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State Park Attractions In Ohio

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Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. Of the fifty states, is the 34th largest by area, the seventh most populous, and the tenth most densely populated. The state's capital and largest city is Columbus. The state takes its name from the Ohio River, whose name in turn originated from the Seneca word ohiːyo', meaning good river, great river or large creek. Partitioned from the Northwest Territory, Ohio was the 17th state admitted to the Union on March 1, 1803, and the first under the Northwest Ordinance. Ohio is historically known as the Buckeye State after its Ohio buckeye trees, and Ohioans are also known as Buckey...
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  • 1. Headlands Beach State Park Mentor
    Mentor is a city in Lake County, Ohio, United States. Mentor was first settled in 1797. The population was 47,159 at the 2010 census. In July 2010, CNNMoney.com ranked Mentor 37th in a list of the Top 100 Best Places to Live in America.In 1876 James A. Garfield purchased a home in Mentor, from which he conducted the first successful front porch campaign for the presidency. Garfield coined the term Mentorite when referring to a native of Mentor. That house is now maintained as the James A. Garfield National Historic Site. The city is home to Headlands Beach State Park, the longest public swimming beach in Ohio. The city is a major center of retail stores, ranking sixth-largest in Ohio as of 2012, and restaurants, ranking seventh-largest in the state as of 2012. Mentor Avenue is the major re...
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  • 2. Lake Logan State Park Logan
    Lake Logan State Park is an Ohio state park in Hocking County, Ohio, United States. Lake Logan State Park is located in Falls Township, Hocking County, Ohio. Lake Logan Dam is directly accessible off State Route 664 just southwest of the county seat of Logan. Lake Logan State Park lies in the Hocking Valley, formed by the Hocking River. Lake Logan was created in 1955 with the construction of the Lake Logan Dam on Clear Fork Creek, a tributary of the Hocking River. Lake Logan is a 400-acre lake and is open to fishing, boating, ice fishing, ice boating and swimming.
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  • 3. Kelleys Island State Park Kelleys Island
    Kelleys Island is both a village in Erie County, Ohio, United States, and the island which it fully occupies in Lake Erie. The British originally called it Sandusky Island. Later the United States took it over and officially designated it as Island Number 6 and Cunningham Island. It was renamed as Kelleys Island in 1840 by brothers Datus and Irad Kelley, who had purchased nearly the entire island. Kelleys Island was previously occupied by Native Americans of the area. During the beginning of the War of 1812, the island was used as a military rendezvous post, first by the British and later by the US Military. During the early 19th century, the island was mostly uninhabited. After the Kelley brothers purchased the land, there was commercial development through extraction of the island's lime...
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  • 4. John Bryan State Park Yellow Springs
    John Bryan State Park is a 752-acre Ohio state park in Greene County, Ohio. The park surrounds Clifton Gorge, a deep cut of the Little Miami River between Yellow Springs and Clifton. The park contains a campground, and hiking and biking trails. The park also abuts the Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve.
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  • 5. Mohican State Park Loudonville
    Mohican State Park is a 1,110-acre Ohio state park in Ashland County, Ohio, United States, about 5 miles south of downtown Loudonville. The state park sits on the south shore of Pleasant Hill Lake and is surrounded by the 4,525-acre Mohican-Memorial State Forest. Mohican State Park is located along Ohio SR 3 and Ohio SR 97. The Clear Fork of the Mohican River flows through the park carving a narrow gorge and joins the Black Fork about a half-mile east of the park to form the Mohican River. The park is open for year-round recreation including camping, hiking, boating, mountain biking, fishing, and picnicking.
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  • 6. East Harbor State Park Ohio
    East Harbor State Park is located on the shores of Lake Erie. This park includes a beach area, campground, marina, and wetland wildlife preserve areas. The park offers swimming, boating and fishing, seven miles of hiking trails, picnicking, hunting, and disc golf.
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  • 7. Lake Hope State Park Mcarthur
    Lake Hope State Park is a public recreation area encompassing 2,983 acres within Zaleski State Forest, located five miles northeast of Zaleski in Vinton County, Ohio. The state park is centered on Lake Hope, a 120-acre lake on Big Sandy Run.
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  • 8. West Branch State Park Ravenna
    West Branch State Park is a state park located east of Ravenna, Ohio, on the west branch of the Mahoning River. The park encompasses 5,352 acres of land and 2,650 acres of water mainly in Charlestown, Edinburg, and Paris townships, with additional land in neighboring Palmyra, Ravenna, and Rootstown townships. Boating, fishing and swimming are permitted on the Michael J. Kirwan Reservoir. The park includes a campground with 198 campsites.
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  • 9. Beaver Creek State Park East Liverpool
    Beaver Creek State Park is a 2,722-acre Ohio state park in Columbiana County, Ohio in the United States. The park is near East Liverpool on the banks of Little Beaver Creek. It is open for year-round recreation including, camping, boating, hunting, fishing and hiking. Historic remnants of the Sandy and Beaver Canal can be found throughout the park. Confederate General John Hunt Morgan was captured near what is now the park after conducting raids across the state during the American Civil War.
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  • 10. Harrison Lake State Park Fayette
    Harrison Lake State Park is a 142-acre state park located southwest of Fayette, Ohio, established in 1950. The park offers a 3.5-mile hiking trail, 150-foot swimming beach, and a campground with 181 campsites.Harrison Lake covers 95 acres . It was artificially created with the damming of Mill Creek, a tributary to the Tiffin River, in 1939. The maximum depth is over fifteen feet near the dam. Fish include bluegill, channel catfish, largemouth bass, white crappie and bullhead.A 4-H camp located by the lake offers access to the water for its campers.
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  • 13. Burr Oak State Park Glouster
    Burr Oak State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Ohio, located mostly in Morgan County, with part extending into Athens County. Its postal address is in Glouster. The park is centered at Burr Oak Lake. The dam for the lake is federal property under the jurisdiction of the Army Corps of Engineers, and is named Tom Jenkins Dam. It was built in 1950 for flood control. The maximum depth of the lake is around thirty feet. The lake and park are named in honor of the burr oak tree, a variety of oak. The area of the park is 2,593 acres , while that of the lake is 664 acres . The park was dedicated in 1952.The Buckeye Trail passes around the lake, and the North Country Trail is coincident with the Buckeye in this location. The park features a total of 28 miles of trails. A guest lodge was a...
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  • 15. Tar Hollow State Park Laurelville
    Tar Hollow State Park is a state park located in Laurelville, Ohio. Surrounded by the foothills of the Appalachian Plateau, it is part of a larger protected complex with Tar Hollow State Forest. The park offers hiking trails that extend into the state forest in addition to boating, fishing and swimming on 15-acre Pine Lake.
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