George Rogers Clark Park — Attraction in Ohio

George Rogers Clark Park is a nice, small park in the Clark County Park System. They have hiking and equestrian trails, day-use shelters, fishing and a lot of local history.

The hiking trails are well maintained and moderately hilly. The Tecumseh Trail starts behind the Demint day-use shelter and ascends through a charming woods and turns east to a fork. You can continue straight and hike along the perimeter of the park, or take Buffalo Trail south. Heading south, you'll see Puckeshinwa Trail to the east, and then descend down to Maluntha Trail. You can continue straight and come out by Hosterman Lake to take in a nice easterly view of it. Taking Maluntha Trail east, you get some good views of the lake. Towards the end, you want to ascend up the short northern trail to rejoin the Tecumseh Trail, which heads east and down the the falls.

There is a wooden bridge over the falls with some seating to take in the view. Looking at the falls, if you glance to your right slightly, you will see a trail going up a steep incline. If you're willing, you can take it to the top of the falls. On the east side of the bridge, there is a short trail going north to the bottom of the falls. Both trails lead to some nice photo opportunities. From the bridge, you can either continue east up 'Whiner's Hill" or follow the trail along the river. Taking the river trail, you will come to a fork. Left will take you Simon Kenton Trail and around the lake to the fishing docks and more scenic view of Hosterman Lake. From the docks, you can either follow the road back down the parking areas by the shelter houses, or walk along the grassy levee towards the woods. Just inside the wood, take the first trail to your right, leading you across a small stream and back to the parking area around the shelter houses.

Back at the falls, you can continue up 'Whiner's Hill' which will lead you to another fork. Left loops you around down to the Simon Kenton Trail, and right takes you to the park road. At the road, you can cross over to Medicinal Springs Trail and a whole other area of the park to explore.

Throughout the park are shelters, foot bridges and picnic areas to have a quiet afternoon lunch at or have family pictures taken. Each shelter house has a charcoal grill to use (requires charcoal, lighter fluid and matches) and picnic tables. You can reserve the shelters at the Davidson Interpretive Center just down the road on Lower Valley Pike, across S. Tecumseh Road.

Hosterman Lake has many fishing opportunities including: a fishing dock, benches along the grassy levee, and hidden coves along the lake-shore trails.

George Rogers Clark Park was an large Indian village and the site of the Battle of Peckuwe. Every year on Labor Day weekend, the New Boston Fairs comes to the park with old world crafts, food and reenactments. Also, during posted hours, you can tour the Daniel Hertzler House Museum, which is the large white house at the...

I grew up in the area and have always liked going to this park. The historical events are always interesting. But my favorite thing is the nature. I like fishing in the lake and streams, cooling off in the little waterfall in the Summer, and hiking the very clean trails. Also, and this is just a personal thing, I like the fact that there is an abundance of sassafras growing here. I like to chew it while walking. As for the fishing, I have caught several decent bass here, some fat bluegills, some yellow bullheads, and even some koi. Not the standard common carp, but decorative koi. Likely, someone released them there. There are a lot of bullfrogs and other species to play with too. You cannot legally harvest the frogs. But they are cool to see. Also, if you are into bird watching, this is a perfect place. The different plant life and variance of the terrain attracts a lot of different birds. One more thing is that is is supposed to be haunted. The murder at the on-site Hertzler House as well as the historical battles having taken place in the area are said to produce some ghosts. I have never seen anything. But a former history teacher of mine who was also a curator for the park, Jay Eben, told me several stories before he passed away. Interesting. All together, it is a super cool...

I'm honestly pretty disappointed. I came here to do a bit of hiking and see the waterfall. A section of the road was closed off, so I had to drive all the way around the main loop to get to the parking area. The trails were not well marked, they were were narrow and sometimes muddy; they did not seem well-maintained at all. You can't get very close to the waterfall, just stop on an old bridge about 80 yards downstream from it (unless you venture up through the brush, as it looked like others had done). Bathroom facilities are dirty porta-johns. There was a cover for maybe a spillway service access or something that was literally just a sheet of thick plywood and some leftover steel roofing that looked like it might blow away in the next storm - didn't strike me as safe. I wouldn't feel comfortable leaving my kids playing around it. I saw a handful of people fishing here, so maybe that's the best thing to do at this park when there isn't a...