Blue Rock State Park is a public recreation area located southeast of
Zanesville
Zanesville is a city in and the county seat of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. It is located east of Columbus and had a population of 24,765 as of the 2020 census, down from 25,487 as of the 2010 census. Historically the state capit ...
in
Muskingum County,
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
. The
state park encompasses that are surrounded by the of
Blue Rock State Forest.
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History
The state's purchase of the state forest began in 1936; the dam creating Cutler Lake was finished in 1938; the state park was officially created with the advent of the Division of Parks and Recreation in 1949.[
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Facilities and activities
The park offers swimming, boating and fishing on Cutler Lake, camping, nature trails, picnicking facilities, and hunting in the surrounding state forest.[
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Gallery
File:Blue Rock State Park Cutler Lake beach.JPG, Public beach area viewed from across Cutler Lake
Image:Blue Rock State Park Cutler Lake marsh.JPG, Marsh area at the east end of Cutler Lake
References
External links
Blue Rock State Park
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Blue Rock State Park Map
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
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State parks of Ohio
Protected areas of Muskingum County, Ohio
Protected areas established in 1949
1949 establishments in Ohio