Surrounded by the foothills of the Appalachian Plateau, the state park is part of a larger protected complex with the adjoining Tar Hollow State Forest.

The park offers hiking trails that extend into the state forest in addition to boating, fishing and swimming on 15-acre (6.1 ha) Pine Lake.

The region was among non-productive agricultural acreage purchased by the federal government in the 1930s.

The Ohio Division of Forestry took over management of the site, then known as Tar Hollow Forest-Park, in 1939.

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