Forest History Forest Forest State Hocking to Welcome are numerous county and township roads that pass through through pass that roads township and county numerous are

Hunting and Fishing unting and fishing are permitted on Location Map Hunder ODNR Division of Wildlife regulations. Hunting is not permitted on the nature preserves or State SUGAR GROVE Park. Shooting is prohibited within 400 feet of any building, facility, or recreation area and from or across any road or driveway. Discharge of any firearm, except during lawful US 33 SR 374 hunting, is also not permitted. SR 664 General Rules for Forest Visitors LOGAN he Hocking State Forest area receives hundreds of Tthousands of visitors each year. Please respect the forest. GIBISONVILLE Your consideration of other visitors using the forest will help SR 180 provide an enjoyable experience for all. LAURELVILLE 1. Visitors are free to walk on state forest property during daylight hours. However, because of the many cliffs located SR 56 throughout the area, extreme caution is urged, particularly when ice or snow is present. Because of these hazards, Hocking State Forest closes at dark. SOUTH SR 93 BLOOMINGVILLE 2. Operation of motor vehicles is restricted to roads provided for SR 56 0 5 10 such travel. Speed limit on state forest roads is 30 mph unless otherwise posted. Vehicles may not be parked where traffic or Hocking State Forest Hocking Hills State Park State Nature Preserve access to division service roads or trails is obstructed. 3. Horses may be ridden along forest roads or on designated bridle trails. Additional Information 4. Fires are not permitted except in grills or fire rings provided, Hocking State Forest or in portable stoves. Fires must be attended to at all times. 19275 State Route 374 5. Trash must be disposed of in receptacles provided or Rockbridge, 43149-9749 “pack-it-in/pack-it-out.” 877-247-8733 6. Camping is not permitted except as provided for on the 23 Hocking Hills State Park horse sites in the horse camp. 20160 State Route 664 7. Public display or consumption of any alcoholic beverage is Logan, Ohio 43138-9537 prohibited. 740-385-6841 Park Office 8. Disturbance, defacement or destruction of any property, Division of Natural Areas & Preserves material, natural feature or vegetation is prohibited. Berries, 2045 Morse Rd. nuts and mushrooms may be gathered and removed except from posted areas. Columbus, Ohio 43229-6693 614-265-6453 9. State forest boundaries are indicated with yellow blazes on the trees and/or posted signs. forestry.ohiodnr.gov 10. The use of bait to attract or hunt wild birds or deer on state forest land is prohibited. EMERGENCIES - Call 911 11. Deer stands must have a waterproof tag at all times identifying the user and user’s address in legible English. 12. Game cameras are not permitted unless they bear a waterproof, legible tag identifying the owner’s name, phone number and address in English. Rules found in the Ohio Administrative Code Section 1501:3. Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry 2045 Morse Rd., Building H-1 Columbus, OH 43229 - 6693 An Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/H printed on recycled content paper

hocking10-15.indd 1 11/9/15 11:45 AM Welcome to Hocking State Forest Forest History are numerous county and township roads that pass through cquisition of Ohio’s first state forests began in 1916, and acquisition for Hocking State Forest began in 1924, the forest. The hills come alive in the fall with a panorama of Aoriginally to be used as testing grounds for reforestation Lwith the objective of returning abused hill farms and vivid colors. Scenic vistas also await the visitor who wants to of tree species. Land acquisition later broadened to include fire-damaged timber lands to productive forests. Most of the tour the forest by car. Hocking State Forest is open to public land of scenic and recreational values and to restore forest reforestation work was completed in the 1930s by the Civilian hunting and fishing, in season. Hunters can pursue many cover to land that had been abandoned and abused. Today, Conservation Corps and the Division of Forestry. Additional species of forest game including squirrel, grouse, deer, turkey, Ohio’s 21 state forests cover nearly 200,000 acres and provide planting and forest improvement work was accomplished by raccoon, opossum and rabbit. an abundance of benefits for everyone to enjoy. With the the prisoners at the Hocking Honor Camp. Hocking State Forest Rockclimbing and Rappelling Area advantage of decades of management, Ohio’s foresters are now covers more than 9,600 acres in Hocking County. he 99-acre area is located on Big Pine Road, 1 mile east enhancing nature’s growth cycle and continuing to produce The many gas wells and transmission lines that people see of Conkles Hollow. A parking area is within easy walking some of the finest hardwood trees in the world on state forest T are a result of the development of a natural gas storage field distance of the rock and cliff face. Be sure to use quality lands. Forest management activities such as timber stand under the forest area. equipment and climb with experienced people. Climbers and improvement, prescribed fire and harvesting are employed rappellers must register prior to entering the Rockclimbing and to enhance the health, vigor and natural regeneration of the Trail and Boundary Marks Rappelling Area (see Rockclimbing and Rappelling Area map). forest. But foresters’ concerns go well beyond the trees. any different colors of paint are seen on trees Evaluations of water, soil, wildlife habitat, age and condition Mthroughout the area. Yellow spots indicate the boundary of the vegetation, recreational opportunities and aesthetics between state and private land. The interior boundary are considered in preparation of area management plans. markers between the state forest and state park are red, and This process ensures that visitors may enjoy many outdoor the markers between forest and nature preserve are white. activities, including camping, hiking, horseback riding, wildlife Blue spots designate the . The bridle trails are watching, hunting and scenic touring. designated by various colors (see bridle trail map). Hocking Hills State Park ocking Hills State Park, administered by Ohio State HParks, includes five areas which contain some of the most striking cliffs and land formations found anywhere in Ohio. Additional information about Ash Cave, Old Man’s Cave, Rock House, Cedar Falls and Cantwell Cliffs is available at the park office. State Nature Preserves hree state nature preserves have been established in THocking State Forest. These preserves—Conkles, Sheick, and Little Rocky hollows—have unique ecological systems. Conkles Hollow has hiking trails for the general public. No hunting is permitted, and all visitors must stay on the trails. Forest Vegetation Sheick and Little Rocky hollows are designated as interpretive ne of the special attractions of Hocking State Forest is and scientific preserves respectively, and are not open to the the natural vegetation. Plant species commonly found general public. Admission is by permit only. Permits are issued O farther north mix with typically southern species to provide an by the ODNR Division of Natural Areas and Preserves who unusual variety of native plant life and associated wildlife. cooperatively administer the preserves. Virginia and pitch pines, sassafras, as well as black, scarlet, Recreation white and chestnut oaks, grow on the generally dry ridge areas. he forest offers a wide range of outdoor recreational Hemlock, beech, black birch, red and sugar maples, yellow poplar, Topportunities. For the equestrian, there are 31 miles white ash, red oak, basswood and hickories grow in cool gorges, of bridle trails located on the forest. Beautiful scenery and moist coves and on slopes. Flowers, shrubs and ferns commonly challenging terrain greet riders as they wind through the associated with these site conditions also abound. forested hills and valleys. Hiking is permitted throughout the Plantations of red, white and shortleaf pines have developed forest, including on the bridle trails and on the Buckeye Trail, from plantings of seedlings on abandoned farm fields. These which runs through the forest. There are 59 miles of hiking stands of native and planted pines often indicate where corn trails on the forest. Bird watching, photography, collecting and wheat once grew on subsistence farms in the 19th and nuts, berries and mushrooms are all pursuits which hikers may early 20th centuries. enjoy. For those who want to stay on the beaten path, there MILES 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 State forest boundaries shown are representative and believed to be correct but not warranted. HOCKING State forest boundary lines on the ground are identified with signs and/or yellow paint marks on trees. KILOMETERS Map reviewed and approved by Daniel Balser, Chief, ODNR Division of Forestry, 3/2020 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 Data provided by ODNR Forestry, ODNR GIMS, US Census Tiger, ODOT STATE FOREST 1:55,000

