Hocking Hills State Park: BUCKET LIST DESTINATION. Where to stay and what to do.
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- Sketchy drop offs, spectacular views, and unique landscape await as we head to Hocking Hills State Park, Ohio. Hocking Hills is known for it's deep gorges, stunning waterfalls, and unique lodging. This has been a bucket list item of mine for a while and it did not disappoint! Join us as we explore Old Man's Cave, Broken Rock Trail, and Upper and Lower Falls. Check out where we stayed and what we did during this little staycation and stayed tuned for PART TWO for more trails at this state park!
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Glad that you enjoyed yourselves in the Buckeye State. We love it when people visit and get to enjoy what we have to offer. ✌️😎
We finally went there last April. One of the prettiest places we have hiked....loved it. Our dog struggled on a few trails. Especially one with a metal grate stairway. His poor paws. The campground was nice...but our site needed to be raked of leaves...the ticks were bad.
It makes me feel good to see non Ohioans enjoy the Hocking Hills. It's been a staple in my life all of my life. It would take days to experience everything the Hocking Hills have to offer. I've hiked every trail dozens of times at least. Stayed in many cabins as well. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
It's a real fantasy hike with amazing trail workmanship. One of God's blessings in America.
Hocking Hills State Park Ohio is a very nice park. Somebody did a lot of work building stairs & bridges.
Great video Chelsea and Captain Kleeman
Awesome :) Thanks for taking us along .
Absolutely beautiful, thank you for sharing.
This is awesome, thanks for sharing your adventure muchly appreciated.
Love the videos, keep up the good work. :-)
Really enjoyed your trip! Can't wait to see your next one. I live in Oregon and I'm used to seeing some great trails but that state park was awesome!
That’s a beautiful place. Thank you for sharing. Great video!
What a great adventure and a awesome cabin to stay in
Great footage! This is now on my bucket list. 😊 Congrats on crossing this off your list. Thanks for sharing!!!
I have some great memories of Old Man's Cave. Camped there with my family in the early 70s. Visited again in the late 80s when I was in school at Ohio University. They have made some incredible improvements to the trails and bridges. Was going to say you have to see Rock House, but I see in the next video you do visit there.
That looks like an amazing place to visit. Thanks for sharing. Have a blessed and safe week.
Thank you for sharing this with me. Never thought Ohio as have that type of area. It is set up so well for this type of adventure.
Beautiful place !!!
great vid looking forward to more
Thank ya for the video heading there next week .
Gr8 video looks like alot of walk'n have a gr8 day.
Beautiful scenery. Feels good to get away from home. Have fun and be careful and have a blessed week and I'll see you on your next vidja.
Thanks for showing us around. Fun to watch. Mike's commentary doesn't hurt.
Don't be those people!
Great video, looks like you're having fun 👍 I don't think I would make it past the first set of stairs 🥵 . Stay safe and happy 👌🇨🇦 Craig
Fantastic place
I remember going here as a child in the early 90s when there was less people and less safety features. It appears even more developed than it was 15 years ago. I remember you used to have to drive through the wide shallow stream that becomes the upper fall. Old mans cave it definitely one of the coolest, most beautiful places to visit. Ash Cave was a close second.
Looks like that cliff trail from last of the mohicans! Cool!
Nice cabin there Buds!
I grew up about 5 miles from there and I'm 77....... :-)
Beautiful scenery
To quote my lovely wife that cabin was “cute as it could be” The paneling is exactly like it was at our favorite OBX motor lodge. Great vlog btw.
There is a 4-H camp a short distance thru the woods that I have spent several summer weeks in a cabin during my childhood. I attended college near there and we visited the cave on a geological field trip. As you discovered it is a beautiful place and is visited by many people every year. Southern Ohio is a beautiful place.
U gotta love it there what beautiful scenery every turn we were so excited to see something amazing. wife and I loved it there Gatlinburg is a beautiful place also but like you said .this is a special place.😎✌️👍👌see it to appreciate it
Looks like a pretty good hike. Don't think my wife would make it down and back up. Pretty views, glad you got some time to explore.
