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Ohio’s Mohican State Park is a must-visit for any outdoor enthusiast.

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An oasis for exploration and active outdoor excursions, Ohio’s Mohican State Park should be on the list of places to visit for any visitor to the Buckeye State. Located just 60 miles southwest of Akron—and 80 miles from Cleveland—the park offers a tranquil escape from those bustling urban settings. But if you’re in the mood for an adventure, you’ll find plenty to love here too.

The state park covers a little more than 1,100 acres but packs more into that space than most other outdoor destinations twice its size. Visitors will be awestruck by the rolling landscapes, which include the beautiful and dramatic Clear Fork Gorge. This amazing location stretches a thousand feet across and 300 feet high, creating towering vantage points for surveying the area. Visitors will also discover dense hemlock forests situated along the Mohican River, creating a gorgeous setting all year long, but is especially colorful in the fall.

If you love nature and outdoor adventure—and are planning a trip to Ohio—Mohican State Park deserves a spot on your list of places to visit. Here is everything you need to know before you go.

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Things to Do

Visitors to Mohican State Park will find plenty to see and do there. Here are a few options for exploring everything it has to offer.

Hiking/Trail Running/Horseback Riding

Mohican State Park has 13 miles of mixed-use trail dedicated to hiking, horseback riding, and trail running. Most of the routes are reserved for visitors traveling on foot, but several trails allow riders to share the way. The park…

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Editor’s Note

This feature originally published on Cycotherapy, a newsletter written and published by Dillon Carr.

It’s right around 50 miles into the Mohican MTB100k. I’m doing well, feeling strong. Stonger than last year, at least. The temperature outside is about as hot as it’s going to get — 68 degrees — and I can almost taste the finish line. I’m making good time. I keep wondering how much time I’ll have shaved from last year.

Couple minutes later, I’m pedaling up a hill. It’s a gravel road and, on a normal riding day, not too steep. Doable. But today, I get about a third of the way up and I gotta dismount. Walk. I know I have a few more steeper climbs ahead of me that I’d like to save the energy for. Because, for the last three miles or so, pavement. I wanna hammer there to finish strong.

When I started this particular hill, I was the only one on it. When I get off to hike it, I look to my left and I see a kid. He’s on a titanium Lightspeed hardtail. Little dude’s hammering. I mean, really cranking. He doesn’t look at me; his laser eyes searching for the crest.

Later on, as I finish climbing yet another brutal hill — this time in the woods — I see him off the trail looking at the back of his bike with another fatigued racer.

“The disk brake is jammed. Something’s lodged in there.”

I’m troubled. Do I keep my head down and let the other guy help the kid? I mean, I’m almost there. How much time can I shave off? Can I afford to help these guys? It looks like the other, older racer can figure it out.

“Hm, mind if I take a look?” I say. Guess I’m stopping.

I…

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We held our OSU Buckeye Environmental Horticulture Team strategic planning meeting this week at Mohican Lodge and Conference Center. A hike in Mohican State Forest revealed that Yellow Poplar Weevils (Odontopus calceatus, family Curculionidae) are producing noticeable damage on their namesake host in that part of the state.

Although yellow poplar weevil is the common name approved by the Entomological Society of America, the weevil is sometimes called the sassafras weevil, magnolia weevil, magnolia leafminer and tuliptree leafminer.

It’s difficult to explain the weevil’s odd host range using the classic taxonomy of its hosts.

Tuliptrees and magnolias belong to the family Magnoliaceae in the order Magnoliales, while sassafras belongs to the family Lauraceae in the order Laurales.

However, all three are now grouped in the clade Magnoliids based on phylogenetic patterns. Still, the three hosts seem like strange bedfellows.

The small (2/16 inch long), oval-shaped yellow poplar weevils range in color from black to brownish-black to reddish-brown and have deeply grooved wing covers (elytra). Although they are good flyers, the weevils often elect to fold their legs to “play dead” when disturbed; a defense strategy that is common among weevils. In some people’s eyes, yellow poplar weevils resemble ticks, which may generate calls to extension offices concerning “flying ticks” during outbreak years. Ticks can’t fly.

Weevils are beetles with their chewing mouthparts located at the end of their snouts (rostrum). Yellow poplar weevils damage leaves in two ways.

Overwintered adults may chew holes in leaves that are unfurling from buds. The small holes become large, ragged holes as the leaves expand.

