Hilliard, Ohio

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  • Sugar Grove, Ohio

    Ramona Lake via Creekside Meadows Trailhead

    9.59 mi / 1708.66 ft gain
    Starting at the Creekside Meadows Parking Lot, follow the Creekside Meadows Trail for 0.3 of a mile until it forks into two trails. Follow the left fork towards the road, and as soon as you cross the road, the Cemetery Ridge Trail begins.  Once across Clear Creek Road, the trail gains elevation ...
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  • Chillicothe, Ohio

    Shawnee Ridge Trail Loop

    11.9 mi / 1736 ft gain
    Starting at the northern parking lot, head south along the Shawnee Ridge Trail. Several spur and loop trails intersect the trail along the 12-mile loop hike. Many of these spur trails include difficult hikes up large hills like Sugarloaf Mountain, Sand Hill, and Mt. Ives. At each trail intersecti...
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  • Rockbridge, Ohio

    Cantwell Cliffs Loop

    3.3
    0.91 mi / 292 ft gain
    Cantwell Cliffs is one of the more northern units of the overall Hocking Hills State Park Region. Located off of OH SR 374, a short 0.1 spur trail takes you from the parking lot to the rim of the gorge and the area's namesake cliffs. From there, you have two choices: Turn left and descend through...
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  • Laurelville, Ohio

    Explore the Rock House

    4.8
    0.5 mi / 150 ft gain
    From the Rock House parking lot, follow the trail for 0.1 mile down the hill until you come to a fork in the trail, at which point follow the yellow marked Lower Rim Trail that continues downhill through a set of carved sandstone steps and then turns to parallel the cliffs. From there, it's less ...
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  • Logan, Ohio

    Corkscrew Falls

    3.8
    1 mi / 35 ft gain
    I like to describe this waterfall as the "elusive" Corkscrew Falls (aka Robinson Falls). A couple of years ago, only one or two people had blogged on the internet about these falls. They were not super, descriptive details, so most of the time I wandered around till I found the trail. There is no...
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  • Xenia, Ohio

    Disc Golf at Sol Arnovitz Park

    This course has some tough points, especially with some water hazards, but for the most part is very forgiving. In many places you can retrieve any discs you lose to the creek, and there aren't any areas of dense thicket or tall grasses that are prone to hide discs so well. Most of the holes are ...
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  • Rockbridge, Ohio

    Natural Bridge Trail and Rock Shelter Trail Loop

    4.0
    2.93 mi / 518 ft gain
    Natural Bridge Trail and Rock Shelter Trail Loop is a loop trail that takes you by a waterfall located near Rockbridge, Ohio.
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  • Huntsville, Ohio

    Hike the Pew Island Trail, Indian Lake

    1 mi
    I hiked this trail on a very cold, blustery day. A winter storm was blowing in across the ice and temperatures were downright frigid. Nevertheless, this trail was enjoyable and offered some great views of the lake. It is a very easy one mile loop and has a couple of side trails for fishing and hu...
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  • Heath, Ohio

    Quarry Rim-Chestnut Trail

    5.0
    6 mi / 400 ft gain
    Starting at the eastern trailhead off of Gratiot Rd, follow the paved Blackhand Trail for 0.2 mile till you arrive at the sign of the Quarry Rim Trail, a 0.9 mile trail that roughly parallels the bike trail, but takes you along the rim of the old sandstone quarry that was in operation in the late...
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  • Heath, Ohio

    Blackhand Trail

    8.6 mi
    Both the eastern and western trailhead have ample parking and access to the Blackhand Trail, which winds its way along the banks of the Licking River for a 4.3 mile one way trip.  While the trail isn't terribly long, it makes up for it in its scenery, staying within eyesight of the Licking River...
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