Hoofing it in Hocking Hills State Park Pt 2

 

Hoofing it in Hocking on 4.12.2025

I went to bed at 1700 because I needed to be up at 0400! Yea, we love what we love lol. I made breakfast and ground some fresh coffee and headed to the Hocking Hills State Park near Logan, Ohio.

I chose the same route as I have taken before. Last time it was a hair over 11.25 miles and this time well should be the same.

I choose this route because normally there are very few people on it.  I got on the trail 0800 and it was frosty and 27 degrees.

I purchased over Christmas a few R1 Air Zip-Neck from Patagonia, and I am truly impressed. It has kept me warm during the day off and one rain two weeks ago when I went hiking at Paine Creek.

The rain came and gone the other day and some of the exposed clay was wet and you needed to be careful.

As I would pass a few small creeks I heard the water flowing through them. This hike would turn into a waterfall extravaganza. All the waterfalls I saw were discharging into the few gorges I walked on top of.

I would end up doing 12.9 miles on purpose and it was worth every step.  I saw a few ppl, but they were mostly at the bottom of the gorges. I did see two rappelling classes going on around the ridges I was hiking.

I found a beautiful waterfall this day. I have never seen a video of it and I will be doing some recon to get into the gorge to take some other videos of it. I will not share its location because she’s a gem.

I did something on porpoise today. I set my GoPro up today to take videos at 30 frames per second instead of 60 frames per second. I knew the quality would not be the best, but they still look ok, I think. I will return and retake them in the heat of summer.

I hope you enjoyed the write-up.

Sonder