Overview
About Hocking Hills State Park Hike-In Campground
Why stop
- No vehicles at the tent sites helps keep the camp wooded and tucked away.
Heads up
- All your gear has to be carried from the lot, and far sites are nearly half a mile away.
Hocking Hills State Park Hike-In Campground is a primitive tent area in the woods, separate from the main campground. Park at the lot across OH-374, about a mile from the main campground check-in, then carry all your gear to your assigned site. The map puts sites from 0.02 to 0.48 mile from the lot. Choose this one if you’re happy to haul everything in; it won’t work if you need to unload beside your tent. Recent campers recommend a wagon, and describe the path as hilly and rocky.
Parkwolf’s verdictIs the walk-in worth it?Map
Where it is
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Hocking Hills Tour Guide
Your drive to Hocking Hills State Park Hike-In Campground, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Hocking Hills State Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
Recorded for this place
Hocking Hills Hike-In Campground“Up ahead is the parking area for Hocking Hills Hike-In Campground, where you carry your gear to wooded tent sites.”
Plays as you drive up to Hocking Hills State Park Hike-In Campground in the Parkwolf Hocking Hills Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Rose Lake Walking Access
- Hocking Hills State Park Campground
- Old Man's Cave
- Cedar Falls
- 22 audio storiesacross Hocking Hills’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor White-tailed Deer, Snapping Turtle, Chipmunk, and 9 more
- Works offlinemaps, 18 trails, 29 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
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Guide
More about Hocking Hills State Park Hike-In Campground
What you get at campEach site has a fire ring and picnic table, and pit latrines are spread through the area.
Each site has a fire ring and picnic table, and pit latrines are spread through the area. There’s a water spigot at the parking lot, so fill up before the walk. Sites must be reserved ahead of time, and dogs are allowed. Registered campers can use showers and laundry at the main campground, back by the cars.
Site space and privacyThe woods are part of the appeal, but privacy and space vary by site.
The woods are part of the appeal, but privacy and space vary by site. Campers describe some spots as roomy and quiet, while others feel small and exposed. Check the campground map before booking if your site location matters.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Hocking Hills
15 sightingsWhite-tailed DeerMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
83 sightingsSnapping TurtleMost seen around 5 PMSighting map
13 sightingsChipmunkMost seen around 8 AMSighting map
19 sightingsGray RatsnakeMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
47 sightingsWatersnakeMost seen around 10 AMSighting map
11 sightingsRing-necked SnakeMost seen around 7 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Hocking Hills. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
