Description
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Waypoints
- S : km 0 - alt. 257 m
- 1 : km 0 - alt. 257 m - Turn Left
- 2 : km 0.02 - alt. 257 m - Turn sharp left onto Buckeye Trail
- 3 : km 1.47 - alt. 250 m - Keep Right onto Buckeye Trail
- 4 : km 6.54 - alt. 252 m - At East Trailhead, turn slight left onto Bremen Road, CR 15
- 5 : km 7.18 - alt. 245 m - Keep right onto Bear Run Road, CR 76
- 6 : km 7.54 - alt. 248 m - Turn left onto Harvey Chapel Road, CR 1
- 7 : km 9.62 - alt. 311 m - Keep right onto Maxville Road
- 8 : km 10.05 - alt. 311 m - Turn Right
- 9 : km 10.55 - alt. 315 m - Turn left onto Town Hwy 248
- 10 : km 10.59 - alt. 313 m - ENTERING PERRY COUNTY
Sheriff: (740) 342-4123
Newspaper: Perry County Tribune (740) 342-4121
- 11 : km 11.79 - alt. 262 m - Turn right onto SR 312
- 12 : km 12.17 - alt. 271 m - Turn left onto Griggs Road
- 13 : km 15.66 - alt. 238 m - JOG: Turn right onto SR 668 THEN turn left onto Town Hwy 135
- 14 : km 17.16 - alt. 303 m - Turn slight left onto Dutch Ridge Road
- 15 : km 17.8 - alt. 299 m - Turn right onto Town Hwy 241
- 16 : km 19.47 - alt. 292 m - Turn left onto NCT/BT trail leaving to the NE
- 17 : km 20.39 - alt. 259 m - Shelter 200' to the south.
- 18 : km 20.95 - alt. 243 m - Cross Town Hwy 305
- 19 : km 23.2 - alt. 295 m - Keep right on Buckeye Trail heading E then NE
- 20 : km 23.21 - alt. 295 m - Turn right
- 21 : km 25.44 - alt. 234 m - Turn slight left onto Buckeye Trail
- 22 : km 25.67 - alt. 238 m - Keep right onto Buckeye Trail
- 23 : km 27.29 - alt. 289 m - Cross Town Hwy 190
- 24 : km 30.22 - alt. 230 m - Old Stone Church Trailhead
Camping $15, Privy, Picnic Table.
No water - Trail report indicates water tank stolen in Summer of '18.
- 25 : km 30.37 - alt. 230 m - Turn right onto Old Town Road
- 26 : km 30.63 - alt. 227 m - Turn left onto Old Town Road
- 27 : km 30.95 - alt. 246 m - Turn left onto Buckeye Trail
- 28 : km 32.05 - alt. 234 m - Cross Rock Run Road
- 29 : km 32.84 - alt. 288 m - Turn slight right onto Twy Phy 438
- 30 : km 33.93 - alt. 296 m - Keep right onto Buckeye Trail
- 31 : km 34.73 - alt. 283 m - Cross SR 93
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NEW STRAITSVILLE - .9mi South
PO, Library, Restaurant, Campground
SHAWNEE - .85 North
Buckeye Trail Association
(740) 394-2008 M-F 9-5
Water, bathroom
- 32 : km 35.19 - alt. 306 m - Cross Salem Hollow Road
- 33 : km 36.2 - alt. 254 m - Shawnee, Tecumseh Lake
- 34 : km 37.39 - alt. 324 m - Cross Salem Hollow Road
- 35 : km 39.67 - alt. 265 m - Cross Salem Hollow Road
- 36 : km 40.05 - alt. 262 m - Cross Town Hwy 427
- 37 : km 43.64 - alt. 259 m - Turn right onto Town Hwy 18
- 38 : km 45.47 - alt. 239 m - ENTERING HOCKING COUNTY
Sheriff: (740) 385-2131
Newspapers: Logan Daily News 740-385-2107
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Town Hwy 18 becomes Salem Hollow Road Southeast
- 39 : km 50.71 - alt. 218 m - ENTERING MURRAY CITY
PO, Convenience Store
- 40 : km 50.88 - alt. 218 m - Turn left onto Corning Street, SR 78
- 41 : km 51.1 - alt. 224 m - ENTERING ATHENS COUNTY
Sheriff: (740) 593-6633
Newspaper: Athens Messenger 740-592-6612
- 42 : km 51.32 - alt. 230 m - Keep left onto Hunterdon Road, CR 92
- 43 : km 53.53 - alt. 300 m - Turn slight right onto Hunterdon Road, CR 92
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Smoke Rise Ranch to North
(740) 767-2624
Camping, Cabins, Water, Picnic Table, Privy
- 44 : km 53.78 - alt. 295 m - Smoke Rise Ranch (740) 767-2624
Camping, Cabins, water, restrooms, picnic table.
