Lake Vesuvius Backpack Trail

Hike Name: Lake Vesuvius Backpack Trail Location: southeast OH Length: 16 Submitted by: Ron Hart Date Submitted: 0/0/00 Rating:	more Ohio trail reviews Ohio national parks Ohio state parks
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Description
The backpack trail at Lake Vesuvius is much less traveled than the Lakeside trail. It is hard to imagine that anyone has traveled it recently. The trail was very fun for our group but be aware that there is a lot of poison ivy. Also, there is little to no water available. We purified some from Storms Creek but it could dry right up. On Sunday we took the Lakeside trail back to the cars instead of the Backpack trail and the views of the lake and rocks were great. It rained on us all Saturday but we still had a nice hike that was well worth it. There were just enough hills to give you a little workout but it was not too strenuous.
The trail is fairly well marked (with yellow dots) but there are also horse trails and side trails that we did get bewildered at times even with multiple map versions.

Directions to Hike
From Portsmouth, OH take 52 to Ironton and then take 93 east and the entrance to Lake Vesuvius Rec Area is on the right. The trail starts from the boat dock which is back a road to the left before the dam and spillway. There is plenty of parking by the boat dock. Note - we actually camped in the Oak Hill Campground on Friday nite due to arriving very late.

Contact Information
Ironton Ranger District
Wayne National Forest
6518 State Route 93
Pedro, OH 45659
(740)534-6500

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