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Salt Fork Lake · The outdoor list

Trails, docks, farms, markets.

The boat launch with the deepest channel. The trail to the gorge. The farm stand that takes Venmo. The icon you've heard of and the one you haven't.

Parks & trails

1 listed
  • Lore City
    Salt Fork State Park Trails
    Editor's pick

    Fourteen hiking trails through Ohio's largest state park, including a stretch of the statewide Buckeye Trail, the 8-mile Red Loop, and shorter walks to Hosak's Cave and the Stone House ruins.

Boat launches

2 listed
  • Lore City
    Salt Fork Marina
    Editor's pick

    One of the park's two seasonal marinas, with two launch areas — tritoon and fishing boat rentals by the hour or day, April through October, run by Great Ohio Lodges.

    740-432-8883Visit site ↗
  • Lore City
    Sugartree Marina
    Editor's pick

    The park's other seasonal marina — 11-passenger tritoons, fishing boats, and kayaks, part of 469 total rental docks across both marinas, April through October.

    740-439-4009Visit site ↗

Iconic stops

3 listed
  • Lore City
    Salt Fork's "Bigfoot Capital of Ohio"
    Editor's pick

    Since the 1980s, researcher Don Keating has documented more than 36 reported Sasquatch sightings in and around the park, enough to earn Salt Fork a real, dated reputation and an annual Ohio Bigfoot Conference each May. A Bigfoot statue greets guests at the Wildlife Lounge entrance.

  • Cambridge
    National Museum of Cambridge Glass
    Editor's pick

    A downtown Cambridge museum holding over 10,000 pieces of glassware in more than 40 colors, made by the Cambridge Glass Company between 1902 and 1958 — the industry that put the town on the map. Open April through October.

    Apr–Oct: Wed–Sat 10am–4pm, Sun noon–4pm(740) 432-4245Visit site ↗
  • Lore City
    Salt Fork Swimming Beach
    Editor's pick

    A 2,500-foot swimming beach inside Ohio's largest state park, plus a separate 400-foot boaters beach and three designated boat swim areas around the lake.