Primitive Camping $25 but first night is free for BTA hikers, Cabins $75
'A Western-Style Guest Ranch'
- 45 : km 55.78 - alt. 232 m - Turn left on Township Road 312
- 46 : km 57.81 - alt. 305 m - At a fork, keep left heading general to the East
- 47 : km 58.33 - alt. 301 m - Continue straight onto Buckeye Trail heading east
- 48 : km 59.88 - alt. 236 m - Turn sharp right onto Oakdale Road
- 49 : km 60.58 - alt. 214 m - Turn left onto Antie Orchard Road
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GLOUSTER 3.0mi south
Continue on Orchard Road
PO, Library, Restaurants
- 50 : km 61.99 - alt. 277 m - Turn left onto Fox Hunter Road
- 51 : km 62.17 - alt. 275 m - Continue North following Buckeye Trail
- 52 : km 63.28 - alt. 276 m - Fence Stiles - 1st of 2
This is a small corner of private property crossed by the trail. Climb the stiles, then the second set, and you'll be back in Wayne National Forest.
- 53 : km 63.42 - alt. 272 m - 2nd set of Fence Stiles
- 54 : km 64.41 - alt. 225 m - Long Run Stream
Somewhat reliable water source.
- 55 : km 65.16 - alt. 286 m - Barbed Wire
Be careful or you may walk into a barbed-wire fence at one point. This fence is the boundary of the Wayne National Forest, and also the county line between Athens County (which you're in) and Perry County, to the north.
- 56 : km 66.91 - alt. 210 m - CSX Tracks
You'll have to climb up to the tracks to cross them, then cross the small drainage valley and climb up to Ohio State Route 13.
- 57 : km 66.99 - alt. 212 m - Turn left onto SR 13
- 58 : km 67.07 - alt. 213 m - Turn sharp right onto Jenkins Drive
- 59 : km 67.53 - alt. 233 m - Tom Jenkins Dam and Parking Area
Privy, water, picnic table
- 60 : km 67.82 - alt. 231 m - Turn right onto Burr Oak Backpack Loop Trail
Follow double Blue and Yellow Blazes
- 61 : km 70.8 - alt. 225 m - ENTERING MORGAN COUNTY
Sheriff: (740) 962-4044
Newspaper: Morgan County Herald 740-962-3377
- 62 : km 71.47 - alt. 220 m - Boat Dock #1 - Continue SW on Boat Dock Road
Picnic table, water, privy
- 63 : km 71.67 - alt. 221 m - Keep left onto Buckeye Trail
- 64 : km 73.2 - alt. 229 m - Turn left onto County Road 111 toward Boat Dock #2
Google Maps shows Primitive Campground on right soon after turn.
Camping $19-25/n (866) 644-6727
- 65 : km 73.39 - alt. 221 m - Keep right onto Buckeye Trail
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Boat Dock area #2
Picnic table, water, privy
- 66 : km 73.83 - alt. 223 m - Picnic Area
Chef Ray '22
- 67 : km 74.33 - alt. 222 m - Campsite with fire ring
- 68 : km 75.14 - alt. 237 m - campsite under ledge
- 69 : km 76.47 - alt. 273 m - Keep left onto Buckeye Trail
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Burr Oak Lodge to the west
(740) 767-2112
Lodging, Restaurant, Shop
- 70 : km 76.62 - alt. 272 m - Keep right onto Buckeye Trail
- 71 : km 77.11 - alt. 230 m - Turn slight left onto Buckeye Trail
- 72 : km 79.51 - alt. 254 m - Keep left onto Burr Oak Backpack Trail/Buckeye Trail
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HIKER NOTE: The trail leaving to the N is the Buckeye Trail Vicksville Cutoff and is a short cut to the next waypoint.
- 73 : km 83.04 - alt. 241 m - Stealth campsite on trail, with picnic table and firepit.
- 74 : km 83.53 - alt. 242 m - Turn sharp left
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Spur to south leads to Group Camp
Free to backpackers
Shelter, campsites, picnic table, water, privy
- 75 : km 83.83 - alt. 222 m - Keep right - Boat Dock #3
Camping $19-25/n (866) 644-6727
Privy, water, picnic table, campsites
- 76 : km 84.16 - alt. 221 m - Ford Creek
- 77 : km 84.71 - alt. 222 m - Cross Bloody Run on an iron pipe bridge.
- 78 : km 85.48 - alt. 224 m - BTA New Straitsville Point 5
- 79 : km 86.41 - alt. 223 m - Turn slight left onto Southeast Branch Road Southwest
- 80 : km 86.57 - alt. 224 m - Turn left following Burr Oak Backpack Trail / Buckeye Trail
- 81 : km 87.12 - alt. 225 m - Keep right onto Buckeye Trail
- 82 : km 87.78 - alt. 223 m - Turn right onto Sunday Creek Road
- 83 : km 90.29 - alt. 227 m - Turn right
- 84 : km 91.14 - alt. 278 m - Keep left onto Buckeye Trail - old skid road footpath
- 85 : km 92.75 - alt. 321 m - Turn slight right onto East Branch Church Road
- E : km 93.42 - alt. 344 m - END SECTION 8: SR 78
BEGIN SECTION 9 - Turn Left on SR 78
Useful Information
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