Last updated: June 29, 2015
The following groups are located in Ohio and engage in such outdoor activities as hiking, canoeing, nature photography, painting, archery, camping, or backpacking. They agreed to be listed here because they welcome new members. If you’d like to add your organization to the list, please fill out this form. Club listings are free and may include groups that focus on outdoor activities that have yet to be listed here (such as birding, mountain biking, cross-country skiing, habitat restoration, wildlife rescue, etc.). Since we are just launching this list, be sure to check back later for new additions.
- Buckeye Trail Association
- Location: Ohio
- Interests: Hiking, walking, backpacking, long distance hiking, trail maintenance, and volunteering
- Contact: Web Site: BuckeyeTrail.org
Meetup: BuckeyeTrailFriends.org - Central Ohio Hiking Club
- Location: Columbus and surrounding area
- Interests: We are an adult hiking club that does 4 to 6 mile hikes twice a month throughout the year
- Contact: Web Site: www.ymcacolumbus.org/hike
E-mail: cohc_hikingclub@yahoo.com - Central Ohio Plein Air
- Location: Central Ohio
- Interests: We are a group of artists who paint outdoors each Saturday morning in the warm months at nature areas, parks, and private lands
- Contact: Web Site: centralohiopleinair.com
E-mail: centralohiopleinair@gmail.com - Additional Info: EVERY Saturday morning year round. Warm months outside at various outdoor spots. Winter – we paint inside at the McConnell Arts Center, Worthington.
- Dayton Hikers
- Location: Southwest Ohio
- Interests: hiking, walking, backpacking, camping, bicycling, paddling, outdoor recreation, making friends
- Contact: Web Site: www.daytonhikers.org
- Additional Info: No meetings, no officers, no dues, no newsletter. We just go hiking! Joining is fast, free and easy.
- Erie MetroPark Hikers
- Location: Erie County, Ohio
- Interests: Preserve, conserve, protect, and enhance the natural resources of the park district
- Contact: Meetup: www.meetup.com/Erie-MetroParks-Meetup/
- Additional Info: MetroPark Hikers meets every Wednesday, year round, morning and evening. Hikes happen at a various Erie MetroPark properties
- Happy Few Sportmans Club
- Location: Medina County, OH
- Interests: Outdoor recreation, enhancing veteran community through networking conservation volunteering and outdoor activity.
- Contact: Facebook Page
- Additional Info: Outreach organization to help veterans find means to hunt, fish, hike and just get outdoors together to make a difference together within our communities.
- The Hopeless Wanderers
- Location: Northeast Ohio
- Interests: Backpacking, hiking, and wilderness education
- Contact: Meetup: The Hopeless Wanderers Cleveland Backpacking Group
- Additional Info: Aside from our frequent backpacking trips to locations all over the map, we have regularly scheduled dayhikes (we call them “Wanders”) the 3rd Saturday of every month, all year long.
- HikeOhio
- Location: Central Ohio
- Interests: Hiking
- Contact: Meetup: www.meetup.com/hiking-555
- Miami Group of Sierra Club
- Location: Cincinnati-Dayton area
- Interests: Outdoor activities and environment action
- Contact: Meetup: www.meetup.com/SierraOutings/
Web Site: miamigroup.org/ - Miami Rivers Chapter of the Buckeye Trail Association
- Location: Southwest Ohio
- Interests: Buckeye Trail, Hiking, Backpacking, Camping, Volunteering, Fun Times
- Contact: Web Site: www.miamiriverschapter.org
E-mail: miamirivers@buckeyetrail.org - Additional Info: We have several hikes posted each month of varying length, pace, and difficulty. We usually hike within a two hour drive of Cincinnati/Dayton at places such as Red River Gorge, Hocking Hills, and numerous other locations.
- Ohio Archers Association
- Location: Ohio
- Interests: Promoting archery throughout the state of Ohio
- Contact: Web Site: www.ohioarchers.com
- The Ohio Society of Traditional Archers
- Location: Various locations all around the state.
- Interests: OSTA is a family organization dedicated to fellowship and a source of information for the traditional archer.
- Contact: Webiste: TradArchers.org
- Contact: Email: BuckeyeMike@tradarchers.org or Honeysucklewoodworks@yahoo.com
- Portage Area Fit & Active Singles
- Location: Portage county and surrounding areas
- Interests: Our group is for singles who want to meet others who share their passion for a fit and active lifestyle
- Contact: Meetup: www.meetup.com/Portage-area-fit-and-active-singles
- Additional Info: Members are notified via email about upcoming events
- Toledo Hikers Bikers Paddlers and Other Adventurers
- Location: Northwest Ohio
- Description: We are a FREE meetup group that walks/hikes the trails in NWO. We encompass all areas of getting outdoors and have over 1000 members.
- Contact: Meetup: www.meetup.com/toledoadventurers
- Additional Info: Free to join – we also have a Facebook page (information at the meetup site)
- Tri-State Hiking Club
- Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
- Interests: Dayhikes around Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. Meet other fun people who love the outdoors as much as you do!
- Contact: Meetup: TriStateHikingClub.com
- Westlake Hiking Club
- Location: Westlake, Ohio
- Interests: Hiking, outdoor sports. But primarily hiking
- Contact: Meetup: www.meetup.com/Westlake-Hiking-Club/
Phone: 440-781-8801
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Hi Deb,
The Central Ohio Hiking Club has separated from the YMCA due to insurance liability issues. We now have a different web site address: http://www.centralohiohiking.org/
The address on your Outdoor Clubs page lists the old site.
I’m the newsletter editor/photographer for the group.
Love your site!
Hi! Are there any hiking clubs in Clermont Co, Ohio?
Thanks!
Sarah
Sarah, we don’t have a listing for an outdoor club in Clermont County, but that doesn’t mean there are none. Basically we invited people to list their club here, so it is a matter of represntatives of various clubs taking advantage of our offer. However, I have noted that there are lots of outdoor clubs listed at MeetUp.com. You could try that.
Sarah,
You may want to check with the folks at RRT, in Milford (very knowledgeable and helpful). If there are any groups in Clermont County, they will know.
Website: http://www.roadsriversandtrails.com
Facebook: Roads Rivers and Trails (https://www.facebook.com/RRT50/)
If you haven’t visited their store in Old Milford yet, you should check it out. Address is 118 Main Street, Milford, OH 45150. Very cool place for hikers and other adventurers!