The places that don't make you apologize for the kids. Restaurants with crayons that aren't an afterthought, parks with shade and bathrooms, the ice-cream stop with the line on a hot Tuesday.
Since the 1980s, researcher Don Keating has documented more than 36 reported Sasquatch sightings in and around the park, enough to earn Salt Fork a real, dated reputation and an annual Ohio Bigfoot Conference each May. A Bigfoot statue greets guests at the Wildlife Lounge entrance.
A 2,500-foot swimming beach inside Ohio's largest state park, plus a separate 400-foot boaters beach and three designated boat swim areas around the lake.