Old Man's Cave Hiking Trail Pictures Movie
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. Old Man's Cave derives its name from the hermit Richard Rowe who lived in the large recess cave of the gorge. His family moved to the Ohio River Valley around 1796 from the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee to establish a trading post. He and his two dogs traveled through Ohio along the Scioto River in search of game. On one side trip up Salt Creek, he found the Hocking Region. Rowe lived out his life in the area and is buried beneath the ledge of the main recess cave. Earlier residents of the cave were two brothers, Nathaniel and Pat Rayon, who came to the area in 1795. They built a permanent cabin 30 feet north of the cave entrance. Both brothers are buried in or near the cave. Their cabin was later dismantled and relocated on the nearby Iles farm to be used as a tobacco drying house. Visit website hikingohioparks.com for more detailed information about Old Man's Cave and many other hiking Ohio park trails and movies. Get the DVD loaded with pictures park information movies and maps. Watch the free movies! Old Man's Cave area can be divided into five principal sections found along the valley of Old Man's Creek. In order, they are: Upper FAlls, Upper Gorge, Middle Falls, Lower Falls and Lower Gorge. Along the length of the trail the maginificent gorge cuts through the entire 150-foot thickness of the Blackhand sandstone. Carved by the creek, the gorge serves as an avenue for visitors to peer into the earth's subsurface. The full distance of the gorge is approximately one half mile.
Cliffs and waterfalls and towering hemlocks line the trail. Huge rock formations are never more than a stone's throw away and awesome bridges will take your breath away. From Logan, Ohio: Take 664 South 12 miles to park.
Old Man's Cave is located just off State Route 664 across from the tiered parking lot at Hocking Hills State Park. Within a stones throw is the Naturalist Log Cabin and the newly renovated Hocking Hills State Park Visitor Center. Interesting things to look for:
Old Man's Cave was aptly named for an early settler, Richard Rowe, who set up living quarters in one of the many recess caves in the area after the Civil War. Killed by an accidental blast of his own gun, it is said local native Indians buried him somewhere near the entrance of the Cave. Take a guess where he is allegedly buried in one of the recess caves of the park.
Devil's Bathtub-a churning tub of water spilling into the creek below. Waterfalls, waterfalls, waterfalls. Sphinx Head-at the far end of the trail, a rock formation taking the form of a sphinx head. Length: Old Man's Cave is approximately 1 mile long and takes about an hour to hike.
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