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State Parks: Hocking Hills

19852 St. Rt. 664 South
Logan, Ohio 43138
Park Office (740) 385-6842
Reservations (740) 385-6841
1-866-644-6727 for cottage, camping, getaway rental reservations
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Location & description:

Hocking Hills provides a variety of recreational opportunities in a splendid natural setting. Towering cliffs, waterfalls and deep hemlock-shaded gorges lure the hiker and naturalist and serve as a backdrop to popular facilities and accommodations.

Cottages

• 40 gas-heated, family housekeeping cottages sleep up to six persons.
• Features include bath with a shower, living room with a trundle sofa, gas-burning fireplace, microwave, complete
• kitchen, dining area and screened porch

Camping

• 159 electric sites, with 20, 30 or 50 amp electric
• 13 non-electric sites
• Each site has a paved pad and can accommodate up to a 50' unit
• Heated showers
• Flush toilets
• Laundry facility
• Camp store
• Swimming pool
• Playgrounds
• Volleyball court and horse shoe pit
• Reservations are required for the group camp areas which allow tents only. There are also 30 walk-in family sites with pit latrines.
• GetAway Rentals

Dining Lodge (Seasonal)

• Dining lodge has a restaurant, meeting rooms, TV lounge, game room, snack bar, outside swimming pool
• There are no sleeping facilities at the lodge.

Fishing & hunting

A valid Ohio fishing license is required to fish in Rose Lake.

Picnic areas

• Seven areas available with tables, grills, water and latrines.
• Shelters available on first-come, first-serve basis.

Swimming

A swimming pool outside the dining lodge is free to cottage guests 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, Memorial Day to Labor Day, and open to the general public for a small daily fee.

Area attractions

• Conkles Hollow, a state nature preserve
• A rock climbing/rappelling area is available in the adjacent Hocking State Forest.
• The Hocking Valley offers a variety of points of interest for visitors including craft and antique shops, museums,
• canoeing, horse back riding, a scenic railway, hiking trails and scenic drives.