Ohio State Parks
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:04 am
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/parks/tabid/80/Default.aspx
This is a superb website! Check out the "Events" and "What's Going On" areas for all kinds of special events planned at Parks. Also click on the "Find a Park" tab and look at the map showing how "crowded" our SE corner is - many, many State Parks are located in our region, easily a day-trip for most of us.
I think our State Park system is a great value for vacation or weekend getaway.
In the summer you can rent a cabin [which sleeps 6-8 and has a fully equipped kitchen] only by the full week, but in the winter you can rent one for just a weekend. If it is a Park that also has a Lodge, you have full use of the Lodge facilities [swimming pool, game room, etc] if you're in a cabin.
My extended family has had some fun winter get-togethers in cabins at Deer Creek, Shawnee, and [over in the western part of the state] Hueston Woods and Cowan Lake. I took my grandchildren up to a cabin at Pike Lake on Presidents' Day weekend several years ago and we had a blast hiking - not much else to do there in winter, but the kids still loved it.
They frequently have great off-season deals/packages on rates, too.
We are blessed with many State Parks in our beautiful southeastern corner of the State. Check them out!
P.S. Lake Vesuvius here in Lawrence County doesn't show up on this State Parks site because it is in Wayne National Forest and is therefore classified as a Federal rather than a State Park.
This is a superb website! Check out the "Events" and "What's Going On" areas for all kinds of special events planned at Parks. Also click on the "Find a Park" tab and look at the map showing how "crowded" our SE corner is - many, many State Parks are located in our region, easily a day-trip for most of us.
I think our State Park system is a great value for vacation or weekend getaway.
In the summer you can rent a cabin [which sleeps 6-8 and has a fully equipped kitchen] only by the full week, but in the winter you can rent one for just a weekend. If it is a Park that also has a Lodge, you have full use of the Lodge facilities [swimming pool, game room, etc] if you're in a cabin.
My extended family has had some fun winter get-togethers in cabins at Deer Creek, Shawnee, and [over in the western part of the state] Hueston Woods and Cowan Lake. I took my grandchildren up to a cabin at Pike Lake on Presidents' Day weekend several years ago and we had a blast hiking - not much else to do there in winter, but the kids still loved it.
They frequently have great off-season deals/packages on rates, too.
We are blessed with many State Parks in our beautiful southeastern corner of the State. Check them out!
P.S. Lake Vesuvius here in Lawrence County doesn't show up on this State Parks site because it is in Wayne National Forest and is therefore classified as a Federal rather than a State Park.