Rock House in Hocking Hills State Park, Ohio Jul 31, 2023

Rock House in Hocking Hills State Park, Ohio

Ancient and beautiful, Rock House is the only true cave in Ohio"s Hocking Hills State Park. This corridor, halfway up a 150-foot cliff, was carved by erosion and has offered shelter to various dwellers over different periods. Long before European settlers arrived, the area"s Native American people are believed to have used Rock House as a refuge. Small recesses in the rock walls are thought to have been used as baking ovens, while troughs gouged in the cave"s floor helped them to collect water. The walls of Rock House have seven window-like openings, allowing sunlight to filter through, casting beautiful patterns inside the cave and offering cliffside views over the trees for generations of Rock House dwellers.

© Kenneth Keifer/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Jul 31, 2018Honoring the rangers on World Ranger Day
Jul 31, 2019Go climb a tree
Jul 31, 2020The Big Blue of the Sierra
Jul 31, 2021Fashion models of the avian world
Jul 31, 2022Noctilucent clouds
Jul 31, 2024Hoodoos, Sunset Point, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
Jul 31, 2025Ring-tailed lemur

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jan 12, 2022Take the Stairs Day
Apr 13, 2023Hitsujiyama Park, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Aug 29, 2021Notes from an underground lake
Apr 22, 202050 years of Earth Day
Oct 19, 2023Mekong River Delta, Long An, Vietnam
Nov 16, 2024Wadden Sea coast, Friesland, Netherlands
Oct 22, 2021Jasper Dark Sky Festival
Dec 25, 2023Merry Christmas!
Aug 15, 2023Piazza IX Aprile, Taormina, Sicily, Italy
Jul 2, 2018Keep watching the skies
Jun 8, 2025World Oceans Day
Jul 26, 2022Mangrove Conservation Day
Jul 19, 2024A young jaguar on a riverbank, Pantanal, Brazil
Mar 12, 2021Ringing in the new year at Teotihuacan
May 22, 2022International Day for Biological Diversity
May 4, 2023Star Wars Day
Nov 25, 2019The migrating monarchs of Michoacán
Feb 13, 2021Four little birds sitting in a tree…
Feb 7, 2019A wonder in winter
Jun 28, 2018A unique perspective from Italy’s ‘golden sands’
Dec 12, 2018The story of the poinsettia
Oct 8, 2022World Octopus Day
Nov 14, 2021First Cliff Walk
Sep 29, 2022World of WearableArt Awards
Nov 30, 2020A water loch-ed castle
Aug 16, 2024International Roller Coaster Day
Feb 20, 2018Buddha in the roots of a tree, Ayutthaya, Thailand
Jun 8, 2020A day for the oceans
May 9, 2021Happy Mother s Day!
Jul 25, 2020Going with the floe