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Cedar Falls

College Corner · Preble County
A series of small cascades over limestone and shale ledges in a wooded ravine inside a large state park
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A short, quiet trail past small limestone cascades in Hueston Woods State Park, next to one of Ohio's last stands of uncut beech maple forest.

Height
A few feet at each of several small drops
Trail
About 0.8 mile, with one unbridged creek crossing
Managed by
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Best time
Spring and after rain
Nearby landmark
A National Natural Landmark beech maple old growth forest
Fee
Free to hike

When it flows

Best after rain; can be reduced to a trickle in dry summer weather. The trail includes an unbridged creek crossing that can be harder after heavy rain.

The story

The small falls along this trail drop over limestone and shale laid down when this part of Ohio lay under a shallow Ordovician sea, the same fossil rich rock that makes the park a well known spot for finding bryozoans, brachiopods, trilobites, and other marine fossils.

The park is named for pioneer settler Matthew Hueston, who acquired this land in the early 1800s and left much of the forest uncut, which is why the park still protects a beech maple climax forest recognized as a National Natural Landmark. The state of Ohio bought the land in 1941 and first used part of it as a prison camp before developing it into a state park. In 1956 the state dammed Four Mile Creek to create Acton Lake, named for state legislator Clyde Acton, who pushed for the park's creation.

No other listed park properties fall within about 20 miles of this location.

Stay behind railings and on marked trails. Wet rock at the top and base of a falls is slick in every season, and most Ohio falls do not allow swimming, wading or climbing. Flow depends on rain: many falls are a trickle in late summer and at their best after a wet spell, in spring, or frozen in a hard winter.

Getting to the falls

About a 0.8 mile trail along a creek from a park trailhead, including one creek crossing without a bridge and a short climb to a rocky overlook of the valley.

Status
Open to the public
Hours
6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily, standard state park hours
Cost
Free to hike
Phone
(513) 523-6347
Managed by
Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Watercraft
Please note
Stay on the trail; Pets must be leashed in the general park and are not permitted on the adjoining state nature preserve trails; No off trail hiking in the nature preserve section.
Address
6301 Park Office Road, College Corner, OH 45003
Official page →DirectionsShow on the map

The pin on the map is approximate; use the address or the park's own directions to find the trailhead.

Trails close for repairs, ice and high water. Check the official page before a long drive.

Parks nearby

Hueston Woods State Park
The falls is inside this park
Open
Sycamore State Park
About 26 miles · Nearest park in the app
Open

Details last checked 2026-09-22. Confirm hours and prices before you go.