Info:

  • Has 2,722 acres of forested land
  • There’s a river known as “Little Beaver Creek”
  • Many things to see such as: Gaston’s Mill, Canal Lock No. 36, a Pioneer Village, etc.

Where is this located? Columbiana County near East Liverpool

Pioneer Village

I crossed over the one lane bridge and parked to what looked like a village-later I found out it was called ‘Pioneer Village.’ This was interesting as I have never seen anything like this at any of the State Parks I’ve visited.

It was a cold, cloudy, windy day but then again it was early December. Before I started my trail (Oak Hill) I decided I’d take a look around the village.

As a side note, Beaver Creek is known for the Vondergreen Trail. It is around a 6 mile hike that runs along some of Little Beaver Creek and you get to see some old canal locks. This is an all dirt trail (same with Oak Hill) so it may get a little muddy. Be prepared lol.

I started off walking through the covered Thomas J. Malone Bridge…

then along some log cabins (one being the Theo Appleby Blacksmith Shop.

I continued up the road past the big red Beaver Valley Home and the Trading Co. Log Cabin.

It was all very neat to see and I could take my time as I was the only one there.

Oak Hill

Pine trees surrounded me as I started a somewhat gradual uphill.

There was no warmth-just cold wind. I was also carrying my iced coffee which my hands hated me for. The start of this walk, to me, was just a walk in the woods.

There was nothing fantastic…just average. The leaves were also covering my path (and many tree roots) so I had to rely on my AllTrails app for this.

Maneuvering through more pine trees, I reached an opening where I crossed a road and was now on the other side to a more gradual uphill than the last next to what I thought was an overlook (you could consider it one) but now that I think about it it’s just an open view of another hill.

The wind rustled through the trees and some birds chirped as I continued on that uphill for awhile. The Oak Trail then connects to Logan’s Loop which is basically just a little .5 mi loop giving you the information on the flora and fauna here.

You can scan QR codes to get the info but because it was early December…everything was dead. The smell of campfire was nice, though.

After the loop I headed back the same way I came, through the village, and back to my car.

Outro

Although it was just a short and sweet out and back trail, I would rate it average but had a nice open view. I drove to a campsite 10 minutes away so I could get a close-up view of the river.

When it gets warmer I’ll do the Vondergreen trail so I can explore more of this park and it’s only 50 minutes away from Mount so unlike many state parks I’ve visited-this one won’t be my last time.