What is there to do PrepHole around Cleveland? I know Ohio in general is shit for PrepHole but I’m stuck here for a while and want to get into bushcraft and backpacking as opposed to waiting until I have enough money to leave in 6+ years, also sorry for being a newbie clogging up the board and shit, I don’t know where else to ask this kind of question
Ohio is sneaky good for outdoor activities. Southern Ohio more so but there’s still stuff for you snow buckeyes. I’ve wanted to check out Mohican State Forest. It’s sort of near Ashland, I think. There’s hiking trails and hike in campsites. The Ohio DNR does a good job with the state land but they charge you for stuff like camping. And most of the campgrounds are just fields with campsites right next to each other.
I mainly roam central and Southern Ohio. There are fantastic parks in southern Ohio. The Ohio DNR website has a search function to find nearby parks. And I think there’s a National Park up near you.
Ohio is a good place to live. I hope you like snow, Cleveland gets a lot of it.
Columbusgay here, Mohican State Forest is pretty kino, I love it. Very vertical
Good trout fishing in there as well
Sounds like my kind of place. I’ll have to go check it out. Have you been to Shawnee State Forest near Portsmouth? It’s awesome. I’ve only been a couple of times. If you like hiking up hill then the backpacking trail is for you. It has some of the deepest forest you’re going to find in the state. It wasn’t super crowded when I went. The first time was a weekday in October so it was pretty empty.
Well you could try to have a nice day from one of those pecker poles after the inevitable depression sets in, but you won't be successful because trees that small won't hold your weight. This is confirmed by the fact that there are living people in Cleveland despite it being gray and overcast for 11.5 months per year.
Other than the above you can walk to a bar to get drunk like everyone else there.
Closer shot of the tree in the background of that pic
It suicided once it realized it grew in Cleveland
hawking hills is pretty cool
It's cool if you've never left Ohio
Cuyahoga Valley National Forest is pretty close to Cleveland, but it's probably packed with jackasses. You'll have to get 1-2 hours outside the city to find a park to go camping in.
Allegheny National Forest isn't too far. Lots of good stuff over there.
Im in Ontario but I went to check out Cleveland and Pittsburgh in June, with plans to spend some time in Allegheny before heading home. Got screwed for weather though, thunderstorms and tornado warnings, just had to drive through it at night 🙁
Picture in your minds construction, a grey unnatural skyline, and an occasional hellcat flying by
Now you have Cleveland without the displeasure of actually being there
>shittsburgh
dude.... its horrible anywhere in allegheny county, and the surrounding ones arent that good either. the central third of PA is where it's at: far from philthadelphia and shittsburgh. both of those towns are complete ghetto shitholes
What reason could anyone ever have to go to Cleveland?
I grew up in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and it's actually pretty easy to find spots that are pretty empty, especially around the red lock trailhead, brandywine falls, and that general area. It's far enough from cleveland to keep them out and far enough from akron to keep them out.
To bushcraft you can either buy land or go to a national forest. You can go to Wayne National forest in southern Ohio, Alleghany in NW PA, or Huron Manistee in Michigan. Huron Manistee is the nicest though its a far drive even from Toledo. All these forests have great backpacking opportunities as well. Hocking hills is really nice but has no dispersed camping.
There's good fishing on the lake, but for any real camping you'll have to go down to Wayne national forest or over to PA for Alleghany.
Cuyahoga national park has good trails, but is overall underwhelming compared to the other parks.
Hocking hills is great, but about a 3.5 hour drive from Cleveland, so wouldn't really count it.
There are many smaller parks with great trails as well. Rocky river reservation, Mill stream reservation, Whipps ledges down in Hinkley (good place for rock climbing), and Nelson's ledges out east. All of these are pretty good dayhike area.
If you have any other questions about other places, let me know. I've been in the Cleveland area all my life, so I know a few good spots.
Do you know and good fishing spots around Cleveland?
