EAT: The Hocking Hills region hosts many restaurants, from country-style and comfort food to the finest dining and ethnic cuisine. With many fabulous family style restaurants and ample parking, tour buses and large vacationing groups visit the Hocking Hills region of Ohio. You will find what you want in the Hocking Hills. Click here to find great places to eat.

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 also a location of choice for weddings.

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.

Located at 13178 State Route 664 South in Logan, The Hocking Hills Regional Welcome Center is your travel information resource for visiting the Hocking Hills region. The Center can provide information on entertainment, tourist attractions, travel and lodging.

Located on the west side of the county, in the quaint little town of Laurelville, the Hocking Hills Visitors Center serves those visitors entering the Hocking Hills through Circleville and Chillicothe.

Dozens of knowledgeable volunteers staff the welcome 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.

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!

PLAY: There are fun things to do in the Hocking Hills! Fun activities include a petting zoo, miniature golf course, a golf course, a zip-line, horseback-riding and canoeing. Our guests also 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.

Shopping in the Hocking Hills area includes gifts, crafts, art and anitques. Visitors can also shop at an Amish furniture store, flea markets, an antique mall, a craft mall, a wind chime shop,clothing and shoe stores, and Christmas and Candle shops as well as other gift stores. Hocking Hills is 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.