Ohio · A day worth getting out for.

Waterfalls.
Gorges and islands.

Hike to Brandywine Falls in Cuyahoga Valley, wander Holmes County's Amish country, walk the gorges of Hocking Hills, stroll German Village and the Short North, or spend a weekend on the Lake Erie islands. We’ve put the stops, routes and practical details together so your day out of Cleveland or Columbus is easier to plan.

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A thin waterfall drops over a dark sandstone ledge into a wide, still pool in the Old Man's Cave gorge, with hemlocks and a large boulder on the bank
THE OHIO COLLECTIONGorges. Farm country. Lake Erie.Old Man's Cave gorge, Hocking Hills, Ohio
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Brandywine Falls spilling over layered rock ledges into a gorge, framed by orange, red and yellow autumn treesNational park day
Cleveland → Brandywine Falls → Boston Mill Visitor Center → Peninsula and the scenic railroad → Beaver Marsh → The Ledges

Cuyahoga Valley National Park from Cleveland

A full day in Ohio's national park, half an hour from downtown Cleveland: Brandywine Falls before the lot fills, the Boston Mill Visitor Center, lunch in the canal village of Peninsula with an optional scenic train ride, the Beaver Marsh boardwalk on the Towpath Trail, and sunset from the Ledges Overlook.

9–11 hour day·About 2 hours of driving in total
Best: All year; best October
$4 USD
A red barn with a silo, white farmhouses and white board fences on green rolling hills under a grey sky, with a stubble field in the foregroundSmall towns & heritage
Cleveland → Walnut Creek → Guggisberg Cheese → Charm → Berlin → Behalt → Millersburg

Holmes County Amish Country

A day in Ohio's Amish Country from Cleveland: the Goose Creek valley view at Walnut Creek, Baby Swiss at Guggisberg Cheese, quilt fabrics in Charm, lunch and Main Street in Berlin, the Behalt cyclorama of Amish and Mennonite history, and a Queen Anne mansion in Millersburg, with plain advice on sharing hilly roads with buggies.

10–11 hour day·About 4 hours of driving in total
Best: April–December; best late September–October
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A thin waterfall drops over a dark sandstone ledge into a wide, still pool in the Old Man's Cave gorge, with hemlocks and a large boulder on the bankWaterfalls & gorges
Columbus → Old Man's Cave → Cedar Falls → Ash Cave → Conkle's Hollow → Rock House

Hocking Hills: Old Man's Cave to Rock House

A full day in the sandstone gorges an hour south of Columbus: the Old Man's Cave gorge first thing, Cedar Falls, a picnic under the overhang at Ash Cave, the cliffs of Conkle's Hollow and the tunnel-like Rock House, in an order that beats the worst of the parking crush.

10–11 hour day·About 3–3½ hours of driving in total
Best: All year; best mid-October to early November and April to May
$4 USD
A red brick Italianate house with tall windows and stone lintels on a brick-paved street in German Village, with a cottage and green trees beside itCity walk
Columbus → German Village → Schiller Park → Book Loft → Scioto Mile → North Market → Short North

Columbus: German Village to the Short North

A walking day through Columbus from south to north: the brick streets and Schiller Park in German Village, the 32-room Book Loft, a German lunch at Schmidt's, the riverfront parks of the Scioto Mile, a snack stop at North Market and an evening on High Street in the Short North, with a $2 COTA bus back to your car.

9–11 hour day·Walking, with one bus ride back
Best: All year; best May to October
$4 USD
The granite column of Perry's Victory memorial against a deep blue sky with wispy clouds, beside flagpoles flying the flags of the United States, the United Kingdom and CanadaWeekend getaway
Cleveland → Port Clinton → Put-in-Bay → Kelleys Island → Marblehead → Cleveland

Lake Erie Islands Weekend

A two-night summer weekend on Lake Erie's islands from Cleveland, based in Port Clinton with the car left on the mainland. Saturday takes the Miller Ferry to Put-in-Bay for Perry's Victory memorial, lunch in the village, a crystal cave and the state park cliffs. Sunday crosses to quiet Kelleys Island for the Glacial Grooves and Inscription Rock, then climbs Marblehead Lighthouse before the drive home.

2-night weekend·About 3½ hours of driving in all: roughly 1½ hours each way from Cleveland, plus short hops to the ferry docks
Best: Mid-June to Labor Day
$5 USD

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