Muskingum River Park

This area has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places and is recognized as the Muskingum River Navigation Historic District. In its day, the system of locks and dams that extends 112 miles through southeastern Ohio, helped open the state and the entire Midwest to trade and development. The Muskingum River, because of its size and location, has played an important role in Ohio's history. Its watershed drains 8,036 square miles, an area equal to 1/5 of the entire state. It remains the longest continually navigable river traversing Ohio, due to the series of locks and dams that date back to 1841.