Hilliard, Ohio
Top Spots in and near Hilliard
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Sugar Grove, Ohio
Ramona Lake via Creekside Meadows Trailhead
9.59 mi / 1708.66 ft gainStarting 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 ...Read more -
Chillicothe, Ohio
Shawnee Ridge Trail Loop
11.9 mi / 1736 ft gainStarting 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...Read more -
Rockbridge, Ohio
Cantwell Cliffs Loop
3.30.91 mi / 292 ft gainCantwell 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...Read more -
Laurelville, Ohio
Explore the Rock House
4.80.5 mi / 150 ft gainFrom 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 ...Read more -
Logan, Ohio
Corkscrew Falls
3.81 mi / 35 ft gainI 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...Read more -
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 ...Read more -
Rockbridge, Ohio
Natural Bridge Trail and Rock Shelter Trail Loop
4.02.93 mi / 518 ft gainNatural Bridge Trail and Rock Shelter Trail Loop is a loop trail that takes you by a waterfall located near Rockbridge, Ohio.Read more -
Huntsville, Ohio
Hike the Pew Island Trail, Indian Lake
1 miI 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...Read more -
Heath, Ohio
Quarry Rim-Chestnut Trail
5.06 mi / 400 ft gainStarting 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...Read more -
Heath, Ohio
Blackhand Trail
8.6 miBoth 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...Read more