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Ohio Hikes and Sights Get out and explore Ohio! We love to hike and visit new places. Follow along! Every photo was taken by me, absolutely no AI. Thanks!

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Fall colors are just starting to show in southeast Ohio. I just love the sunshine on this tree trunk. ☀️📸🍁
10/13/2026

Fall colors are just starting to show in southeast Ohio. I just love the sunshine on this tree trunk. ☀️📸🍁

Fall is just starting to settle in with colorful hikes and beautiful days! We got in a 3 mile hike at Slate Run Metro Pa...
10/13/2026

Fall is just starting to settle in with colorful hikes and beautiful days! We got in a 3 mile hike at Slate Run Metro Park. Nice easy to moderate trails to choose from. The covered bridge is always a great way to end our hikes here. Soak it all up before winter storms in!

Slate Run Metro Park is an expansive 1,705-acre public park and nature preserve located in Madison Township within Pickaway County, Ohio, managed by Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks.

Location ⬇️
1375 OH-674, Canal Wi******er, OH

A beautiful afternoon for a 3-mile hike in the woods today at Slate Run Metro Park. Beauty doesn’t always show up in typ...
10/12/2026

A beautiful afternoon for a 3-mile hike in the woods today at Slate Run Metro Park. Beauty doesn’t always show up in typical ways. Sometimes it appears in strange shapes, soft colors, and hidden places—reminding us to slow down and look closer.
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10/12/2026

Rock Mill Days 2026 goes through October. Go see the mill in action!
💦Wednesdays and Saturdays 11am-2pm and Sundays 1pm-4pm, through October.
👨‍🌾Sunday 10/25 is Milling Day, weather permitting, corn will be milled the way it was done 200 years ago!

Fairfield County Park District
Stebelton Park at Rock Mill is at 1429 Rockmill Place NW, Lancaster.

Check out what remains of the Green Mansion on a new trail at Clear Creek Metropark in the Hocking Hills region.Looking ...
10/11/2026

Check out what remains of the Green Mansion on a new trail at Clear Creek Metropark in the Hocking Hills region.
Looking at the stone facade I thought it was built a century ago, but the 4700-square-foot home was built in the 1960s!! Crazy that it didn't stand the test of time. The Green Mansion trail is a spur off the Benua trail and opened in 2021. You will pass Lake Emily, a dense Hemlock forest, and of course beautiful fall colors if your timing is right. ❤️🍁🥾

This is what the fall foliage looked like on October 23, 2022. 

O-H 🙌🏼 🏈 🏟️ It’s Homecoming! Brutus the Buckeye debuted on October 30, 1965, during Ohio State University's homecoming...
10/10/2026

O-H 🙌🏼 🏈 🏟️ It’s Homecoming!
Brutus the Buckeye debuted on October 30, 1965, during Ohio State University's homecoming football game against Minnesota.

Creation and Naming

• The Creators: Students Ray Bourhis and Sally (Huber) Lanyon built the first mascot costume out of papier-mâché with a $50 budget provided by the student organization Ohio Staters, Inc..
• The Name: A campus-wide contest run shortly after his debut led to the winning name "Brutus Buckeye" submitted by student Kerry J. Reed (beating out alternatives like "Bucky").

Evolution of the Costume

• Papier-Mâché to Fiberglass: Because the original papier-mâché head could not handle rain and rough weather, it was quickly replaced by a sturdier fiberglass shell.
• Look Changes: Over the decades, Brutus transformed from a simple nut-with-legs into a more athletic figure. He gained his signature scarlet-and-gray striped shirt with "00" in the 1980s, updated his facial features, and "beefed up" his upper body in the 1990s.
• Hall of Fame: Brutus was officially inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame in 2007.

🍄‍🟫This was a first for me!! Giant puffball mushrooms. One was larger than a basketball!! Smallest was larger than a sof...
10/10/2026

🍄‍🟫This was a first for me!! Giant puffball mushrooms. One was larger than a basketball!! Smallest was larger than a softball. So incredibly cool! I’ve never seen these giants before. 👀 Now, I’ll always be on the hunt for more, it was so amazing to see.

👀I found these two years ago today. I’ve seen other people posting them lately so they are popping up this time of year. I only saw them once and I’ve never found another one but I am always on the hunt. Anyone else finding them now? 

Wonderful hike at Stage's Pond State Nature Preserve. Thoroughly enjoyed this 3.5 mile walk on easy, level trails - some...
10/09/2026

Wonderful hike at Stage's Pond State Nature Preserve. Thoroughly enjoyed this 3.5 mile walk on easy, level trails - some are grass/dirt through meadows and woods, some are boardwalk through old growth forest. Lots of shrooms to see. Beautiful fall hike!!
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Stage's Pond State Nature Preserve
4792 Hagerty Rd, Ashville, OH
Between Circleville & Columbus
No pets

Pickaway County Park District - PCPD
Pickaway County Visitors Bureau

Photos October 9, 2024

Another beautiful Ohio mural! Bainbridge Heritage Mural, painted on the brick exterior of the Bainbridge Senior Citizen...
10/09/2026

Another beautiful Ohio mural! Bainbridge Heritage Mural, painted on the brick exterior of the Bainbridge Senior Citizens Building. Located at 203 E. Main Street (right across from the historic Paxton Theatre), this 15x30-foot mural was created in September 2017 by local artist Pamela Kellough, who incredibly completed the entire project in just 20 days.
Pamela Kellough Murals

COMING SOON! 🍁🌿🍂🍁
The 58th annual Fall Fall Festival of Leaves is coming up in Bainbridge, Ohio and takes place from October 16-18, 2026. Admission is free.

🍁Annual Log Sawing Contest on
Saturday at 3:00 PM.
🍁Kiddie Tractor Pull on Saturday at 1:00 PM.
🍁Power Wheel Derby on Friday at 7:30 PM (benefit for the Bainbridge Fire Department).
🍁Grand Parade with floats, marching bands, and antique vehicles on Sunday at 2:30 PM.

10/08/2026

Broken Rock Falls is a beautiful seasonal waterfall at Old Man’s Cave. Just a short spur hike off the main trail, it’s the perfect spot to slow down and enjoy nature. I was happy to see water flowing in October. That is a little out of the ordinary!
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Hocking Hills State Park

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Columbus, OH

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