Places to Visit

• ODNR provides multiple access points to the Walhonding and Tuscarawas Rivers, and a single access point to the Muskingum, just south of Coshocton. The Tuscarawas River Water Trail and Muskingum River Water Trail guides from ODNR show river access points, parks, and facilities.

• The Kokosing/Mohican Confluence Access (Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District) provides access to the Mohican, Kokosing, and Walhonding Rivers. The latter 2 have gravel bottoms and are wadable. As of 2023, this is the only location where Smoky Rubyspots have been observed in either the Muskingum or Kokosing Rivers. Parking is located on the southern side of SR 715, just west of the Mohican River bridge, which is just west of the village of Walhonding.

• Mohican River Wildlife Area straddles the Knox Coshocton line, and is accessible from an unmarked parking pulloff on Coshocton CR 386. This unimproved site provides extended access to the east bank of the Mohican, but has apparently not yet been explored by the oda community.

• Mohican State Scenic River Designation Study. This is a 55 page ODNR analysis of the Clear Fork/Mohican River created in 2006 leading up to its inclusion into Ohio’s Scenic Rivers System.  It provides an overview of the human and natural histories of the Mohican River and its tributary creeks, and includes detailed maps. Mohican River Water Trail Guide from ODNR.

• Opened in the spring of 2023, Skip’s Landing is a 3.5 acre Coshocton city park on County Road 1A, just south of the intersection of SR 36 and SR 83. It provides access to both the Walhonding and Tuscarawas rivers.

• Coshocton Lake Park, located just north of the city, provides access to the Walhonding River, and over 20 acres of open water in the form of 3 ‘basins’ originally built for the Ohio and Erie Canal. 24 oda species have been observed.

• Over 150 bodies of water can be found in the 19,252-acre Woodbury Wildlife Area located 4 miles west of the city of Coshocton. 43 species have been observed. No restrooms or water. Most of the property lacks cell phone coverage.

• 34 odonate species have been observed in the publicly accessible US Army Corp of Engineers property around Wills Creek Dam.

• The long and skinny 900 acre Wills Creek Lake partially straddles the line between Coshocton and Muskingum counties. The Muskingum Watershed Conservation District has 2,830 acres of publicly accessible land surrounding Wills Creek Lake.