Jackson (Ohio)

Jackson is a city in Jackson County, Southeast Ohio.

Get in

By car, Jackson is located just off of OH-32. Accessible from the north (Columbus area) by taking US-23 south through Circleville and Chillicothe , then taking US-35 towards Jackson. From the west (Cincinnati area) take OH-32 east.

By plane, the closest airports to Jackson are Port-Columbus International and Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Airport.

Get around

See

Hammertown Lake

• Hammertown Lake. 
• Lake Alma. 
• 🌍 Leo Petroglyph. (updated Nov 2018)
• 🌍 Buckeye Furnace Covered Bridge. (updated Nov 2018)
• Byer Covered Bridge. (updated Nov 2018)
• Johnson Road Covered Bridge. (updated Nov 2018)

Oak Hill

• 🌍 Welsh-American Heritage Museum (Oak Hill Welsh Congregational Church), 412 E Main St. A museum for Americans of Welsh heritage. (updated Nov 2018)
• 🌍 Jefferson Furnace. This historic furnace made iron for the Civil War Ironclad, The Monitor. (updated Nov 2018)

Do

The water tower painted to look like an apple.

Jackson Apple Festival

• Jackson County Apple Festival. Held annually each September for a week.. (updated Nov 2018)
• 🌍 Lake Katharine State Nature Preserve. (updated Nov 2018)

Buy

Eat

• Cardo's Pizza, 19 W South Street, ☎ [phone]. Best pizza and sandwiches in town. 
• Dakota's Roadhouse, 451 Mccarty Ln, ☎ [phone]. 
• Michael's Ice Cream, 223 E Main Street, ☎ [phone]. An old-fashioned ice cream parlor that's got the best ice cream in town. Be sure to try out a Jackson County Bubble or a Jackson County veal. 
• Pizza Pub & Patio, 1 W Broadway St, ☎ [phone]. Wellston, OH 
• The Colonial Restaurant, 181 E Main Street, ☎ [phone]. 
• Toro Loco, 791 E Main Street, ☎ [phone]. Very good Mexican food with a daily all-you-can-eat lunch buffet 

Drink

• Johnny's Sports Lounge, 601 E Main Street, ☎ [phone]. 
• The Corner Pub, 201 E Broadway Street, ☎ [phone]. 

Sleep

• Comfort Inn of Jackson, 605 E. Main Street, ☎ [phone]. 
• Days Inn of Jackson, 972 E. Main Street, ☎ [phone]. 
• Fairgreens Country Cabins, 601 Fairgreens Road, ☎ [phone]. 
• Knights Inn of Jackson, 404 Chillicothe Street, ☎ [phone]. 
• Red Roof Inn of Jackson, 1000 Acy Avenue, ☎ [phone]. 

Connect

Jackson Post Office

• Jackson City Library, 21 Broadway St, ☎ [phone]. (updated Dec 2018)

Go next

• Cincinnati, Ohio - appx. 2 hr drive
• Columbus, Ohio - appx. 1.5 hr drive
• Huntington, West Virginia - appx. 2 hr drive
• Charleston, West Virginia - appx. 3 hr drive
• Ashland, Kentucky - appx. 1.5 hr drive
• Portsmouth, Ohio - appx. 1 hr drive

Routes through Jackson

Dayton ← Chillicothe ←	W  E	→ Gallipolis → Charleston
Cincinnati ← Batavia ←	W  E	→ Athens → Parkersburg