A Feature of Ohio's ForestsClear Fork Gorge was formed when glacial meltwater cut through the sandstone bedrock that forms its steep walls fourteen to twenty-four thousand years ago. The gorge is one thousand feet wide and over three hundred feet deep. Its seclusion has preserved a rare forest community that includes native white pine and towering eastern hemlock. A National Natural Landmark, the gorge displays a wide variety of other tree species more common throughout the state, with sycamore on the bottomlands, beech, ash, and tulip farther up the slope, and oak and maple on the ridges above. The gorge has changed little since pioneer legend Johnny Appleseed tended his apple orchards nearby.
|Series||This marker is part of the Ohio: Ohio Historical Society series|
|Placed By||Ohio Bicentennial Commission, The International Paper Company Foundation, and The Ohio Historical Society|
|Marker Condition||No reports yet|
|Date Added||Saturday, October 4th, 2014 at 12:26pm PDT -07:00|
|UTM (WGS84 Datum)||17T E 391163 N 4496349|
|Decimal Degrees||40.61080000, -82.28655000|
|Degrees and Decimal Minutes||N 40° 36.648', W 82° 17.193'|
|Degrees, Minutes and Seconds||40° 36' 38.88" N, 82° 17' 11.58" W|
|Driving Directions||Google Maps|
|Area Code(s)||419, 567|
|Closest Postal Address||At or near 1005-1099 Gorge Overlook, Perrysville OH 44864, US|
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