Wilderness camping destinations?

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Not exactly wilderness but...my condo association has maybe 10 acres with a stream, located between a busy road and railroad tracks. My son and I have taken to being guardians of a sort...we go down there a couple weekends a month and clean up trash and catch crawdad and such. It doesn't sound like much but the area supports a sizable group of deer...and it's one minute from the house by foot. Once or twice a year we go to the Hocking Hills area of Ohio but it's getting a little crowded with the hot-tub set.
 
Task force k---Wayne National Forest here in Ohio...there are three parts to National forest, and many have long trails. Instead of Hocking Hills may I recommend Lake Katherine Nature Preserve? Or you may enjoy hiking Yellow Springs to Clifton and back. Lake Katherine is almost as picturesque as Hocking, with zero people. Yellow Springs and Clifton can be crowded, but the hike between the two (using John Bryant S.P. as a connector) is less so.
Check with the Dept of Natural Resources for a copy of the Directory of Ohio's State Nature Preserves. You'll find places you've never been, and places others do not go! :)
 
Yoffione said:
Open fires? yep, whenever, wherever. Of course limited to dry times and fire restrictions. In 12 years it has only affected me one time.

As for the time to get out. I am self employed and set my own schedule. I work hard and then play hard. I am very fortunate to have a wife that understands. She knows I am not out cruising chicks at the bar and is very, very cool about my passions. Just last night we went on a new float (fishing) and we could not find the boat ramp. Crazy trip, the last 3 hours we rowed in pitch black following a GPS. I came home 5 hours late (1 AM) and she was awesome. I had 2 buddies that were with me and their wives were FREAKING out (we had cell phone coverage) and they probably won't get out for a while. My wonderful wife said "be careful and hurry home honey". If it wasn't for her I would not get in 1/8 of my trips.

I am a selfish person and planned my career and spouse around me and my obsessions. As I mentioned we moved here and it was just for the hunting, fishing and outdoors. We also do many things together and I will do anything to keep her happy. One small bit of advise, keep the lady happy and you will be happy.

My short answer, I have the greatest wife in the world! All the best.
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I am happy for you and envious . . .

I also have an awesome girlfriend of 3 years, so I know how great it is to be able to keep my testicles and interests in MY posession! VERY few things in the world disgust me more than hanging out with a buddy and having to listen to a phone every 5 minutes! It is rude, pathetic, and disturbing on many levels when a man is on house arrest like that!

Anyway, back on topic. I hope I can get to some of the places I see in this thread. A canoe trip in the future would be nice. I just need a canoe!
 
cjpgeyer said:
Task force k---Wayne National Forest here in Ohio...there are three parts to National forest, and many have long trails. Instead of Hocking Hills may I recommend Lake Katherine Nature Preserve? Or you may enjoy hiking Yellow Springs to Clifton and back. Lake Katherine is almost as picturesque as Hocking, with zero people. Yellow Springs and Clifton can be crowded, but the hike between the two (using John Bryant S.P. as a connector) is less so.
Check with the Dept of Natural Resources for a copy of the Directory of Ohio's State Nature Preserves. You'll find places you've never been, and places others do not go! :)
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Cool. I'll be checking this out. Thanks for the info. Would love to show my children a place where there's at least one mile of trail without a coke can or McDonald's wrapper.
 
I found a nature preserve just outside of Columbus years ago thanks to State Preserves publication. Also happens to be a spider haven! I have seen one state dept. group doing a survey on spiders in over ten years of randomly going there.
Grab pamphlets from the parks and trail heads, too. I have found unused trails at very busy (Blackhand gorge) preserves studying guides and maps at trail heads. Plus, some places (Ft. Hill) have +14 mile, barely marked trails and you want to know what's ahead.
 
Jamesh Bond said:
I just need a canoe!
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JB, here's a link to BWCA.com, if you want to come to MN and explore the BWCA and don't have all the equipment to do it this should help you out.
http://www.bwca.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.home. Go to the OUTFITTER link, they all rent canoes and everything else for that matter, heck they'll even pack your meals or you can go out with a guide, all depends on your budget.

I have never used a outfitter myself but I talk to them every year at local sport shows about the routes I'm planning on taking that season, they are all willing to share and there very knowledge of the area and can save you a lot of pain and time.:thumbup: :cool:

Helle
 
Helle said:
JB, here's a link to BWCA.com, if you want to come to MN and explore the BWCA and don't have all the equipment to do it this should help you out.
http://www.bwca.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.home. Go to the OUTFITTER link, they all rent canoes and everything else for that matter, heck they'll even pack your meals or you can go out with a guide, all depends on your budget.
Helle
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Hey Jamesh, I don't know where you live, but Helle's suggestion is right on the money. If you're near or contemplating coming to Ontario, the world famous Algonquin Park also has canoe/gear/etc. rentals. Another benefit of doing it this way, the first time or two, is you get to try different gear and see which suits you best before you have to spend a lot of bread.

I'm sure a lot of different places offer these services.

Doc
 
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