Buckeye Lake Historical Society: The museum is a vital part of Buckeye area area. Many school groups,
senior citizens are coming in now and they visit our local eating places.
We are open for groups anytime and open to the pubic from 1:00PM till 3:00 PM
Wed, Sat. Sun. Call: (740) 366-2029
The Dawes Arboretum is a non-profit private foundation engaged
in scientific education in horticulture, natural history, and
arboretum history. The arboretum is open from dawn to dusk every day
except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. Other holidays
from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Tours and classes available. Dawes is located
on S.R. 13 just north of I-70 near the east end of Buckeye Lake.
Call: (740) 323-2355
Devine Farms
began in 1992 with the purchase of a 96 acre farm on the National Road
located on Rt. 40 between SR 37 & 79 complete
with an 1890 farmhouse on the property. The farm is known
for pumpkins and fun activities from late September through
October every year. Squirrel corn and straw bales are
available year round. Call: 740-928-8320.
Flint Ridge State Memorial Park and Museum. The 5 square mile
park is open from May through October. Located on County Rd. 668,
2 miles north of I-70. Grounds are always open. The museum is open
Wednesday through Labor Day, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and weekends
Labor Day through October. (740) 787-2476
Moundbuilders State Memorial and Ohio Indian Art Museum. Located 9
miles north of I-70 on St. Rt. 79. An additional earthwork, the
Octagon Mound, is located on Parkview Rd. (21st St.) in Newark/Heath.
Grounds are always open. The museum is open
Wednesday through Labor Day, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and weekends
Labor Day through October. Call: (740) 344-1920
Black Hand Gorge is located just 9 miles east of Newark on
State Route 146 opening daily from daylight to dusk. You can journey
through time as you witness remnants of the Ohio Canal, which gave way
to the rairoads, and later, the "Electric Interurban" trolley cars
in the 1890's. Tracks of all three modes of travel still remain.
The National Heisey Glass Museum houses hundreds of Heisey
patterns produced by A.H. Heisey and Company from 1896 through 1957.
The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Closed on Mondays and Holidays. Located
in Veterans Park at 6th and Church Sts. Call: (740) 345-2932
The Old Canal Lock is located in Heath, Ohio on your way to
Newark via State Route 79. The old lock is famous because this is
where a golden shovel was used to break ground for the Ohio Erie
Canal. There is a monument there telling this story. State Route 79
follows much of the Old Ohio Canal bed or it crosses it in several
places with some of the old canal still visible. Today some of the
Ohio Canal has water in it north of Seller's Point and also some
along State Route 360. This particular part of the canal goes under
State Route 79 and supplies water to the Hebron Fish Hatchery.
Visitors can drive along the canal or many times people will fish in
the old canal. This canal connected Lake Erie at Cleveland with the
Ohio River in Portsmouth.
The National Trail Raceway (NHRA) is
located on Rt. 40 west of Rt. 37. Call: (740) 928-5706
The Web House Museum is open April through December on Thursday,
Friday and Sunday from 1-4 p.m. and by appointments. Located at 303
Granville St. in Newark. Call: (740) 345-8540 or (740) 345-4898
The Licking County Art Gallery is open Tuesday through Sunday,
1-4 p.m. Closed Mondays and holidays. Free Admission. Tours and
lectures available. Located at 391 Hudson Ave. in Newark.
Call: (740) 349-8031 or toll free 1-888-349-8031
