Field Notes Ohio

Ohio's parks, forests and wildlife areas with camping, the ancient mounds beside them, and the Buckeye Trail that links them. Stories, trails, wildlife, and where to eat and fuel up nearby. Book campsites on ReserveOhio.
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The Buckeye TrailA 1,444-mile blue-blazed loop around Ohio, with all 26 sections.
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Mounds & Earthworks43 ancient sites, including the Great Serpent Mound and the Newark Earthworks.
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Historic Sites39 places, from Fort Steuben and Zoar to Camp Chase and the Rankin House, from the frontier to the Civil War.
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Road Trips33 drives, from the Lincoln Highway to the Morgan Heritage Trail.
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Lake Erie Beaches20 public beaches from Conneaut to Toledo and the islands, with a map.
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Oddities & Roadside Attractions19 giants, ghosts and folk-art stops, plus a Mothman just over the line.
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Caves & Caverns12 show caverns, recess caves and rock shelters, with a map.
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Waterfalls34 falls from the Cuyahoga Valley to the Hocking Hills, with trail notes and a map.
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117 parks in 7 regions

Pemberville Section

Lucas, Wood, Sandusky · West & Northwest Ohio
Buckeye Trail Association
56miles
22 of 26clockwise
3counties

Flat farmland, country roads and small towns.

Passes through Waterville, Haskins, Pemberville, Woodville, Elmore, Lindsey, Fremont, Clyde and Bellevue.

Highlights

  • Flat Great Black Swamp farmland
  • Small towns every few miles

Historic sites near this section

Fort Meigs
The War of 1812 fort that held against two sieges
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Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis
The 1794 battle that opened Ohio
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Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
The nation's first presidential library, on the grounds of the Hayes home
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Section map and alerts

Show this section on the mapDistances between stops in this section

The Buckeye Trail Association sells a detailed map for this section and posts current trail alerts.

Official Pemberville Section page →This section on AllTrails →

Camping

  • Camping is limited; see the BTA section map for lodging and campgrounds

Campsites are run by different agencies and owners, and the rules and fees change, so confirm before you go.

Water

Water in towns; the route has little shade or natural water.

Take the stops with you

Save the camps, resupply, lodging, trail towns and parks for this section as waypoints.

The file holds 1 waypoints and a stop-by-stop route line. Locations are approximate, often a town center, so use the stop notes to find the exact spot. Your maps app chooses the roads between stops, usually the fastest, so follow the byway signs where they differ. The GPX arrives in a zip file; unzip it and open the .gpx in a GPS or hiking app. The CSV imports into Google My Maps.

Resupply

Frequent villages make resupply easy.

Food and fuel

Pemberville Trail Town
A small town in flat northwest Ohio farm country.
Casa Rio
Mexican food in a renovated building; open daily
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Sunoco (Woodville)
About 6 miles east; no public restroom
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Details last checked 2026-09-22. Confirm hours and prices before you go.