Hocking Hills State Parks
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Tar Hollow State Park is located between Laurelville and Chillicothe in Southeast Ohio. The park derives its name from the shortleaf pine trees and pitch pine trees that grow throughout the hollow. The sap from the trees was used by the Native Americans to make turpentine and other medicines. When European settlers came to the area. Pine tar was an essential commodity for them as well. They used pine tar for the same purposes as the Native Americans, and also made soap and lubricants for their farm machinery. |
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Old Man's Cave is one of Ohio's most popular natural attractions in Ohio, and is one of the six major areas of the Hocking Hills State Park. The cave is a natural formation that has been carved into a gorge by the flow of the Salt Creek and melting glaciers. While the cave is relatively small, the gorge runs for about a half mile, and reaches a depth of roughly 150 feet at the deepest point. The area is marked by five distinct areas: Upper Falls, Upper Gorge, Middle Falls, Lower Falls and Lower Gorge. |
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Cantwell Cliffs is one of the six major areas of the Hocking Hills State Park, and has been described as the most picturesque location in Hocking County. The cliffs are located about 17 miles from the Hocking Hills State Park's most popular attraction, Old Man’s Cave. |
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Conkle's Hollow is on Ohio State Nature Preserve located in the Hocking Hills State Park. It is one of the most scenic natural history areas in Ohio. Conkle's Hollow's sheer sandstone cliffs, carved from Blackhand sandstone, rise nearly 200 feet above the valley floor. Conkle's Hollow was named for W.J. Conkle, an early visitor to the area, who in 1797 carved his name and the date into the Black Hand sandstone on the west wall of the gorge. |
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Rock House, located in the Hocking Hills State park, is one of Ohio's most popular natural history attractions. In addition, Rock House is unique to the Hocking Hills area in that it is the the only true cave in the Hocking Hills State Park. |
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Cedar Falls, part of the Hocking Hills State Park, is one of Ohio's most popular natural history attractions. In addition, Cedar Falls is the largest waterfall, by water volume, in the Hocking Hills region. Cedar Falls is actually a misnomer in that the falls were named by early settlers who mistook the area's abundant hemlock trees for cedar trees and incorrectly named the falls. |
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The Clear Creek Metro Park, part of the Franklin County Metro Parks system, is one of the most pristine and secluded natural areas in Central Ohio. The Clear Creek Metro Park extends the length of the Clear Creek Valley which itself extends from the intersection of Clear Creek with the Hocking River in the East to the town of Revenge, Ohio in the West. |
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Ash Cave, located in the Hocking Hills State Park, is named for large amounts of ashes that early settlers discovered in the cave. These settlers believed that Native Americans used Ash Cave for shelter and that the resultant ashes were from the campfires. Ash Cave was also used by early Hocking Hills settlers as a temporary church. |
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