Ohio's Hocking Hills Unveils New Tree Climbing and Nature ATV Adventures
Popular Midwest destination launches ATV nature tours and tree climbing adventures, in addition to zipline canopy tour.
Logan, Ohio (PRWEB) June 26, 2009 -- From riding untamed trails on an ATV, to biking Ohio's wilderness and climbing sky-high in a hundred-year-old oak, a host of new adventures lure travelers to southeast Ohio's gorgeous Hocking Hills region this year. Complete traveler information on these and other unforgettable experiences and adventures is available at www.1800Hocking.com or by calling 1-800-Hocking.
Hocking Hills Nature Trails guide and rental service just opened in the region, offering unprecedented bike and ATV training, rental and guide service through the region's pristine forests and woodlands. Training is led by the world's top ATV safety expert, while beautiful, private nature trails are offered at the only facility of its kind in the U.S. Located on Sauerkraut Road near Logan, Hocking Hills Nature Trails is also the only company in the U.S. permitted to offer ATV rentals for the public ATV-dirt bike trails through the Wayne National Forest. And the company's Hocking Hills Bicycle Rentals are available at each end of the Hock-Hocking Adena Bikeway, a naturally scenic 19-mile stretch of Rails to Trails bikeway that runs between Nelsonville and Athens. Their Wind at Your Back Bicycle Rentals feature one-way bike rentals between Nelsonville and Athens.
Hocking Hills Nature Trails offers adventure year' round, with experiences that change dramatically with every season. In spring, prolific morel mushroom hunting, wildflowers, baby fawns and wild turkeys offer close-up experiences with native wildlife and flora. In summer, lush wooded cover and dramatic rock formations offer surprises around every turn of the trail. Autumn's spectacular color lures leaf peepers. And in winter, a frosty wonderland and sparse foliage give clear views of a stark and beautiful landscape and its wildlife.
Also new to the Hocking Hills, Hocking Hills Canopy Tours has added the region's first-ever series of innovative recreational tree climbing adventures. Available Saturdays and Sundays, visitors can climb to the top of the 100-foot red oak Hercules tree, then bat hang upside down and belay gently to the forest floor. They'll relax in a treetop hammock, spider glide by hand out of twin sycamores and even sway on a 100-foot-high beech tree swing over a cavernous wildflower-covered gorge and creek. All adventures are included in the $75 price and feature a guided nature hike.
A wide variety of accommodations, from camping and cabins to hotels and country inns, offer Hocking Hills' visitors plenty of affordable lodging options. In addition to loads of hiking and outdoor adventure, the area offers unique shopping, canoeing, horseback riding, golf and many more unforgettable activities. A free visitor guide, including a full calendar of other year-round events, and complete lodging and attraction information are available at www.1800Hocking.com or by calling 1-800-Hocking.
Press trips, art & additional information available. Contact Amy Weirick, (614) 848-8380
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