Lake Logan - Gateway to the Hocking Hills Region! Traditional Cache
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Lake Logan - Gateway to the Hocking Hills Region!
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You are looking for a micro cache located in a typical spot. Nearby parking is available, and the area is sometimes busy with muggles. Please use extreme caution when approaching the cache site, and enjoy your visit to the Hocking Hills!
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History of Hocking Hills State Park, Ohio
The State Parks of Hocking County, with the exception of Lake Logan, owe their classic characteristics to a number of mind-boggling circumstances. More than 330 million years ago, the Hocking Hills State Park area was relatively level and was covered by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. For millions of years, the ocean’s currents deposited immense amounts of sand and gravel. After millions of years, the ocean receded, and the sandy layers bonded with silica to form the Black Hand Sandstone that underlies the area. It formed like a sandwich, with a hard top and bottom and a soft middle layer. When the Appalachian Mountains arose, form and feature were cast upon the area and created Hocking Hills State Park as we now know it.
Hocking Hills State Park was hemmed in by the ancient north-flowing Teahs River to the west, and the then north-flowing Hocking to the east. The landscape remained fairly static for millions of years. Any changes were miniscule, and were slow to develop. When the Wisconsin Glacier began melting back to the north about 10,000 years ago, the landscape would undergo dramatic changes.
The glacier stopped in northern Hocking County, so the area suffered indescribable flooding. The ancient Teahs River was buried under tons of glacial silt, and the direction of the Hocking River was reversed. Tons of Hocking County real estate were transported to the Gulf of Mexico, where core drilling today tells the tale.
When the glacial torrents found cracks in the hard capstone, the water poured through to flush out the soft middle layer. This left long tunnels where the gorges are today. Eventually, the weight of the tops caused them to come crashing down. The "slump rocks" in the gorges today are what’s left of the hard top layer. In silent repose, they bear witness to dramatic events of long ago. In just a few centuries, the rushing waters of the glacier carved the soft middle layer of sandstone into the myriad dimples and wrinkles that decorate the cliffs and grottos today.
Early settlers in Muskingum County found an ancient black human handprint on a cliff that is part of this same sandstone formation. That is the same "Black Hand Sandstone" that is seen in six areas of the Hocking Hills State Park.
Check out all the distinct areas of Hocking Hills State Park!
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