From the park's website:

Lake Logan is located in Hocking County in southeastern Ohio. This territory once belonged to the Wyandot Native Americans, who had a large village known as Oldtown on the Hocking River, located one mile north of Logan. Logan was established by Thomas Worthington in 1816 and named after the Mingo Chief, James John Logan.

The Hocking River provided sufficient water power for the operation of grist and sawmills, particularly at the falls above Logan. The town of Logan was slow to progress until the opening of the Hocking Canal, a branch of the Ohio-Erie Canal, in 1838. Several industries prospered due to the rich mineral resources of the Hocking Valley. The discovery of immense quantities of coal gave rise to a flourishing mining industry. Towns appeared and vanished as quickly as mines opened and closed.

It was soon found that iron ore could be extracted from the sandstone bedrock of the area. During the Civil War, Ohio’s iron industry reached its peak as the leading producer of iron for implements and weapons. No less than 46 furnaces were firing in Ohio’s six-county Hanging Rock Iron Region.

The clay soils of the Hocking Valley helped Ohio become a leader in clay products. The valley’s firebrick industry manufactured clay tile, building and paving bricks, and clay sewer pipe. Evidence of the industry can be seen in the many brick houses and abandoned kilns of the area. Clay is still an important commodity in the region.

Lake Logan was developed in 1955 for recreational purposes. The area was administered by the ODNR Division of Wildlife until 1964, when jurisdiction was transferred to the Division of Parks and Recreation. Originally known as Hocking Lake, the park was renamed Lake Logan to reflect the Native American heritage of the area and to avoid confusion with nearby Hocking Hills State Park and Forest.

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Lake Logan

Description

On Friday, December 8, 2023, one member of the Southeast Ohio Radio Adventure Team performed a successful activation of Lake Logan State Park in Ohio as part of the Parks on the Air (POTA; link) program.

While on his way to Newark to visit his parents, Eric McFadden, WD8RIF, stopped at the fishing peninsula on the east shore of Lake Logan to perform a quick activation.

Arriving at the fishing peninsula at about 1350 UTC, Eric found the area to be completely empty. Selecting an out-of-the-way place to park, Eric deployed his 28½' wire vertical on his 31' Jackite telescoping fiberglass mast on his drive-on base. Mounting his Elecraft KX3 on his car's dashboard, Eric was on the air at 1358 UTC.

Eric's station.

As at his previous activations of this park, Eric had good cell-signal at this location, and he would be able able to spot himself on POTA Spots (link) and to use POTA Spots to identify possible park-to-park (P2P) QSO opportunities.

Despite having S6 atmospheric noise on the band, Eric began his operation on 20m. Finding himself a frequency to run, Eric spotted himself to POTA Spots and began calling CQ. His first QSO came at 1400 UTC with NE5A in Oklahoma. Despite the high noise-floor, QSOs came very quickly, with Eric's seventeenth QSO coming at 1420 UTC with K5UNY in Texas. This run included QSOs with operators located in Oklahoma (2), Texas (5), Florida (3), New Mexico, New York, Mississippi, Georgia (2), Alabama, and Minnesota.

Eric finished his operation by checking POTA Spots for P2P QSO opportunities. At 1353 UTC he completed a P2P QSO on 20m with NS1C at Fort Revere Park State Park (K-8386) in Massachussetts. At 1357 UTC he completed a P2P QSO on 20m with WB0RLJ at Chalco Hills State Recreation Area (K-4011) in Nebraska.

Lake Logan.

In all, Eric made seventeen QSOs in just about twenty-two minutes of on-air time. All of Eric's QSOs were CW and were made with five watts output.

Eric also submitted his log to the World Wide Flora and Fauna in Amateur Radio (WWFF; link) program.

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