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| | GORP - U.S. Circuit Hiking - The Buckeye Trail |
 | | While the Buckeye is a multiple use trail, in many sections open to bicycles and horseback-riding, it also boasts footpaths that meander through and past a surprising variety of terrain, including waterfalls, enormous caves, sandstone cliffs, hardwood oak and hickory forests, cedar and pine groves, and a couple of surprising climbs. |
 | | Ed DeLaet, a volunteer and former executive director of the Buckeye Trail Association, estimates that about 35 percent of the trail is currently off road (including a combination of traditional hiking trail, paved rail-trails, and sidewalks where the route passes through towns). |
 | | Plan to anchor your trip around the 25 miles of trail that pass through Hocking Hills State Park, which boasts the Grandma Gatewood Trail (named after Ohio resident and trail volunteer Emma Gatewood, the legendary senior citizen who was the first woman to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail). |
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