Keep paddling another mile or so, and you can find the McCleary cemetery, which can also be accessed by trail from the Kennedy Stone House. It is open Thursday-Sunday afternoons in the warmer months. The Kennedy Stone House is a short paddle west from here-maybe 1/2 a mile.
The cave is a short walk from the put-in, but be careful with little ones-people have fallen and been killed by straying too close to the edge. The lakes many long, winding, meandering fingers provide lots of opportunities for quiet isolated paddling and fishing.Ī short, easy family friendly day paddle is to put in at Hosak's cave, about 5 miles north of the main entrance. The center of the lake is deep enough to contain a waterski zone, but even here, the speed boat traffic is rare outside of summer weekends. All but one of the region's farms, mills, covered bridges, and schoolhouses were removedthe Kennedy Stone House Museum lives on as a reminder of the region's past, dedicated to preserving the stories of the families who once made a life on these lands.įor kayakers, hikers, the park offers endless opportunities to find peace and quiet. Over time, new forest reclaimed fields and pastures, and wildlife returned in abundance. In the 1960's when the park was created, evidence of that agrarian past quickly receded. Despite the park's timeless wilderness feel, for almost 150 years farmers worked this land, many occupying the same property for five generations. Salt Fork State Park is Ohio's largest park, covering about 20,000 acres of rolling, forested terrain just eight miles northeast of Cambridge.
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