. While we have a Guysville postal address, we are actually much closer to Shade, Ohio.
From Athens/Ohio University’s Campus:
Take Richland Ave. to the light next to the BP station.
Turn left onto Pomeroy Road.
Go 6.8 miles to the village of Shade.
Turn left onto Athens Co. Road 44.
Go 2.3 miles; Turn right onto Athens Co. Road 45.
The Copper Top Inn is the first driveway on the right on Athens Co. Road 45.
Follow the driveway to the top of the hill where you will see the house.
From Columbus:
Follow US 33 East to Athens.
Take Richland Ave. Exit; Turn left at light.
Go approximately 500 feet: Turn right at 2nd
light (next to a BP station) onto Pomeroy Road.
Go 6.8 miles to the village of Shade.
Turn left onto Athens Co. Road 44.
Go 2.3 miles;
Turn right onto Athens Co. Road 45.
The Copper Top Inn is the first driveway on the right on Athens Co. Road 45.
Follow the driveway to the top of the hill
where you will see the house.
From Cincinnati:
Follow Ohio 32 East to Athens.
Take Exit 18 to Richland Ave.
(Exit is from the left lane).
Turn right at 3rd light onto Pomeroy Road (at BP Gas Station).
Go 6.8 miles to the village of Shade.
Turn left onto Athens Co. Road 44.
Go 2.3 miles; Turn right onto Athens Co. Road 45.
The Copper Top Inn is the first driveway on the right on Athens Co.
Road 45.
Follow the driveway to the top of the hill where you will see the house.
From Pomeroy:
Stay on 33 towards Athens for about 10 miles (this is a fairly new 4 lane highway).
Turn right onto Pleasanton Road.
Stay on Pleasanton for about a mile until it ends.
Turn right onto the old 33.
Go up the hill until you reach the village of Shade.
Right past the Lodi General Store turn left onto Athens Co. Road 44.
Go 2.3 miles; Turn right onto Athens Co. Road 45.
The Copper Top Inn is the first driveway on the right on Athens Co. Road 45.
Follow the driveway to the top of the hill where you will see the house.
From Belpre/Marietta:
Stay on 50/32 East until it turns
into 33 East.
Stay on 33 East until you come to the Richland Avenue Exit (this will be the third exit-1st Stimson Ave., 2nd SR682, and 3rd Richland Ave.).
Take Richland Ave. Exit; Turn left at light.
Go approximately 500 feet:
Turn right at 2nd light (next to a BP station) onto Pomeroy Road.
Go 6.8 miles to the village of Shade.
Turn left onto Athens Co. Road 44.
Go 2.3 miles; Turn right onto Athens Co. Road 45.
The Copper Top Inn is the first driveway on the right on Athens Co. Road 45.
Follow the driveway to the top
of the hill where you will see the house.