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Hocking Park
4.3 ★★★★☆ 87 Google reviews · Running trail in Lancaster, Ohio · Posted hours
Runner's snapshot
- Surface
- Not reported
- Distance
- Not reported
- Shape
- Not reported
- Shade
- Tree cover
- Access
- Posted hours
Confirmed from Hocking Park's own listing, the park or land manager's website, and runner reviews. Blank cells mean we could not verify that fact — we would rather say "not reported" than invent one. There is no Easy / Moderate / Hard rating on this page on purpose: a one-word difficulty score tells you nothing about whether a trail suits your run. Surface, distance, shade and hours do.
What runners say about Hocking Park
“Ate dinner in the back of our Ranchero ,watched the kids football practice, nice park lots of mature trees lots of shade.”
“Its quiet let my sophia rose run in the creek here”
Ate dinner in the back of our Ranchero ,watched the kids football practice, nice park lots of mature trees lots of shade.
I love taking the kids down to the creek and walking through the water finding different bugs and specimens for the kids to play with plus teaching those wondering brains science!!
I love this park. I grew up in the neighborhood. I come back now and then to eat and go on the bridge and walk the trail
Trail conditions & character
“It has adequate parking but could use it's own parking area.”
“Ate dinner in the back of our Ranchero ,watched the kids football practice, nice park lots of mature trees lots of shade.”
“Its quiet let my sophia rose run in the creek here”
Plan your run at Hocking Park
The practical stuff
- AccessPosted hours — posted hours below; park gates sometimes close earlier than the listing says
- DistanceNot reported. Trail systems often quote total path mileage rather than a single loop, so measure the route you actually want before you drive out.
- ShadeRunners describe real tree cover here — it makes a summer afternoon workable
- At the trailheadparking, restrooms — reported by runners
- Websitelancasterparks.com
- Phone(740) 687-6651
- Social Facebook
Hours
| Monday | 6 AM–9 PM |
| Tuesday | 6 AM–9 PM |
| Wednesday | 6 AM–9 PM |
| Thursday | 6 AM–9 PM |
| Friday | 6 AM–9 PM |
| Saturday | 6 AM–9 PM |
| Sunday | 6 AM–9 PM |
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