Zaleski State Forest is a state forest in the

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, located primarily in Vinton County, with areas in Athens County as well. The 28,000 acre (110 km²) forest surrounds

Lake Hope State Park Lake Hope State Park is a public recreation area encompassing within Zaleski State Forest, located northeast of Zaleski in Vinton County, Ohio. The state park is centered on Lake Hope, a impoundment on Big Sandy Run. History The park and l ...

in Vinton County, and borders the

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in Athens County. Part of the

Zaleski Mound Group The Zaleski Mound Group is a collection of three burial mounds in the village of Zaleski, Ohio, United States. Built by people of the prehistoric Adena culture, these earthworks are valuable archaeological sites. Mound 1, Ranger Station The ...

, a group of Native American mounds built by the prehistoric

Adena culture The Adena culture was a Pre-Columbian Native American culture that existed from 500 BCE to 100 CE, in a time known as the Early Woodland period. The Adena culture refers to what were probably a number of related Native American societies sharing ...

, is located within the forest.Owen, Lorrie K., ed. ''Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places''. Vol. 2.

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: Somerset, 1999, 1369. The forest is located in the rugged hills of the

unglaciated Allegheny Plateau The Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau is located in an arc around southeastern Ohio, West Virginia, into western Pennsylvania and a small portion of southwestern New York State. This area is a dissected plateau, characterized by sandstone, shale, an ...

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, with elevations ranging up to about 1100 feet above sea level. The historic Hope Furnace can be seen at Lake Hope State Park, just across the road from the forest.

References

External links

Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources: Zaleski State Forest

U.S. Geological Survey Map
at the U.S. Geological Survey Map Website. Retrieved November 14th, 2022. {{Coord, 39.3, -82.4, format=dms, display=title, type:forest_region:US-OH Ohio state forests Protected areas of Athens County, Ohio Protected areas of Vinton County, Ohio Allegheny Plateau