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Haught Run Campground Proposed to be Closed Permanently

Wayne National Forest might close the campground for good which could affect trails

Press Release

August 10, 2016

The Wayne National Forest proposes to decommission Haught Run Campground which will affect trails.Image Courtesy of Ohio Motorized Trails Association

The Wayne National Forest is considering the possibility of closing a Washington County campground permanently.

The Haught Run Campground, located in both Ludlow and Independence Townships, has been closed under an emergency order since 2014.

The U. S. Forest Service says that permanently closing the campground is needed in order to protect human health and safety. Officials say that erosion along a bank on a curve of the Little Muskingum River has made three of the four campsites unsafe to use.

If the campground is decommissioned, the section of the Covered Bridge Trail between Haught Run Campground and Shay Ridge Trail would also be closed.

Comments are being accepted on the proposal until August 25. If you would like to comment on the proposed closure, you may do so in any of the following ways:

By regular mail: send comments to Dawn McCarthy, Wayne National Forest, 13700 US Highway 33, Nelsonville, OH 45764.
By fax: send comments to (740) 753-0119
By email: send comments to comments-eastern-wayne-marietta@fs.fed.us
By phone: call (740) 753-0101 between 8 am and 4:30 pm Monday through Friday.