Big Hole

Big Hole: 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 Big Hole

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 Big Hole — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.42479, -82.56238. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Big Hole

• Old Man's Cave · cave · Hocking · ~2 km · Must-see
• Rose Lake · lake · Hocking · ~3 km · Must-see
• Ash Cave Recreation Area · cave · Hocking · ~4 km · Must-see
• Conkles Hollow State Nature Preserve · sanctuary · Hocking · ~5 km · Must-see
• Hocking Hills State Park · sanctuary · Hocking · ~6 km · Must-see
• Hocking State Forest · sanctuary · Hocking · ~8 km · Must-see
• Cantwell Cliffs · viewpoint · Hocking · ~17 km · Must-see
• Mount Olive Road Covered Bridge · fort · Vinton · ~19 km · Must-see
• Tar Hollow State Forest · sanctuary · Ross · ~23 km · Must-see
• Clear Creek Metro Park · sanctuary · Hocking · ~24 km · Must-see
• Trinity Episcopal Church · church · Vinton · ~26 km · Must-see
• Zaleski State Forest · sanctuary · Vinton · ~27 km · Must-see
• Wayne National Forest - Athens Unit · sanctuary · Hocking · ~30 km · Must-see
• Cross Mound · fort · Fairfield · ~31 km · Must-see
• Nelsonvile Cross · fort · Athens · ~36 km · Must-see
• Ross Lake · lake · Ross · ~39 km · Must-see
• Lake Alma State Park · lake · Vinton · ~39 km · Must-see
• Leo Petroglyph · fort · Jackson · ~40 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Big Hole

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Big Hole

• Cantwell Cliffs · viewpoint · Hocking · ~17 km · Must-see
• Burning Indian Mound · viewpoint · Pickaway · ~44 km · Must-see
• Little Copperas Mountain · viewpoint · Ross · ~77 km · Must-see
• Mound Cemetery Mound · viewpoint · Meigs · ~81 km · Must-see
• Walker Hill · viewpoint · Adams · ~105 km · Must-see
• Behm Mountain · viewpoint · Adams · ~118 km · Must-see
• Tight Squeeze Hollow · viewpoint · Washington · ~118 km · Must-see
• Butcher Hill · viewpoint · Washington · ~123 km · Must-see
• Rich Hill · viewpoint · Knox · ~126 km · Must-see
• Rowley Mound · viewpoint · Knox · ~146 km · Must-see

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