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Anonymous Fri 29 Jul 2022 23:25:33 No.2428619 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>2428640 >>2428645 >>2428671 >>2428760 >>2429010 >>2429139

What is there to do /out/ around Cleveland? I know Ohio in general is shit for /out/ but I’m stuck here for a while and want to get into bushcraft and backpacking as opposed to waiting until I have enough money to leave in 6+ years, also sorry for being a newfag clogging up the board and shit, I don’t know where else to ask this kind of question

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Anonymous Fri 29 Jul 2022 23:59:07 No.2428640 Report

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>>2428619
Ohio is sneaky good for outdoor activities. Southern Ohio more so but there’s still stuff for you snow buckeyes. I’ve wanted to check out Mohican State Forest. It’s sort of near Ashland, I think. There’s hiking trails and hike in campsites. The Ohio DNR does a good job with the state land but they charge you for stuff like camping. And most of the campgrounds are just fields with campsites right next to each other.
I mainly roam central and Southern Ohio. There are fantastic parks in southern Ohio. The Ohio DNR website has a search function to find nearby parks. And I think there’s a National Park up near you.
Ohio is a good place to live. I hope you like snow, Cleveland gets a lot of it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jul 2022 00:09:57 No.2428645 Report

Quoted By: >>2428704

>>2428619
Well you could try to hang yourself from one of those pecker poles after the inevitable depression sets in, but you won't be successful because trees that small won't hold your weight. This is confirmed by the fact that there are living people in Cleveland despite it being gray and overcast for 11.5 months per year.

Other than the above you can walk to a bar to get drunk like everyone else there.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jul 2022 00:57:35 No.2428671 Report

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>>2428619
hawking hills is pretty cool

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jul 2022 01:16:23 No.2428685 Report

Quoted By: >>2429012 >>2429384

>>2428640
Columbusfag here, Mohican State Forest is pretty kino, I love it. Very vertical

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Anonymous Sat 30 Jul 2022 02:08:12 No.2428704 Report

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>>2428645
Closer shot of the tree in the background of that pic

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jul 2022 03:49:11 No.2428760 Report

Quoted By: >>2428798 >>2430554

>>2428619

Cuyahoga Valley National Forest is pretty close to Cleveland, but it's probably packed with jackasses. You'll have to get 1-2 hours outside the city to find a park to go camping in.

Allegheny National Forest isn't too far. Lots of good stuff over there.

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Anonymous Sat 30 Jul 2022 04:04:37 No.2428767 Report

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>>2428671
It's cool if you've never left Ohio

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jul 2022 05:27:41 No.2428798 Report

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>>2428760
Im in Ontario but I went to check out Cleveland and Pittsburgh in June, with plans to spend some time in Allegheny before heading home. Got screwed for weather though, thunderstorms and tornado warnings, just had to drive through it at night :(

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Anonymous Sat 30 Jul 2022 05:38:00 No.2428804 Report

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>>2428798
Picture in your minds construction, a grey unnatural skyline, and an occasional hellcat flying by
Now you have Cleveland without the displeasure of actually being there

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jul 2022 13:49:06 No.2429010 Report

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>>2428619
To bushcraft you can either buy land or go to a national forest. You can go to Wayne National forest in southern Ohio, Alleghany in NW PA, or Huron Manistee in Michigan. Huron Manistee is the nicest though its a far drive even from Toledo. All these forests have great backpacking opportunities as well. Hocking hills is really nice but has no dispersed camping.

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Anonymous Sat 30 Jul 2022 13:55:46 No.2429012 Report

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>>2428685
Good trout fishing in there as well

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jul 2022 16:31:21 No.2429077 Report

Quoted By: >>2429104

There's good fishing on the lake, but for any real camping you'll have to go down to Wayne national forest or over to PA for Alleghany.

Cuyahoga national park has good trails, but is overall underwhelming compared to the other parks.

Hocking hills is great, but about a 3.5 hour drive from Cleveland, so wouldn't really count it.

There are many smaller parks with great trails as well. Rocky river reservation, Mill stream reservation, Whipps ledges down in Hinkley (good place for rock climbing), and Nelson's ledges out east. All of these are pretty good dayhike area.

If you have any other questions about other places, let me know. I've been in the Cleveland area all my life, so I know a few good spots.

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Anonymous Sat 30 Jul 2022 17:35:23 No.2429104 Report

Quoted By: >>2429113 >>2429355

>>2429077
Do you know and good fishing spots around Cleveland?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jul 2022 18:01:18 No.2429113 Report

Quoted By: >>2429201 >>2432640

>>2429104
Cleveland E55 Marina fishing area

Lakefront E 72nd fishing area

Edgewater Pier

Be careful if you go to east Cleveland also, really not the best area.

If you're up for a drive, my favorite spot is Findley state park. Great spot for panfish and bass, but it's about an hour from the city.

Hinkley also has a lake with boat rentals, but I've never personally fished over there, so not sure how good it is. There's also a lot of smaller parks with smaller ponds in the area, but again, haven't fished them so not sure.

Also, in Lorain, there's a place called Mile long pier that has some of the best offshore walleye fishing I know of. Again, a bit of a drive, but may be worth your time

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jul 2022 18:54:40 No.2429139 Report

Quoted By: >>2429395

>>2428619
I hope you like water activities like fishing and boating or you're going to go insane living there.

>Ohio is sneaky good for outdoor activities
No it's not. Literally every neighboring state besides Indiana is better.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jul 2022 19:28:46 No.2429173 Report

Quoted By: >>2429203

This is the only board that accepts that ohio is a shit hole. That's coming from an ohiofag. Guess that means the /out/ around here really is bottom of the barrel nationally.

