What You Should Know
Check in with the park office before heading out. Some locations require a free permit.
Camping is allowed in designated areas only. Off-trail camping is not permitted in Ohio State Parks.
When backcountry camping, pack out all trash and litter.
Pets on a leash are allowed on backpacking trails and backcountry campsites. Pet camping in the family campground is allowed on designated sites only.
East Fork offers a backpacking workshop each September.
Backpacking
Ohio State Parks offer more than 1,000 miles of trails that come in all lengths and levels of difficulty, and pass through all sorts of terrain. A number of state park trails (see the complete Ohio list) weave in and out of the park into adjacent state forests or nature preserves, while some mesh with major trails systems such as the Buckeye Trail or North Country Scenic Trail.
Portions of Burr Oak’s 18-mile Backpack Trail mesh with the Buckeye Trail. Parking and the trailhead are located at the park office. Camping is available in the family campground. Registration and payment of the regular camping fee are required.
Caesar Creek offers a 14-mile backpack trail skirting the southeast corner of the lake. Parking and the trailhead are located at the Furnas Boat Ramp. Camping is available in the group camp area. A free permit is required.
East Fork offers 46 miles of backcountry trail including the 14-mile Backpack Trail and 32-mile Perimeter Trail. Parking and the trailhead are located at the south access parking lot near the park entrance. Access and parking on the north side of the Perimeter Trail are available at the campground visitor parking lot. Backcountry camping is free and available by permit only at four designated areas along the backpacking and perimeter trails. Adironack shelters are available at camping areas 1 and 2.
Follow the red blazes along Tar Hollow’s 21-mile Logan Backpack Trail. Parking and the trailhead are located near the dam spillway at Pine Lake. Organized groups can camp by reservation in the group area. Camping for backpackers is also available at the Logan Hollow campground. Registration and payment of the regular camping fee are required. A backpack camp at the fire tower on south loop is available by reservation through the ODNR Division of Forestry.
Shawnee State Forest and Zaleski State Forest offer lengthy backpacking trails with primitive backcountry campsites. The Wayne National Forest also offers backpacking and allows backcountry camping off the trail.
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This is something I did out west Elk hunting in Idaho, but never find myself doing in the woods of northern Minnesota. Do members usually carry binos on deer hunts or leave them in the truck/at home? We have all been taught never use a scope to look at something, but is there one of us that hasn’t? I know that if I had some real lightweight binos I might consider carrying them on deer hunts, my rubber coated Zeiss 8×30s are not very light or compact.
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