The Shawshank Trail
Mansfield, OH
Self-guided Shawshank Trail driving tour of real Ohio filming locations from the Ohio State Reformatory to Brooks’ bench, the oak tree, and the woodshop.
Dates TBA — check the official site.
About The Shawshank Trail
Self-guided Shawshank Trail driving tour of real Ohio filming locations from the Ohio State Reformatory to Brooks’ bench, the oak tree, and the woodshop.
How to finish
- Visit Shawshank Trail filming sites on the self-guided driving tour (exterior and public access only where noted).
- Self-guided discovery
Reward
- Experience only
- No formal completion reward; Destination Mansfield Shawshank Trail
Stops (8)
- Ohio State Reformatory (Shawshank Prison) (Mansfield, OH)
- Bissman Building (Brewer Hotel / Bugle) (Mansfield, OH)
- Central Park (Brooks’ bench) (Mansfield, OH)
- KV Market (Food-Way Grocery) (Mansfield, OH)
- Renaissance Theatre (Mansfield, OH)
- Shawshank Oak Tree area / Road to Buxton (Butler, OH)
- Wyandot County Courthouse (Andy’s conviction) (Upper Sandusky, OH)
- Shawshank Woodshop (Upper Sandusky, OH)
Check before you go
- This is a driving tour, not a walking loop. Reformatory interiors require tickets. The final beach scene is at Sandy Point NWR in St. Croix, USVI—Ohio sites cover the rest.