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FAIRFIELD COUNTY US-33

39.56667° 39.56667° N Buena Vista Road HOCKING COUNTY Woltz Road 39.56667° N

LEGEND Road Flowers

Cliff Road Hocking State Forest Forest Office Cantwell Cliffs Road Risch Road Hocking Hills State Park (HHSP)* Buckeye Trail SR 374

State Nature Preserve (SNP)* Road Woltz Road Point of Interest State Highway Miller Road 39.55° N 39.55° Fire Tower Stream N 39.55° * No Hunting CANTWELL CLIFFS E Buck Run Road SR 180

HHSP Pleasant Valley Road Big Cola Road

Bigham Road Little Cola Road 39.53333° 39.53333° N 39.53333° 39.53333° N

Clapper Hollow Road Jack Run Road

SR 374 Panther Road

Laurel Run

Duck Creek Dunlap Road Wildcat Hollow Road

Stump Run Road

Mount Olive Road

Notestone Road 39.51667° 39.51667° N Starr Route Road 39.51667° N

Toad Run Road

Ogle Road Cook Road

SR 678 Rocky Fork Road SR 180 GIBISONVILLE ROCK HOUSE Kreashbaum Road 39.5° N 39.5°

HHSP N 39.5°

ROCK HOUSE Zeisler Road

Laurel Run

Hartsough Road

SR 374 Thompson Ridge Road Extine Road

Keister Road LITTLE ROCKY HORSE CAMP AND HOLLOW Pine Creek DAY USE AREA SNP 39.48333° 39.48333° N 39.48333° 39.48333° N

Wynkoop Road SHEICK Blackjack Road HockmanHOLLOW Road SNP

Keister Road

Webster Road AIRPLANE 39.46667° 39.46667° N ROCK 39.46667° N

Little Pine Road Keifel Road Sowers Road CONKLES Heigle Road GoRoadon Road HOLLOW SNP ROCKCLIMBING & FOREST RAPPELLING AREA Unger Road SR 664 OFFICE

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Big Pine Road Pine Creek

Webster Road SR 664

Kalklosch Road

Camp

Oty'okwa Cupp Road Sloan Road Purcell Road OLD MAN’S CAVE 39.43333° 39.43333° N 39.43333° 39.43333° N OLD MAN’S CAVE Cotterman Road HHSP Chilcote Road

Steele Road

Salt Creek Ilesboro Road Chapel Ridge Road SOUTH BLOOMINGVILLE Queer Creek CEDAR 39.41667° 39.41667° N SR 664 FALLS 39.41667° N Dennis Road Chapel Ridge Road

Thomas Road

Narrows Road Fairview Road SR 56

ASH

Salt Creek 39.4° N 39.4°

CAVE N 39.4° Goose Creek Road Creek Goose SR 374 HOCKING COUNTY Brown Road VINTON COUNTY Turner Road

ASH CAVE Chestnut Grove Road Burgoon Road HHSP

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