The Hope Furnace is a historic blast furnace in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located along State Route 278, approximately 5 miles northeast of the village of Zaleski, it is one of two extant iron furnaces in Vinton County.
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Zaleski State Forest Backpack Trailhead Parking: Selinde Roosenburg Memorial Backpack Trail
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It’s definitely worth checking out when you’re in the area. There is so much history here! It costs nothing to check it out either! They have displays that explain everything. It’s very interesting! They have restrooms available here as well. They have lots of picnic tables and some are in the shade. There’s hiking trails all around too. The scenery around it is beautiful and they have a large patch of wild flower so you can see lots of birds and bees flying around. The parking lot is plenty big enough to hold a group...
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We're working in Columbus, Ohio and thought a hike would be a good change of pace. I found Hope Iron Furnace while looking up Moonville (where we actually did hike) and thought this would be an interesting stop on our journey. It's fairly well preserved and quite a neat place. There are trails here, but we opted to hike elsewhere. If you're in the area and nostalgic about days of old, I think it's worth a look. There are public restrooms, but there wasn't toilet paper in all the stalls; you may want to...
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Quite an impressive site if you are a history buff. Be sure to read all of the signage to understand that at one time this was a much bigger structure, but time has taken all but the stone core of the furnace.
Several hiking trails start here. The “named” trails look fairly difficult, but there is an unnamed (but well maintained) mostly grass trail going to the left as you face the furnace. I don’t know how far it actually goes, we were turned back by impending...
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