Anyone in central ohio in here?

K

kirko

Joined
Dec 4, 2004
Messages
497
Hello all. Just wondering if there is anyone around the columbus area in this forum. Ive really been getting into this forum, and wanted to know what places are around me for an overnight or just a place with long trails. Maybe a group of people that get together every so often, id love to join! Let me know!

-Kirk
 
I don't live in Columbus anymore but there are a number of great trails in the Hocking Hills area just south of Columbus near Lancaster. Check out Old Man's Cave for a short hike or the Logan trail for a longer one. I always enjoyed hiking in October when the leaves started to turn. Have fun!
 
Hi Kirk!
There are some short trails in the immediate area of Columbus ( I like Big Darby metro park, Blendon Woods, Slate Run metro park and preserve, as well as a couple of nature preserves).
Within an hours drive, I would recommend Clear Creek Metro park to the south, Glenn Helen in Yellow Springs to Clifton Gorge in Clifton to the west, Dawes Arboretum and Blue Rock State park to the east, Blackhand gorge to the NE.
You are welcome to pm or email me for further info, or check
Map of Ohio nature preserves
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/tabid/860/Default.aspx
Ohio State park hiking trails
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/facilitiesmaps/ohiohiking/tabid/502/Default.aspx
Columbus metro parks
http://www.metroparks.net/Parks.aspx

Chuck
 
I live Downtown Cbus. I actually tend to head pretty far out of town, for some more dramatic hiking. I like the Allegheny Nat Forest in Pa, and the Red River Gorge in Ky. The Gorge isn't that bad of a drive.
Plan on hitting both Hocking and Yellow Springs early this spring.
 
Thanks for all the help guys, keepem coming though!! Sorry im new to this, but I dont really understand laws and how you know if its a place you can camp wherever and set up a campfire, or if its a place that fires are illegal. How do you know, just look it up? Is any "national" forest legal for camp and fire? Im confused. :confused:
 
Hocking Hills region is awesome. I try to get there several times a year. Mushroom season is not too far off and I will definetly try to get there for that. :thumbup: Drop me a pm if interested.
 
Coyja said:
I live Downtown Cbus. I actually tend to head pretty far out of town, for some more dramatic hiking. I like the Allegheny Nat Forest in Pa, and the Red River Gorge in Ky. The Gorge isn't that bad of a drive.
Plan on hitting both Hocking and Yellow Springs early this spring.
Click to expand...

Why not WV?
Cranberry Wilderness and Back Country
East Coast hikers in search of wild country don't need to get on a plane: Trails in West Virginia's 35,864-acre Cranberry Wilderness are unsigned and unmarked, the streams don't have bridges, and the canopy is so dense that cell phones are dead weight. This is the crown jewel of the 919,000-acre Monongahela National Forest. It's a mix of alpine balds, rhododendron thickets, quartzite slabs, red spruce, and trout streams. It feels like the Canadian taiga wrapped in the South's homeyness.
Click to expand...

Here's some pics of a trip I took there.
http://www.hollowdweller.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1409
http://www.hollowdweller.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1478
http://www.hollowdweller.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1498
http://www.hollowdweller.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1627

Also near Cranberry is Tea Creek back Country here's some pics
http://www.hollowdweller.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=407


Dolly Sods Wilderness

Dolly Sods is the highest plateau of its type east of the Mississippi River with altitude ranging from around 4,000 feet (1,200 m) at the top of a mountain ridge on the Allegheny Front to about 2,700 feet (820 m) at the outlet of Red Creek. The highest point in this immediate area is Mount Porte Crayon, at 4,770 feet (1,454 m), in Flatrock-Roaring Plains.

Dolly Sods is on a ridge crest that forms part of the Eastern Continental Divide. Most of its area is drained by Red Creek, which is a tributary of the Dry Fork River; via the Dry Fork, Black Fork, Cheat, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. Drainage on the east side of the ridge crest flows into the headwaters of the South Branch of the Potomac River, which is part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.


Rock formation in Dolly Sods, WVThe 17,371-acre (70 km2) Dolly Sods Wilderness is only part of the 32,000-acre (129 km2) area known as Dolly Sods.[1][2]
Click to expand...

Here's some pics of hiking in Dolly Sods:
http://www.hollowdweller.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=396

Then there's Blue Bend Trail which is also in the Monongahela National Forest near Anthony in Greenbrier Co.

It's only 5 miles long but a nice shelter for an overnighter. Here's some pics of a day hike we did there.
http://www.hollowdweller.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=622


Otter Creek Wilderness is just outside Elkins WV and is great in summer
The Otter Creek Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness area located in the Cheat-Potomac Ranger District of Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia.[5] The Wilderness sets in a bowl-shaped valley formed by Otter Creek, between McGowan Mountain and Shavers Mountain in Tucker County and Randolph County, West Virginia.[1] It is crossed by 42 miles (68 km) of hiking trails. Otter Creek Trail is the longest, at 11 miles (18 km).[7]

The Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 added 698 acres (282 ha) to the original 20,000 acres (8,100 ha) of the Otter Creek Wilderness.[6] This addition is situated on the northern and eastern flanks of McGowan Mountain leading down to Dry Fork. It provides much of the scenic view for this popular river which contains excellent whitewater paddling and trout fishing.
Click to expand...

Here's some pics from a trip we did there last summer:
http://www.hollowdweller.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1221

There's also Seneca Creek Back Country and Laurel Fork Wildernss in WV.

From Columbus I'm guessing either Cranberry or Otter Creek would be the closest ones to you.
 
Well I guess im going to start off in the Hocking Hills area then. Burton, Do you have an exact address for the Wayne Forest Headquarters? I couldnt seem to find one on their site, but then again, I always seem to miss things that are right in front of me.
 
HI I am from Loudonville Oh, we have a nice state park,with hiking trails and also mtn bike trails and canoeing, camping,brown trout in the mohican river an all around great place to live.
Tracker 2
 
If you exit 33 at Logan for Old Man's Cave (where the super walmart is) and turn right (as if heading to Old Man's Cave) there is a visitor center right there on the left, can't miss it. They have a ton of information including maps. It's a whole different world down there and really nice!

I love West Virginia too btw. Thanks HD for all those links. Some excellent pics! I really hope to get down there again this year too. :thumbup:
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top