Table of Contents
50 Hikes in Ohio at a Glance 6
Acknowledgments 15
Introduction 17
Hiking Trails in Ohio 19
Information Resources 27
I Central Ohio 31
1 Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park 32
2 Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve 37
3 Clear Creek Metro Park 42
4 Conkle's Hollow State Nature Preserve 49
5 Green Lawn Cemetery and Arboretum 55
6 Highbanks Metro Park 66
7 Hocking Hills State Park 71
8 Malabar Farm State Park 79
9 Slate Run Metro Park 84
10 Tar Hollow State Park and Forest 90
II Northwestern Ohio 99
11 Cedar Bog Nature Preserve 100
12 Charleston Falls Preserve 106
13 Goll Woods State Nature Preserve 112
14 Kelleys Island State Park 119
15 Kendrick Woods State Nature Preserve 125
16 Kiser Lake State Park and Kiser Lake Wetlands State Nature Preserve 132
17 Lake La Su an Wildlife Area 137
18 Lockington Reserve 144
19 Maumee Bay State Park 149
20 Oak Openings Preserve Metro Park 156
III Northeastern Ohio 165
21 Atwood Lake Park (Mingo Trail) 166
22 Beaver Creek State Park 171
23 Brecksville Reservation Metro Park (Deer Lick Cave Trail) 176
24 Cuyahoga Valley National Park-Ledges Trail 181
25 Cuyahoga Valley National Park-Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail 186
26 Eagle Creek State Nature Preserve 192
27 Findley State Park 196
28 French Creek Reservation 200
29 Hinckley Reservation Metro Park 205
30 Mohican State Park 211
IV Southeastern Ohio 217
31 AEP Recreation Land (Buckeye Trail) 218
32 Cooper Hollow Wildlife Area 222
33 Dysart Woods 227
34 Great Seal State Park 233
35 Lake Hope State Park 239
36 Lake Katharine State Nature Preserve 245
37 Wayne National Forest-Archers Fork Trail 253
38 Wayne National Forest-Vesuvius Recreation Area, Lakeshore Trail 260
39 Wayne National Forest-Lamping Homestead Trail 266
40 Wayne National Forest-Wildcat Hollow Trail 270
V Southwestern Ohio 279
41 Caesar Creek Gorge State Nature Preserve 280
42 Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve And John Bryan State Park 284
43 East Fork State Park 292
44 Edge of Appalachia Preserve-Buzzardroost Rock Trail 300
45 Edge of Appalachia Preserve-Lynx Prairie Preserve 304
46 Edge of Appalachia Preserve-The Wilderness Trail 311
47 Fort Hill Earthworks and Nature Preserve-Fort and Gorge Trails 318
48 Glen Helen Nature Preserve 326
49 Miami Whitewater Forest 332
50 Shawnee State Forest 340
Index 346
