Hocking Hills

We went south (actually still in Ohio) to Hocking Hills back in June. This has to be the last vestigage of wilderness in Ohio. The Hocking Hills region is home to 9 state parks, over 9000 acres of state forest land, part of the Wayne National Forest, contains 4 nature preserves and one of the largest metro parks in the state. We spent a long weekend hiking through the area and hit a number of trails with some very cool scenery. It was hard to believe that we were still in Ohio!

The larger falls seen here are Cedar Falls. It is the greatest waterfall in terms of volume in the Hocking Hills region. Queer Creek tumbles over the face of the Blackhand displaying the awesome force of water power. The smaller falls are unnamed and located about 50 yards away (seen in the photo with me standing next to it.)