Onsite Activities

• Badminton
• Basketball
• Cornhole
• Football
• Frisbee
• Horseshoes
• Tennis (rackets and balls are provided)

Hiking is one of our most popular activities, and with 40 miles of hiking trails (including a portion of Ohio's famous Buckeye Trail), you'll find something new at every turn. Learn more about the hiking trails at Burr Oak.

Burr Oak State Park is a great place to hunt. With over 1,800 acres of public hunting on the state park and thousands more in Morgan County, you're sure to find that big buck. Make your reservations now, and let us do the cooking!

Make Burr Oak Lodge your destination for the perfect fishing trip! Burr Oak Lake is known for its generous population of largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill, and catfish. Please be sure to arrive with a valid Ohio fishing license if you would like to fish. Fishing license can be purchased online. Burr Oak's personal fishing guide, Jeff Tipple, is our go-to person for a great fishing experience. Set up a guided fishing trip on Burr Oak Lake with Jeff online.

View the interactive fishing map.

Fishing from a belly boat is an ideal way to access hundreds of remote lakes with monster bass and crappie. Ohio Belly Boat Fishing guides offer year-round guides and can take groups from 1 to 6 people, ages 8+. They offer half-day, full-day and multi-day guided treks with all equipment available including the belly boat, waders, fins, rod, reel, tackle & instruction. It's a great way for a guest to have a great time fishing while visiting Burr Oak Lodge and Morgan county. To set up your guided trip, contact Ohio Belly Boat Fishing online or call 740-777-2579.

Hit the trails at nearby Smoke Rise Ranch. Prices vary by activity: take a trail ride from an hour to a full day or get your own lesson. For more information, visit them online or call Jeff Niese at 740-767-2624.

Be sure to take advantage of our basketball, tennis, beach volleyball, shuffleboard and horseshoe courts during your stay—and kids of all ages will want to check out our playground equipment. Need a ball? Simply check one out from the main office.

We are privileged to have a marina with four launch ramps. Here you'll find pontoon boats, canoes, kayaks, and motorboats available for rent, as well as seasonal dock space. Please note that our boating season runs from April 15 through October 15 each year. Give Skip Rickets a call at 740-767-3585 for more information.

Beautiful, sparkling Burr Oak Lake offers a public swimming beach with easy access to a bathhouse, showers, and a changing area. (Located across the lake from the lodge, on the west side)

Geocaching aficionados will delight in finding the caches hidden around the park. Stop by the front desk to rent a GPS device, or bring your own. Learn more and register for free at Geocaching.com.

Feel like roughing it? Burr Oak State Park has 93 family-friendly campsites on a campground furnished with showers, flushable toilets and (for 17 campsites) electricity. The campground also offers a youth group camp for retreats and scouting events, as well as a general group camp for small group outings. For more info on camping, call the State Office at 740-767-1259.

For just $3 a round, enjoy 9 holes of mini-golf at our course, located next to the new playground here at the lodge.

Disc golf is of our newest activities here at the park!

Open 7am - 11 pm daily for registered lodge and cabin guests only

Burr Oak Lodge features a large heated indoor pool with incredible views of the surrounding woods.

*Per Ohio state regulations, the indoor swimming pool is operating with a limited capacity temporarily.

Customize your family game night at Burr Oak Lodge with a variety of classic board and parlor games. Visit the front desk to check-out the complimentary games during your stay.

Learn about the common habitats found in Burr Oak State Park and about the many animals that call our state park home.