My wife and I did a trip there a few years ago. Love that place.
this park looks like our next vacation . wow thank you so much !😍❤️
This was just the tip of the iceberg!
where was that antique store ? and the food sounded really good also
I'm definitely the type where that cabin is camping enough for me.
Thank you for reminding me of what I have been missing by not going to old man's cave. I can't seem to find anybody that wants To go with me. But I sure will play on a trip and see that wonderful Beautiful nature that God has given us. I was looking at your shoes or sandals and I just remembered that my sister got me. This these really sturdy sandals. I think are perhaps for hiking. I'll be working out and get ready for this coming year, 2024.
Thank you so much and god bless I enjoyed it❤❤❤
We are planning to go here soon so thanks for the awesome video! Very well done. If you think Hocking is great, make sure you visit Watkins Glen’s Gorge Trail (amazing) and the Flume Gorge in NH. The Flume will blow your mind. We thought we were in Jurassic Park. You must visit.
Thanks that was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I could never do that hike, too many stairs!!!!!!!!!!!!
at 65 years of age with bad knees and back, you made me HURT just watching you climbing all of those stairs!!! lol
The struggle was real!
@@wildroots4622 It was a beautiful place though! Thanks for sharing your trip.
@@lonniechartrand some trails are easy trails
We took our 2 (almost 3) year old and 6 year old there last year and stayed in a VRBO cabin. It was great, even with all the steps and high cliffs they did awesome and had a great time. We also hit up the Zoo and Children's museum in Columbus later that week.
Looks like a great getaway sans kids. Will be a great place to visit again when they are a little older.
My thoughts exactly!
Thanks for the video of Devil’s Bathtub. We make annual trips to Hocking Hills and have never hiked there!
That is awesome!
That is a mag park. The trails, bridges, walkways, were fabulous. Something like Giant City State Park in Southern IL.
The elevations were monsters.
Chels I'd say you hit a HOME RUN.
I’ll have to make a trip to that place!!!
That looks like a great place to visit I c u have a mbts captain kleman
It's pretty cool place but anymore its jammed pack compared 15 years ago , we're about 25 minutes away. We go in the winter when it's 10 degrees outside 😂
Happy birthday Chelsea 🎂
Justin Case?
Is that who Michael borrowed the come along from?
That was an incredible hike. I wish I had known about that area when I was working in Ohio and brought my family down from Ontario during the last week I was there.
We did walk through a couple caverns or caves while we were there but didn’t get south of Columbus.
You should see this place after a heavy rain...the flow of the water through there is very intimidating. Its beautiful in the winter also
Brian did you grow up in Toledo, Ohio?
great trail lot of work went in to building that
The civilian conservation corps did some amazing things!
Cool video. The cabin should give you some good ideas.
A good Firefighter knows it's best to be prepared.
Nice video. You guys have some good adventures.
We’re those people walking off the trail or doing something else wrong?
Were
Another 2 miles past that point is a place called rooty hollow and red rock hollow on the topo map. I used to renegade camp there so many times back in the late 80s early 90s. That is one of my favorite places in the world.
Tell Cpt we could get the 120 in there and make a big water fall you can walke under !!! That's a nice place. Looks like a few spots we have around here but not as big. Of course you would have to bring your 4 wheeler so I could take you to those spots. There in the back mountains were we ride. Only a few people know about them.
Mam yall find the best places to adventure. I'm old school, motel 6 we leave the light on for ya, and have no idea how to find this stuff. Jealous. Enjoyed tagging along
Have hiked there several times over the years. It's almost magical in the spring. With the scents of the spruce and hemlocks. May I recommend a book for you called "Off the Beaten Path". You may also like Ricketts Glen, PA., Red River Gorge, KY., Letchworth State Park,and Watkins Glen, NY. Enjoy your travels amidst the hidden gems.
