Southeast Ohio Parks & Nature Preserves

Parks that we have visited in Athens County:

• Burr Oak State Park
• Gifford State Forest
• Marie J Desonier State Nature Preserve
• Strouds Run State Park / Sells Park
• Strouds Run State Park: Rockhouse Trail
• The Ridges Trail in Athens, Ohio
• Wayne National Forest (Athens Unit): Wildcat Hollow

Parks that we have visited in Gallia County:

• Wayne National Forest (Ironton Unit): Morgan Sisters Trail

• Lodge: Salt Fork Lodge & Conference Center
• Cottages: Information on Cabins at Salt Fork State Park

Parks that we have visited in Guernsey County:

• AEP ReCreation Land
• Salt Fork’s Stone House Museum

• TrekOhio: Overview of Hiking Trails in the Hocking Hills
• Cottages: Make a Reservation at Hocking Hills State Park
• Dining Lodge (meals only): Hocking Hills Dining Lodge — Closed due to fire.

Parks that we have visited in Hocking County:

• 53rd Annual Hocking Hills Winter Hike, January 2018
• Boch Hollow State Nature Preserve
• Boch Hollow State Nature Preserve: Robinson Falls
• Clear Creek Metro Park
• Conkle’s Hollow: The Gorge Trail
• Conkle’s Hollow: The Rim Trail
• Hocking Hills State Park: Ash Cave
• Hocking Hills State Park: Cantwell Cliffs
• Hocking Hills State Park: Cedar Falls
• Hocking Hills State Park: Old Man’s Cave
• Hocking Hills State Park: Rock House
• Hocking Hills State Park: Rose Lake
• Hocking State Forest: Airplane Rock
• Hocking State Forest: Balanced Rock
• Hocking State Forest: Chapel Cave
• Hocking State Forest: Rock Climbing and Rappelling Area
• Kessler Swamp State Nature Preserve
• Rock Stalls Natural Sanctuary
• Rockbridge State Nature Preserve
• Tar Hollow State Park

Parks that we have visited in Jackson County:

• Buckeye Furnace and Ohio’s Nineteenth Century Iron Industry
• Lake Katharine State Nature Preserve
• Leo Petroglyph State Memorial

Parks that we have visited in Lawrence County:

• Buckeye Furnace and Ohio’s Nineteenth Century Iron Industry
• Wayne National Forest (Ironton Unit): Lake Vesuvius

Parks that we have visited in Monroe County:

• Wayne National Forest (Marietta Unit): Lamping Homestead

• Lodge: Burr Oak Lodge
• Cottages: Make a Reservation at Burr Oak State Park

Parks that we have visited in Morgan County:

• AEP ReCreation Land
• Burr Oak State Park
• Wayne National Forest (Athens Unit): Wildcat Hollow

• Cottages: Make a Reservation at Dillon State Park

Parks that we have visited in Muskingum County:

• AEP ReCreation Land
• Dillon State Park
• The Wilds

Parks that we have visited in Noble County:

• AEP ReCreation Land
• The Wilds

Parks that we have visited in Perry County:

• Wayne National Forest (Athens Unit): Monroe Outlook
• Wayne National Forest (Athens Unit): Wildcat Hollow

• Cottages: Make a Reservation at Pike Lake State Park

Parks that we have visited in Pike County:

• Big Rock

Parks that we have visited in Ross County:

• Earl H Barnhart “Buzzards Roost” Nature Preserve
• Great Seal State Park
• Hopewell Culture National Historical Park: Mound City
• Hopewell Culture National Historical Park: Seip Mound
• Scioto Trail State Park
• Tar Hollow State Park
• Trimmer Arch

• Lodge: Shawnee Lodge & Conference Center
• Cottages: Information on cottages at Shawnee State Parke
• Cottages: Reserve a Camper Cabin at Shawnee State Park

Parks that we have visited in Scioto County:

• Raven Rock State Nature Preserve
• Shawnee State Forest: Fall Hike on the Changed Day Hike Trail
• Shawnee State Park
• Wayne National Forest (Ironton Unit): Lake Vesuvius

• Cottages: Reserve a Cabin or Camper Cabin at Lake Hope State Park
• Dining Lodge (meals only): Lake Hope Dining Lodge, or read about TrekOhio at the Lake Hope Dining Lodge

Parks that we have visited in Vinton County:

• Lake Hope State Park
• Tar Hollow State Park
• Vinton Furnace Experimental Forest: Hike to the Belgian Coke Ovens
• Vinton Furnace State Experimental Forest
• Vinton Furnace State Experimental Forest: Arch Rock
• Vinton Furnace State Experimental Forest: Watch Rock
• Zaleski State Forest
• Zaleski State Forest: King’s Hollow Tunnel
• Zaleski State Forest: Lookout Rock
• Zaleski State Forest: Moonville Tunnel
• Zaleski State Forest: The Backpack Trail from Hope Schoolhouse

Parks that we have visited in Washington County:

• Boord State Nature Preserve
• Wayne National Forest (Marietta Unit): Scenic River Trail