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Anonymous Sat 30 Jul 2022 20:03:35 No.2429201 Report

Quoted By: >>2429239

>>2429113
Thanks anon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Jul 2022 20:15:49 No.2429203 Report

Quoted By: >>2431080

>>2429173
>bottom of the barrel nationally
More like mediocre. Bottom of the barrel is shit like Kansas and Illinois.

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Anonymous Sat 30 Jul 2022 20:16:52 No.2429204 Report

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>>2428798
>shittsburgh
dude.... its horrible anywhere in allegheny county, and the surrounding ones arent that good either. the central third of PA is where it's at: far from philthadelphia and shittsburgh. both of those towns are complete ghetto shitholes

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Anonymous Sat 30 Jul 2022 21:19:02 No.2429239 Report

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>>2429201
No problem my man. Enjoy your stay and happy fishing!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 31 Jul 2022 00:44:03 No.2429355 Report

Quoted By: >>2429359

>>2429104
Ohio has good trout fishing if you're into that. Chagrin, Conneaut Creek, Grand River, Rocky and Vermilion River have steelhead runs and are all stocked with steelhead in the fall and spring. The tributaries of these rivers as well. You can fish for rainbow and brown trout in the fall and spring in the Mad river, Clear fork in Mohican, and Apple creek in Wooster. At the clear fork you can catch browns in the upper section above the dam(Wade and Gatton Nursery) and rainbows in Mohican park below the dam. All these creeks and rivers stocked with Rainbows and browns are freestone and stay cool in the warmer months. The only native trout in the state are Ohio brook trout and are a threatened species being conserved in Chagrin river tributaries. You cant fish for these brook trout but we are not far from native trout fishing in Pennsylvania and Michigan.

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Anonymous Sun 31 Jul 2022 00:52:52 No.2429359 Report

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>>2429355
Awesome, thanks for the info. Never fished when I was a kid but now I'm in my thirties I'm getting into it. No idea what I'm doing lol.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 31 Jul 2022 01:22:02 No.2429372 Report

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>>2428704
It suicided once it realized it grew in Cleveland

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Anonymous Sun 31 Jul 2022 01:46:18 No.2429384 Report

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>>2428685
Sounds like my kind of place. I’ll have to go check it out. Have you been to Shawnee State Forest near Portsmouth? It’s awesome. I’ve only been a couple of times. If you like hiking up hill then the backpacking trail is for you. It has some of the deepest forest you’re going to find in the state. It wasn’t super crowded when I went. The first time was a weekday in October so it was pretty empty.

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Anonymous Sun 31 Jul 2022 02:02:15 No.2429395 Report

Quoted By: >>2429684 >>2429986

>>2429139
Sounds to me like you haven’t gotten out to explore what the Buckeye State has to offer in the way of outdoor recreation. There’s plenty of hiking, camping, hunting, and other things. We’re a fairly heavily populated state so it’s not as cool as Wyoming but you can leave Columbus and be in deep forest sooner than you’d think. We’re sneaky good because people picture corn fields and urban hellscapes when they think of Ohio. But it’s easy to find fun outdoor activities pretty close. The Columbus metro park system is pretty good. I like High Banks and Blacklick Woods. Dayton and Springfield also have good metro parks. Snydor and Reid parks are reminiscent of a bygone era when Springfield was more prosperous. And nearby is John Bryan state park. Which is good for hiking.

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Anonymous Sun 31 Jul 2022 03:50:39 No.2429452 Report

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>>2428798

What reason could anyone ever have to go to Cleveland?

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Anonymous Sun 31 Jul 2022 13:05:42 No.2429684 Report

Quoted By: >>2429691

>>2429395
Ohio is good for hiking, camping, hunting, etc but the surrounding states are better. I cant think of many activities in Ohio that surrounding states like Michigan, PA, and Kentucky don't do better. Most people travel out of state to have better outdoor experiences.

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Anonymous Sun 31 Jul 2022 13:25:00 No.2429691 Report

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>>2429684
That’s a fair point. Lots of Ohioans vacation in northern Michigan, which is beautiful, and the Appalachians are stellar in less populated states like WV and KY. And PA gets really boonie and beautiful in the central part of the state. I particularly like the area around Snow Shoe.
I still stand by Ohio being better for outdoor activities than most people think it would be.

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Anonymous Sun 31 Jul 2022 21:26:38 No.2429986 Report

Quoted By: >>2430010

>>2429395
Columbus is a long way from cleveland

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Anonymous Sun 31 Jul 2022 21:56:38 No.2430010 Report

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>>2429986
It is. And 71 can be a pain in the ass. Although I’ll drive a couple hours to spend the day somewhere. I used Columbus as my example since I’m more familiar with central Ohio. I’d be willing to bet Cleveland has a similar park situation. It’s just as close to the boonies. The best way to find parks you like is to do your research and check out the ones you find interesting. The Ohio Department of natural resources has a searchable property finder and There’s probably a website for Cleveland metro parks.

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Anonymous Mon 01 Aug 2022 17:37:05 No.2430554 Report

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>>2428760
I grew up in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and it's actually pretty easy to find spots that are pretty empty, especially around the red lock trailhead, brandywine falls, and that general area. It's far enough from cleveland to keep them out and far enough from akron to keep them out.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 02 Aug 2022 09:12:54 No.2431080 Report

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>>2429203
Illinois has the Shawnee NF in the far south. It's actually not the worst state for /out/. The plains states, yes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 04 Aug 2022 18:26:25 No.2432640 Report

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>>2429113
For pier fishing what should I be doing? I went to the one in Rocky River and felt like a total retard lol. Ive got various hard/soft baits but im not sure about technique, depth, and all that.

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