ODNR Ohio State Parks
 
Accessible Outdoor Fun 
 
 
Life’s simple pleasures…savoring the sights and smells of the woods…reeling in a big fish… feeling the wind and spray while riding the waves…warming up to a campfire while gazing at the stars.  Ohio State Parks offer special facilities so park visitors of all abilities can enjoy the simple pleasures of life.
Get Close to Nature

Scenic paved trails are offered at Barkcamp (SE) • Hocking Hills (SE) (Ash Cave) • Mt. Gilead (C)

Accessible interpretive trails include the paved Hock-Hocking Expedition Trail at Hocking Hills (SE) and the interpretive boardwalk trail through Maumee Bay’s (NW) Lake Erie wetlands

Quail Hollow’s paved Nature-for-All trail takes visitors to the herb garden and surrounding woodlands

John Bryan has an accessible overlook off a wide, level earthen trail in the forest

The paved multi-use Little Miami trail spans 50 miles along the Little Miami River

Lake Milton offers a lakeside boardwalk trail

Accessible nature centers are available at Hocking Hills (SE) • Hueston Woods (SW) • Maumee Bay (NW) • Quail Hollow (NE)

Wheelchair accessible fishing piers are provided at Alum Creek (C) • Barkcamp (SE) • Buck Creek (SW) • Buckeye Lake (C) • Caesar Creek (SW) • Catawba Island (NW) • Cleveland Lakefront (NE) • Cowan Lake (SW) • Deer Creek (C) • Delaware (C) • East Fork (SW) • Grand Lake St. Marys (NW) • Guilford Lake (NE) • Hueston Woods (SW) • Indian Lake (NW) • Jackson Lake (SE) • Kiser Lake (NW) • Lake Milton (NE) • Madison Lake (SW) • Maumee Bay (NW) • Mosquito Lake (NE) • Muskingum River (Devola Lock #2) (SE) • Paint Creek (SW) • Pymatuning (NE) • Rocky Fork (SW) • Stonelick (SW)

Accessible launch ramps accommodate boaters at Buck Creek (SW) • Buckeye Lake (C) • Deer Creek (C) • Indian Lake (NW) • Lake Milton (NE) • Oak Point (on South Bass Island) (NW) • Paint Creek (SW) • Portage Lakes (NE) • West Branch (NE)

Enjoy a Relaxing Getaway

Lodge and Conference Centers offer special guest rooms with wider doorways and restrooms designed to accommodate wheelchairs.  In some of the lodges, the accessible rooms are located on the ground floor, and in others, an elevator provides access to the guest rooms as well as other lodge facilities including the dining rooms and indoor pools.

State park lodges with elevators and accessible guest rooms include: Burr Oak (SE) • Deer Creek (C) • Geneva (NE) • Hueston Woods (SW) • Maumee Bay (NW) • Punderson (NE) • Salt Fork (SE) • Shawnee (SW)

Maumee Bay (NW) • Punderson (NE) • Salt Fork (SE) also offer accessible indoor pools in addition to accessible whirlpools.

Vacation Cottages offer similar floor plans including a kitchen with full sized appliances, dining area, spacious living room, two bedrooms with twin, bunk or full sized beds, a bathroom with shower, and a roomy screened porch.

Dillon (SE) • Buck Creek (SW) • Lake Hope (SE) offer a limited number of accessible cottages with special features throughout, including modified kitchen appliances and bathroom fixtures.

Geneva (NE) offers accessible features in two Deluxe Cedar Cabins

Select cottages at Burr Oak (SE) • Deer Creek (C) • Hueston Woods (SW) • Maumee Bay (NW) • Shawnee (SW) have been modified for accessibility, with wider entrances along with kitchen and restroom facilities with appliances and fixtures that are convenient for persons using a wheelchair

Some of the cottages at Deer Creek (C) • Mohican (NE) • Punderson (NE) • Salt Fork (SE) have ramps for easier entry, but do not offer accessible features inside.

Campsites with accessible features are offered at Barkcamp (SE) • Cowan Lake (SW) • Deer Creek (C) • Delaware (C) • Mosquito Lake (NE) • Paint Creek (SW) • Pymatuning (NE) • Salt Fork (SE) • West Branch (NE).  Special features may include extra wide paved pads on level grades, berms, modified picnic tables, fire rings and/or grills, or water fountains.  These sites are close to restroom buildings with entrance ramps, accessible fixtures, grab bars and wide stalls.

Please check with the individual park for more information on the level of accessibility for the above listed facilities

 
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