Holmes County Road 557

Charm is a town in Holmes County, Ohio. Charm is located south of Berlin on Route 557, that exits off of Route 39 West of Berlin. Route 557 extends east to Farmerstown and ends at Ragersville (Route 93), where if you turn North you will arrive in Sugarcreek. This approximately 5-mile-long road runs through the heart of Amish Country. Comparing this area to Berlin would be like comparing Cancún to inland Mexico. A bit of an exaggeration, but accurate. This short, narrow winding road, full of Amish buggies, animals and pedestrians, is sometimes overwhelmed by "English" visitors on motorcycles in packs of ten or more, vans loaded with shopping mothers and children and car loads of sight seeing visitors. In truth, most of the Amish would just as soon you were not there, but in Berlin visiting the "English" merchants who parasitically, live off of the Amish legend. The Amish are very polite and will be very friendly, but you are cluttering their world.

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Map
Map of Charm
Amish Phone Booth

SR 39 to Route 557

Get around

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  • 1 Guggisberg Cheese, 5060 SR 557. A cheese factory and showroom.
  • Beautiful farms, homes, children, people.

Be careful when driving, the narrow roads are full of Amish buggies, horse drawn farm equipment, animals and children. They move very slowly, have patience.

  • Amish Country Riding Stables, toll-free: +1-877-467-9477.
  • Charm General Store, 4456 SR 557
  • Charm Harness & Boot, 4432 CR 70, +1 330-893-0402.
Road Side
  • Famerstown Furniture Ltd., 3155 SR 557. Top quality! 5,000 square foot of Holmes Counties finest crafted furniture. They will custom build and finish. They also have a large inventory of furniture-restoration hardware. Farmerstown Furniture, 3155 SR 557, Baltic (three miles SE of Charm); voice mail +1 330-897-0406; hours: M-Sa 7AM-5PM closed Sunday.
  • Ole Mill Funiture, 4422 SR 557. 7,000 sq ft of hardwood furniture.
  • Valley Farm Meats, 5362 SR 557, +1 330-674-6257. All pork and beef raised and processed on location. Hormone free, grain fed. Very reasonable prices! Some is frozen, some fresh. Great sausage. They will provide and roast hogs for roasting. Spit rental. Bring a big cooler.
  • Cheese
  • Vegetables
  • Hand Made Furniture
  • Bakery Items
  • Antiques
  • Chalet in the Valley, +1 330-893-2550. Tu-Sa 11AM-8PM, Su 11AM-3PM. SR 557.
  • Homestead Restaurant

Drink

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No Alcohol available.

Sleep

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Farmerstown

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