Near Logan in Hocking County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Sphinx Head

— Hocking Hills State Park & Forest —

Photographed by J. J. Prats, June 25, 2019

1. Sphinx Head Tablet

Inscription. If you look downstream and up on the north wall you will see the distinctive face known as the “Sphinx Head” protruding and overseeing the plunge down to Lower Falls. The wind and water erosion has worked hard to produce this unique feature. Natural carvings appear throughout Hocking Hills State Park. With a little imagination you can find and name your own special place.

Many of the rock outcroppings are worked into fascinating shapes and if you look closely, they are covered with miniature life. Growing along the tiny cracks andmoist crevices are a wide variety of tiny plants. Plants such as sphagnum moss, lichens and several types of fungus find all they need to survive in the moist barren places in the park. Up to 15 types of ferns, such as Christmas or wood ferns, can be found in Old Man’s Cave alone! These small and delicate life forms are one of the many reasons we ask you to stay on the trail at all times while in the park.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Natural Features.

Location. 39° 25.978′ N, 82° 32.621′ W. Marker is near Logan, Ohio, in Hocking County. It can be reached from Ohio 664 Scenic. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Logan OH 43138, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Hocking Hills.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles

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of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Old Man’s Cave (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Old Man’s Cave (within shouting distance of this marker); Devil’s Bathtub (approx. ¼ mile away); Our Inspirations (approx. half a mile away); Whispering Cave (approx. 0.8 miles away); Cedar Falls Bent Bridge (approx. 1.3 miles away); Cedar Falls (approx. 1.4 miles away); Ash Cave (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Logan.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, June 25, 2019

2. Sphinx Head Tablet

Sphinx Head, Hocking Hills State Park, near Logan Ohio image. Click for full size.

By Yprahs (CC ) via Wikipedia Commons, August 21, 2009

3. Sphinx Head, Hocking Hills State Park, near Logan Ohio

Credits. This page was last revised on September 7, 2019. It was originally submitted on September 5, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 4,538 times since then and 260 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 5, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.