As the leaves expand further, the adults consume the lower epidermis and leaf mesophyll leaving behind the upper epidermis. Eventually, the thin epidermis dries out, turns brown,…

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Oshkosh: Magnet fishing hobby is an eco-friendly, modern day treasure hunt

Trolling waterways for discarded or lost valuables with magnets means a new hobby for local resident.

Doug Raflik, Fond du Lac Reporter

LOUDONVILLE — The Mohican Adventure Hunt is slated to kick off June 10 at the Cleo Redd Fisher Museum.

The hybrid scavenger hunt sends teams racing across the Mohican area to discover landmarks, find rare items, and complete unusual — and often hilarious — tasks.

“It’s a bit like a mixture of a traditional scavenger hunt and ‘The Amazing Race,’ ” said the museum’s curator, Kenny Libben. Each landmark, find or task is assigned a point value and teams must submit photographs or videos to prove they completed it. The first team to complete all tasks, or the team with the most points at the deadline, wins. 

Ready for riders: Expanded Mohican State Park mountain bike trail makes debut (2022)

The hunt was first held in 2021 and grew in popularity in 2022 with participants competing for cash prizes and bragging rights. The Henleys took home the top prize in 2022, followed by Team Atterholt, who had won in 2021 and hold the record for most points after completing 49 of…

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The view from Mohican Farm. (Photo courtesy of Otsego County Conservation Association)

OCCA To Hold Meet, Greet Event

SPRINGFIELD—The Otsego County Conservation Association will host its “Mohican Meet and Mingle” on Friday, June 9 from 6-9 p.m., adjacent to the historic Ellen Biddle Shipman Garden at Mohican Farm in Springfield. OCCA Executive Director Amy Wyant, board members, and staff will be on hand to talk informally about the organization’s projects and initiatives in areas such as clean energy, environmental education, planning, conservation and more.

“We believe that coming together for a meal, meaningful conversation, and camaraderie will be a fantastic way to keep our amazing supporters informed and involved in all we do. We also want to use this time to invite new supporters and people who are interested in environmental conservation to see what OCCA is all about. We hope you will join us on the 9th,” Wyant said.

“Guests will be able to view the gardens as part of the event and the Mohican grounds and gardens should be lovely at that time in the evening,” said Shelby MacLeish, OCCA project coordinator. “As part of the ticket price of $25.00, guests will enjoy dinner, dessert and drinks. Red Shed Brewery is donating beer and we will have award winning ice tea from B Blossom Catering.” 

Along with the return of the organization’s annual gathering event comes reinstatement of the OCCA Conservationist of the Year award, which goes this year to Milford Central School teacher Kim Burkhart. The Conservationist of the Year award goes to individuals who have made an outstanding, positive impact on Otsego County’s natural resources, either through direct action or by educating citizens about conservation. The award has been given out since 1989, with a brief pause in the program due to COVID. Nominations are accepted…

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Samson Occom (1723–1792) was a prominent Mohegan missionary who ministered to New England Indians. This year is the 300th anniversary of his birth.

Occom was the son of Joshua Tomacham and his wife Sarah of New London, Connecticut. A member of the Mohegan Nation, he was descended from Uncas, a Mohegan chief. (James Fenimore Cooper fictionally used Uncas as a Mohican Indian in his novel “The Last of the Mohicans.”)

When he was around 16 or 17, Occom was converted during the Great Awakening. He wrote in his autobiography that he found “salvation through Jesus Christ, and was enabled to put my trust in Him alone. … I found serenity and pleasure of soul, in serving God.”

He studied theology for four years at Moor’s Indian Charity School’s Latin school, founded by Eleazar Wheelock, a Congregational minister. He learned to read and speak Latin, Greek and Hebrew.

In 1749 he became a teacher, preacher and judge among the Montaukett in Montauk, Long Island. He married Mary Fowler, a Montaukett woman. They had ten children.

Evangelist

He was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1759. For two years, he traveled to New York to evangelize the Oneidas.  He made converts and mediated conflicts between colonists and Native Americans.

When Occom returned to the Mohegan, Wheelock persuaded him to travel to England to raise funds for his charity school. Wheelock agreed to look after his family. Occom sailed to England in December 1765 and returned in May 1768. Upon arriving, he accompanied evangelist George Whitefield to meet the Earl of Dartmouth, who contributed 50 guineas. He met John Newton, pastor and writer of “Amazing Grace,” and preached to King George III, who contributed 200 pounds for the school. Occom was extremely popular throughout Great Britain. He preached about 400 sermons and drew large…

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