Jackson (Ohio) - city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Ohio, United States

Jackson is a city and county seat of 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, 39.055°, -82.688°.
• Lake Alma, 39.145556°, -82.513889°.
• Leo Petroglyph, 39.149722°, -82.675833°. 2018-11-22
• Buckeye Furnace Covered Bridge. 2018-11-22
• Byer Covered Bridge. 2018-11-22
• Johnson Road Covered Bridge. 2018-11-22

Oak Hill

• Welsh-American Heritage Museum (Oak Hill Welsh Congregational Church), 412 E Main St, 38.8956°, -82.5692°. A museum for Americans of Welsh heritage. 2018-11-22
• Jefferson Furnace, 38.8933°, -82.5988°. This historic furnace made iron for the Civil War Ironclad, The Monitor. 2018-11-22

Do

• Jackson County Apple Festival. Held annually each September for a week.. 2018-11-22
• Lake Katharine State Nature Preserve, 39.085°, -82.675°. 2018-11-22

Buy

Eat

• Cardo's Pizza, 19 South Street, +1 740 286-2525. Best pizza and sandwiches in town. Plus a pizza buffet.
• Dakota's Roadhouse, 451 Mccarty Ln, +1 740 288-7427.
• Michael's Ice Cream, 223 E Main Street, +1 740 288-7577. 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, +1 740 384-6682. Wellston, OH
• Arch and Eddie's, 181 E Main Street, +1 740-577-3048.
• Toro Loco, 791 E Main Street, +1 740 288-7227. Very good Mexican food with a daily all-you-can-eat lunch buffet

Drink

• stockroom 601, 601 E Main Street, +1 740-440-2141. Occasional live music.
• The Corner Pub, 201 E Broadway Street, +1 740 286-4491.

Sleep

• Quality Inn, 605 E. Main Street, +1 740-395-0894.
• Days Inn of Jackson, 972 E. Main Street, +1 740 286-3464.
• Fairgreens Country Cabins, 601 Fairgreens Road, +1 740-286-0318.
• Red Roof Inn of Jackson, 1000 Acy Avenue, +1 740 288-1200.

Connect

• Jackson City Library, 21 Broadway St, +1 740-286-4111. 2018-12-08

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