Everything worth doing.Within 20 minutes.

A working vineyard and tavern about twenty minutes from the lake, with a patio overlooking Cambridge, a full dinner menu, and two hiking trails on the property.

The lodge's main dining room at Salt Fork — a high-ceilinged, rustic space with historic murals and floor-to-ceiling views over the lake. Open to the public for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with weekend specials.

The lodge's bar, seating 105, known for its pizza — open year-round starting at 4pm, with a Bigfoot statue greeting guests at the entrance.

A craft brewery in a pet-friendly country setting outside Cambridge, about twenty minutes from the lake, with rotating food trucks and small-batch beers including a Salt Fork Sour named for the lake.

Fourteen hiking trails through Ohio's largest state park, including a stretch of the statewide Buckeye Trail, the 8-mile Red Loop, and shorter walks to Hosak's Cave and the Stone House ruins.

One of the park's two seasonal marinas, with two launch areas — tritoon and fishing boat rentals by the hour or day, April through October, run by Great Ohio Lodges.

The park's other seasonal marina — 11-passenger tritoons, fishing boats, and kayaks, part of 469 total rental docks across both marinas, April through October.

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 downtown Cambridge museum holding over 10,000 pieces of glassware in more than 40 colors, made by the Cambridge Glass Company between 1902 and 1958 — the industry that put the town on the map. Open April through October.

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.