• Stay to the right
• Pass on the left - slow down and call out before passing
• Use caution at all intersections and obey all traffic signs
• Wear brightly colored clothes to alert motorists and hunters
• Respect private property and do not trespass
• Keep dogs leashed and curbed
• Carry out what you carry in
• Leave plants and flowers intact

• Mile 0--East State Street Recreation Area on East State Street in Athens
• Mile 4--West State Street ball fields on West State Street in Athens
• Mile 10.2--off of SR 682 in The Plains (limited parking)
• Mile 16.4--Robbins' Crossing/Hocking College on Hocking Parkway in Nelsonville

Chartered in 1804, Ohio University was the first university in the Northwest Territory. Nestled along the Hocking River, Ohio University boasts historic architecture, brick streets and tree-lined walkways. Today over 19,000 students are enrolled at the Athens campus.

Built in 1832 from bricks made on the farm, the Armitage House was originally a "bank" house, with the main entrance on the second floor. In the early 1900s, the Armitage family opened up two more rooms in the downstairs, and put in a central hall and stairway, furnace and bathroom. Water was supplied by a windmill-operated well that pumped water to a cistern on the hill behind the house. Gravity then carried the water to the house. Over the years, three families have lived in the house - the Armitage, the Balls, and the DePues.

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