Lower Sheepskin Hollow Falls
Columbiana County, Ohio
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- 15 ft (4.6 m)
- Location
- Columbiana County, Ohio
- Access status
- Partial guide: no trail or parking area; route uses an old rail bed of unstated ownership and a creek walk
- The walk
- About 1/2 mile on the old rail bed, then about 1/4 mile up the creek with no trail
- Ground & access
- Level rail bed with old spikes, a steep scramble into the hollow, then creek walking with several crossings. Difficult in high water.
The lower falls in Sheepskin Hollow is a 15-foot plunge that you can walk behind, in Sheepskin Hollow State Nature Preserve near the Pennsylvania line. Ohio DNR says the preserve has no trail system and no restrooms, and pets are not permitted. Go Waterfalling describes parking beside the railroad underpass on Pancake-Clarkson Road, climbing to the abandoned rail bed and walking south about half a mile, then a steep scramble down into the hollow and a quarter mile up the creek with several crossings. The sources do not say who owns the old rail bed.
Plan your visit
Roadside parking by the old railroad underpass on Pancake-Clarkson Road, south along the abandoned railroad bed about half a mile, then down into Sheepskin Hollow and up the creek to the lower falls
Go Waterfalling gives a half mile along the old rail bed and a quarter mile up the creek to the falls.
Level rail bed with old spikes, a steep scramble into the hollow, then creek walking with several crossings. Difficult in high water.
Where to start
Room on the right side of Pancake-Clarkson Road at the railroad underpass. No parking area or sign.
Timing & water
Open 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset. Flow is low except after rain.
Before you go
No fee or reservation is mentioned.
Visitor informationVisit sources
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