Located east of Chillicothe, Ohio this 20+ mile figure 8 offers a challenging day hike/ car camping trip. Unfortunately I thought it was a nice overnighter with a backpacking camp on the ODNR website. About 2 miles in; the backpacking camp had a parking lot and the campsites needed reservations from the general store. Not an easy thing to come by @ 7oclock in the morning . Next time I’ll reserve a campsite and have steaks and cool beverage waiting for me.
The trail itself was pretty challenging with steep climbs , a lot of dead-fall, and sometimes confusing red blazes. Being a new trail , I made the mistake of starting the trip on a side trail (blue blazed homestead trail which added 3 miles to the trip). The trip was 15.5 miles with 6 hours of moving time with a moving average of 2.6mph.
The 75 foot fire tower @ the not-so-backpack camp 2 miles in. The tower is climbable , but felt a little to rickety for me.
3 Comments
terry · September 27, 2010 at 6:42 pm
chicken
Timothy LaTorre · September 28, 2010 at 6:29 pm
Dude one in Mn was scary as hell to but even the kids did it… I’m disappointed, you should have sat and had a few beers then did it..
Ray · September 29, 2010 at 4:24 am
Yea , I shoulda went up . I did make it up 2 flights and started feeling a little woozy, also had about 10 miles to hike. I took a break and had a smoke.