That is beautiful. I was therein the 80's. Now I can't wait to go back. Do you have a link for the airbnb?
thanks for sharing would have loved to see it in person but have lung cancer from agent orange I really loved it thanks again
Next time try Cherry Ridge retreat new Plymouth Ohio beautiful expensive but worth it
And I apologize if they aren't sandals. Thank you have a blessed day.😊😊😊
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"Don't be those people" Glad I am not the only one who cant stand that
They recommend four wheel drive for winter and for rainy weather that area going up the hills can be trouble on 2 wheel drive
Fantastic scenery there, one way system works a treat, I take you are not a fan of dark confined spaces 🤯 Mike had the right idea about those two with the music...... very annoying 😬
Cabin looked clean and hot tub was still green but only from the colour of the interior!!!
Tell Mike it is creosote. Made from tar mixed with diesel fuel and galvanizing powder. Then heated to about 200 degrees and the railroad ties are soaked in it for 48 hours. Only reason that I know that is because there is a railroad tie plant about 25 miles from my house.
I will tell him!!
@@wildroots4622 originally it was the sap of creosote bushes in the desert… until there wasn’t enough of them left!
Did you go to Cedar Falls and Ash Cave ,Conkles Hollow also
We ran out of time. We definitely want to go back. Got any recommendations on a new place to stay?
@@wildroots4622 those spots you missed are really awesome. Maybe a hotel in Circleville, that place is so packed anymore. I'm 25 minutes away and go in the winter, less people
Agreed! Don’t be those people
Yikes! That looks a bit sketchy where there's no railings.
That place is fine, Cantrell Cliffs area is dangerous all the rest is safe.
@@lowlifeangler It's always fine...until it isn't.
@@wfemp_4730 When my wife was in college she almost slid off Cantrell cliffs and was an excellent rock climber and instructor. So we are keep it safe on the trails
They don’t make places like that any more! God does… but, man seems to have stopped hand chiseling rocks, toting cement on mules and building trails with a pick and shovel.
That one is an especially fine example of taking a beautiful work of God and making it accessible to all of us.
Thanx for the tour… especially in those shoes!!!
No god made those rock formations. Geologists can explain it better than I can.
If it was raining you would.
Local to the area.
Here's a few tips...
#1 locals are increasingly dreadful of tourists, especially those driving 35mph down 664. Just remember not everyone are sightseers, your lollygagging is making a local late.
#2 don't bother with airbnbs, this is a money grab by non-locals that are pushing locals out of town.
#3 DO NOT expect early check ins at hotels, cabins, etc especially in summer months or October. And please, don't even mention having a wedding to go to. Literally no one cares 🙄
#4. Yes, lodging is EXPENSIVE EVERYWHERE in this area. Don't verbally abuse staff anywhere. The park is free, and the area is a hot commodity. Business owners KNOW the secret is out and YOU will pay for it.
#5. Respect the trails. Karen Raymore, head of the tourism committee almost single handedly put the area on the map to line her own pockets. She's a non local that did it for the money. (Logan was largely a ghost town pre 2015).
I know taxes pay for the parts God didn't build but do they tax you again, as an entry fee, like some state parks?
No fees which was nice!
This chic's misery is palpable. Im legit frustrated with humanity after listening to this lady complaining.
Lol I could say the same thing about you
It makes me feel good to see non Ohioans enjoy the Hocking Hills. It's been a staple in my life all of my life. It would take days to experience everything the Hocking Hills have to offer. I've hiked every trail dozens of times at least. Stayed in many cabins as well. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Local to the area.
Here's a few tips...
#1 locals are increasingly dreadful of tourists, especially those driving 35mph down 664. Just remember not everyone are sightseers, your lollygagging is making a local late.
#2 don't bother with airbnbs, this is a money grab by non-locals that are pushing locals out of town.
#3 DO NOT expect early check ins at hotels, cabins, etc especially in summer months or October. And please, don't even mention having a wedding to go to. Literally no one cares 🙄
#4. Yes, lodging is EXPENSIVE EVERYWHERE in this area. Don't verbally abuse staff anywhere. The park is free, and the area is a hot commodity. Business owners KNOW the secret is out and YOU will pay for it.
#5. Respect the trails. Karen Raymore, head of the tourism committee almost single handedly put the area on the map to line her own pockets. She's a non local that did it for the money. (Logan was largely a ghost town pre 2015).