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Conkle's Hollow State Nature Preserve is a deep, cool gorge, which is only 100 feet wide in places and is considered by some to be the deepest in Ohio. [1] The cliffs above the gorge are about 200 feet tall. The valley floor is covered in many species of plants, such as ferns, hemlock, and various wildflowers. [2]
The trails are open from dawn to dusk, all year round, including holidays. [1] The park contains seven separate hiking areas: Ash Cave, Cantwell Cliffs, Cedar Falls, Conkle's Hollow (nature preserve), Old Man's Cave, Rock House and Hemlock Bridge Trail to Whispering Cave. [2]
The forest adjoins Hocking Hills State Park and three nature preserves including Conkle's Hollow State Nature Preserve. The forest is in one of the most scenic areas of Ohio, known as the Hocking Hills. The area features not only forests, but frequent bluffs, rock shelters and waterfalls, due to the Blackhand sandstone.
Conkles Hollow State Nature Preserve: 86.88: Hocking Conneaut Swamp State Nature Preserve: 55.141: Ashtabula Crabill Fen: 31.66: Clark Cranberry Bog State Nature Preserve: 11: Licking Crane Hollow Nature Preserve: 1491.525: Hocking Crooked Run Nature Preserve: 77.51: Clermont Dean A. Culberson State Nature Preserve: 279.56: Clinton
Conkle's Hollow: 1 mile, wheelchair accessible Conkle's Hollow Rim: 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles Buckeye Trail : Cedar Falls – Ash Cave: 3 miles, Old Man's Cave – Cedar Falls: 3 mile; also over 1,400 other miles around the state of Ohio, coincident with the North Country Trail and the American Discovery Trail in the Hocking Hills area.
Scioto Trail State Forest: Chillicothe: 9,600 acres (38 km 2) Shade River State Forest: Meigs County: 2,859 acres Shawnee State Forest: West Portsmouth: 64,978 acres Sunfish Creek State Forest: Monroe County: 637 acres (2.6 km 2) Tar Hollow State Forest: Chillicothe: 16,436 acres Vinton Furnace State Experimental Forest: Vinton County: 12,086 acres
Forked Run State Park is a public recreation area located three miles (4.8 km) south of Reedsville in eastern Meigs County, Ohio, United States.The state park's area is 791 acres (320 ha), while the lake covers 102 acres (41 ha). [2]
Nelson-Kennedy Ledges State Park is a 167-acre (68 ha) public recreation area offering trails and picnicking located in Nelson Township, Portage County, Ohio, United States. [3] Within the park are angled rock formations 50 to 60 feet (18 m) high with ground fissures as deep as 60 feet (18 m).