Hocking Hills

[1] The region was first settled by Christian Eby and was named from a shortened version of the Hockhocking River by the Shawnee Indian tribe.

The Shawnee people thought that a very narrow and straight creek above the waterfall on the Hockhocking River resembled a bottle's neck.

[3] Visitors can experience Hocking Hills through outdoor activities year round, including farmers' markets, wine tastings and train rides.

Activities include: Hocking County offers miles of trails that vary in length and difficulty depending on location.

[5] The Hocking Hills area harbors a number of rare plants, including Huperzia porophila, the rock firmoss; Botrychium simplex, the least grape fern; Silene rotundifolia, the round-leaf catchfly, and Trichomanes boschianum, the Appalachian filmy fern.