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The Ohio River Bluffs Trail, Ohio River Bluffs Nature Preserve – Manchester, Ohio
Our middle daughter texted us and expressed interest in an Easter hike, and even had a link to a venue – Ohio River Bluffs Nature Preserve. I was not familiar with the preserve, but I knew the parent organization well – The Arc of Appalachia – truly a peak performer of land conservation in southern…
The Gorge Trail, Caesar Creek State Park – Waynesville, Ohio
The Gorge Trail was Plan C. We started our morning thinking that we would hike Culberson Woods State Nature Preserve in Clarksville, Ohio. I was interested to see what spring ephemeral flowers lived in the “Wet Beech Forest”. We had hiked there in the summer of 2022 and knew that it was a quality old-growth…
In Search of Snow Trillium, Miller Nature Sanctuary – Bainbridge, Ohio
Last summer I had added this hike to every day in my March 2026 phone calendar. We had hiked at Miller Nature Sanctuary in July and trail signage indicated the presence of the rare Snow Trillium, one of the few Trilliums that the photographer and I had not seen previously, and I wanted to make…