Backbone Hollow

Backbone Hollow: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Backbone Hollow

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Backbone Hollow — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.55230, -83.26740. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Backbone Hollow

• Shawnee State Park Marina · sanctuary · Scioto · ~24 km · Must-see
• The Edge of Appalachia Preserve · sanctuary · Adams · ~33 km · Must-see
• Shawnee Village · lake · Scioto · ~38 km · Must-see
• All Saints Episcopal Church · church · Scioto · ~38 km · Must-see
• Labold Field · park · Scioto · ~40 km · Must-see
• Behm Mountain · viewpoint · Adams · ~41 km · Must-see
• Greenbo Lake State Resort Park · attraction · Greenup · ~41 km · Must-see
• Greenbo Lake · lake · Greenup · ~44 km · Must-see
• Tremper Mound · fort · Scioto · ~44 km · Must-see
• West Union Presbyterian Church · church · Adams · ~45 km · Must-see
• Adams Lake State Park · lake · Adams · ~46 km · Must-see
• Walker Hill · viewpoint · Adams · ~49 km · Must-see
• Quiverheart Gorge · sanctuary · Adams · ~51 km · Must-see
• Chaparral Prairie Nature Preserve · sanctuary · Adams · ~52 km · Must-see
• Sugarloaf Mountain · viewpoint · Rowan · ~54 km · Must-see
• Grayson Lake · lake · Elliott · ~57 km · Must-see
• Serpent Mound · fort · Adams · ~68 km · Must-see
• Lake Vesuvius Dam · lake · Lawrence · ~70 km · Must-see

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Other hill stations & viewpoints near Backbone Hollow

• Behm Mountain · viewpoint · Adams · ~41 km · Must-see
• Walker Hill · viewpoint · Adams · ~49 km · Must-see
• Sugarloaf Mountain · viewpoint · Rowan · ~54 km · Must-see
• Little Copperas Mountain · viewpoint · Ross · ~93 km · Must-see
• Stuffley Knob · viewpoint · Johnson · ~113 km · Must-see
• Red River Gorge Zipline · viewpoint · Wolfe · ~125 km · Must-see
• Big Lovely Mountain · viewpoint · Knott · ~146 km · Must-see
• Burning Indian Mound · viewpoint · Pickaway · ~147 km · Must-see
• Blue Ridge Hill · viewpoint · Lewis · ~19 km
• Picnic Point · viewpoint · Scioto · ~25 km

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