EAT: The Hocking Hills region hosts many restaurants, from country-style food to the finest dining, With the fabulous family style restaurant and huge parking lot with ample parking space for buses and mobile vacation campers, the Olde Dutch Restaurant and Rempel's Grove is a center for tour buses and large vacationing groups visiting the Hocking Hills region of Ohio. From the finest dining and ethnic cuisine to comfort-food and fast food, you'll find what you want in the Hocking Hills. Find our many great places to eat by clicking HERE.

STAY: Referred to as the"Hot Tub" capital of the mid-West, Hocking Hills has hundreds of cabins and cottages tucked away back in the hills. Whether you are looking for that relaxing or romantic getaway or that perfect family vacation, you are bound to find accommodations that fit your needs. Many facilities offer spacious lodges for family reunions or corporate retreats. And of course there are plenty of campgrounds for those wanting to be even closer to nature.

Hocking Hills is a region of timeless enchantment and homespun hospitality, where America's historic and cultural heritage flourishes in the midst of spectacular scenic beauty. The unforgettable landscape appears as a patchwork of forested hills, open meadows and misty valleys, threaded by lazy streams and majestic rivers. For an in-depthlisting of hundreds of hyper-linked lodging, shopping, business, activity listings, including an event calendar, visit the Hocking Hills Tourism Association.

Our Online Availability System will help locate the type of accommodation that meets your preferences. Online schedules of availability are kept current by the various accommodation operators. Just select your preferences and the time frame of your visit and our Online Availability System will find the perfect match for  your next visit to the Hocking Hills!

The newest visitor center is located on the west side of the county, in the quaint little town of Laurelville. The Laurelville center serves those visitors entering the Hocking Hills through Circleville and Chillicothe. Dozens of knowledgeable volunteers staff the visitor information centers to help make your visit to the Hocking Hills more enjoyable. Please stop in and say hello. If you need help planning your trip, please give them a call at 740-385-9706 between the hours of 9am and 5pm, or visit their Web site.

PLAY: There are fun things to do in the Hocking Hills! Besides golf, biking and ziplining, our guests enjoy hiking or just observing natural beauty, which you will find in one of these STATE PARKS located in the area:

• Old Man's Cave The most popular of all the Hocking areas is Old Man's Cave, located on State Route 664. Here at the Upper Falls, the Grandma Gatewood Trail begins its six-mile course connecting three of the park's areas: Old Man's Cave to Cedar Falls to Ash Cave. This same trail has been designated as part of Ohio's Buckeye Trail as well as part of two national systems - the North Country Scenic Trail and America's Discovery Trail
• Ash Cave Located in the southernmost reaches of the Hocking Hills is beyond doubt the most spectacular feature of
  the entire park. Ash Cave is the largest, most impressive recess cave in the state.
• Conkle's Hollow, situated off S.R. 374 on Big Pine Road is a rugged, rocky gorge - considered one of the deepest in Ohio. The valley floor is a veritable wilderness covered by a profusion of ferns and wildflowers while hemlock, birch and other hardwood tower overhead.
• Cantwell Cliffs is located in the northern reaches of Hocking Hills - 17 miles from Old Man’s Cave
  on S.R. 374. Its remote location discourages visitation, but those who travel the extra distance will not be disappointed. Many visitors proclaim the Cantwell area as the most picturesque in Hocking County.
• Rock House is unique in the Hocking Hills region, as it is the only true cave in the park. It is a tunnel-like corridor situated midway up a 150-foot cliff of Blackhand sandstone.
• Cedar Falls itself is the greatest waterfall in terms of volume in the Hocking region. Queer Creek tumbles over the face of the Blackhand displaying the awesome force of water power.
• Clear Creek (Metro Park) Over 1200 plant species have been identified in Clear Creek. Among the standouts are mountain laurel, little gray polypody, maidenhair ferns, horsetail, pink ladyslipper, skunk cabbage, witch hazel, American chestnut, and persimmon trees.
• Rock Bridge Hocking County's natural rock bridge is the largest of three such formations in Ohio. The 100-foot-long span, formed from Blackhand sandstone, looms 45 feet above the bottom of the gorge below.
• Tar Hollow, twisting park and forest roads pass through deep ravines and dense woodlands. Scattered shortleaf and pitch pines growing on the ridges were once a source of pine tar for early settlers, hence the name Tar Hollow. Dogwoods, redbuds and a variety of wildflowers color the hillsides in the springtime. Fall's pageant of color is spectacular.
• Lake Hope, just over the Hocking-Vinton County line near the junction of State Route 56 and 278. Rich in natural scenic beauty and recreational opportunities. The park offers camping, cabins, swimming, and canoeing. The Stone Terrace Restaurant, located in the park's lodge, was rated as the ODNR Division of Parks and Recreation's number one dining facility in the state.
• Lake Logan has abundant populations of large mouth bass, bluegill, crappie, northern pike and saugeye, plus channel, flathead and bullhead catfish. 400 acre lake. 530 foot beach for sunbathers and swimmers.
• Hocking Hills State Forest is managed for a variety of objectives including examples or demonstration areas of sound scientific sustained multiple-use management. Timber harvesting is closely monitored so it does not exceed the rate of tree growth. Erosion is actively controlled.

The Olde Dutch Restaurant, the Ice Cream & Candy Shoppe, the Petting Zoo, Adventure Golf, the Hocking Hills Canoe Livery, the Hocking Hills Craft Mall, the Amish Furniture Outlet store, the AmeriHost Inn, and the Logan Antique Mall are all located at Rempel's Grove, one of the most popular attractions in the Hocking Hills.

Also throughout the year Flea Market Events are scheduled in the Olde Dutch Restaurant's parking lot. Check our signs for the next event or call for more information.

Friday evenings each summer bring live music on the green at Worthington Park in downtown Logan.

Many GIFTS, CRAFTS, ART AND ANTIQUES shops are located in the Hocking Hills area. It's actually an arts and crafts haven  with dozens of noted artists and artisans making their homes and studios here. Step into another world and onto a beamed country porch, accented with antique tools and miscellaneous gadgets hanging from the clapboard walls. Sit and rest awhile in a handcrafted swing or rocking chair. Chat with young travelers enthralled by the elegant natural beauty of the Hocking Hills, or listen to folklore from a local old timer.

We hope you will find the chime of your dreams here at our shop. Currently we handle 45 different lines of wind chimes and maintain an inventory of almost 2000 chimes at any one time. People started to ring our chimes in 1987, and have been doing so ever since. We also have two other shops, Christmas Treasures which is located next to the Wind Chime Shop and a Candle Shop, which is attached to Christmas Treasures. We currently offer 25 different lines of candles, many of which are made in Ohio.