Cleveland E55 Marina fishing area
Lakefront E 72nd fishing area
Edgewater Pier
Be careful if you go to east Cleveland also, really not the best area.
If you're up for a drive, my favorite spot is Findley state park. Great spot for panfish and bass, but it's about an hour from the city.
Hinkley also has a lake with boat rentals, but I've never personally fished over there, so not sure how good it is. There's also a lot of smaller parks with smaller ponds in the area, but again, haven't fished them so not sure.
Also, in Lorain, there's a place called Mile long pier that has some of the best offshore walleye fishing I know of. Again, a bit of a drive, but may be worth your time
Thanks anon.
No problem my man. Enjoy your stay and happy fishing!
For pier fishing what should I be doing? I went to the one in Rocky River and felt like a total moron lol. Ive got various hard/soft baits but im not sure about technique, depth, and all that.
Ohio has good trout fishing if you're into that. Chagrin, Conneaut Creek, Grand River, Rocky and Vermilion River have steelhead runs and are all stocked with steelhead in the fall and spring. The tributaries of these rivers as well. You can fish for rainbow and brown trout in the fall and spring in the Mad river, Clear fork in Mohican, and Apple creek in Wooster. At the clear fork you can catch browns in the upper section above the dam(Wade and Gatton Nursery) and rainbows in Mohican park below the dam. All these creeks and rivers stocked with Rainbows and browns are freestone and stay cool in the warmer months. The only native trout in the state are Ohio brook trout and are a threatened species being conserved in Chagrin river tributaries. You cant fish for these brook trout but we are not far from native trout fishing in Pennsylvania and Michigan.
Awesome, thanks for the info. Never fished when I was a kid but now I'm in my thirties I'm getting into it. No idea what I'm doing lol.
I hope you like water activities like fishing and boating or you're going to go insane living there.
>Ohio is sneaky good for outdoor activities
No it's not. Literally every neighboring state besides Indiana is better.
Sounds to me like you haven’t gotten out to explore what the Buckeye State has to offer in the way of outdoor recreation. There’s plenty of hiking, camping, hunting, and other things. We’re a fairly heavily populated state so it’s not as cool as Wyoming but you can leave Columbus and be in deep forest sooner than you’d think. We’re sneaky good because people picture corn fields and urban hellscapes when they think of Ohio. But it’s easy to find fun outdoor activities pretty close. The Columbus metro park system is pretty good. I like High Banks and Blacklick Woods. Dayton and Springfield also have good metro parks. Snydor and Reid parks are reminiscent of a bygone era when Springfield was more prosperous. And nearby is John Bryan state park. Which is good for hiking.
Ohio is good for hiking, camping, hunting, etc but the surrounding states are better. I cant think of many activities in Ohio that surrounding states like Michigan, PA, and Kentucky don't do better. Most people travel out of state to have better outdoor experiences.
That’s a fair point. Lots of Ohioans vacation in northern Michigan, which is beautiful, and the Appalachians are stellar in less populated states like WV and KY. And PA gets really boonie and beautiful in the central part of the state. I particularly like the area around Snow Shoe.
I still stand by Ohio being better for outdoor activities than most people think it would be.
Columbus is a long way from cleveland
It is. And 71 can be a pain in the ass. Although I’ll drive a couple hours to spend the day somewhere. I used Columbus as my example since I’m more familiar with central Ohio. I’d be willing to bet Cleveland has a similar park situation. It’s just as close to the boonies. The best way to find parks you like is to do your research and check out the ones you find interesting. The Ohio Department of natural resources has a searchable property finder and There’s probably a website for Cleveland metro parks.
This is the only board that accepts that ohio is a shit hole. That's coming from an ohiogay. Guess that means the PrepHole around here really is bottom of the barrel nationally.
>bottom of the barrel nationally
More like mediocre. Bottom of the barrel is shit like Kansas and Illinois.
Illinois has the Shawnee NF in the far south. It's actually not the worst state for PrepHole. The plains states, yes.