Hope Furnace Trail - Lake Hope State Park in the Hocking Hills of Southern Ohio

Hope Furnace Trail - Lake Hope State Park

Parking/Trailhead (39.324996, -82.355115) Follow signs to the beach/marina/shelterhouse. Pass the beach parking lot and turn into the lot at the main shelter. Gravel drive ends at a small parking area.

3.1 miles, one way. Out and back. Hikers follow a dirt path along the lake and through forest to Hope Furnace. Seasonally, watch for the bald eagles nesting in the area. About a half hour from Old Man's Cave.

Hope Furnace Trail. 6.2 miles total, out and back.

Trail follows lake through the forest.

Hope Furnace- 1800s iron furnace. Pit latrines.

Lake Hope State Park Trail Map. The Hocking Hills.

The trail is not blazed (does not have blaze markers on trees). However, on the map, the trail is the red line.

Click on the QR Code for a map of the trail!

Lake Hope State Park - Furnace Trail -The Hocking Hills of Ohio

Enjoying Cedar Falls near Old Man's Cave.

Trail systems within Ohio's Hocking Hills Region

Waterfall during rains.

OPEN ALL YEAR-ROUND FROM DAWN TO DUSK

There are seven major hiking areas in Hocking Hills State Park - All are one-way trail systems.

Ash Cave, Old Man's Cave, Rock House, Conkle's Hollow, Cedar Falls, Cantwell Cliffs, and Whispering Cave Trail. These park areas offer a unique experience for those who walk its paths no matter what season (the park is open year-round from dawn to dusk)—located on the southern edge of Hocking County. But those are just a handful. There are many hiking trails in the Hocking Hills include those at Wayne National Forest, Clear Creek Metro Parks, Lake Hope State Park, Vinton County Park District's Moonville Tunnel, and Hocking College's Robbins Crossing (with park programs) and the Athens Hock-Hocking Adena Rail Trail bikeway.

Hocking HillsWhere all the best roads lead . . .HIKE. STAY. PLAY. YOUR HOCKING HILLS ADVENTURE BEGINS HERE!