Phone (740) 366-4385 or visit GoCampingAmerica.com/lazyr.

Or make base camp at Dillon State Park in Nashport, where 183 of the 195 campsites have electricity. Families can rent a cabin or even a teepee!

Non-electric sites are primitive, walk-in only destinations. The park has a beach, boating, boat rentals, a wading pool and 17 miles of hiking trails. Three boat ramps provide angler access to some great fishing for largemouth bass, muskies, bluegills, crappies and catfish.

One unusual offering at Dillon State Park is the Sportsmen's Area, with lighted trap and skeet fields, a 100-yard rifle range and a 25-yard pistol range.

Call 1-866-644-6727 for reservations, or phone (740) 452-3529 for Sportsmen's Area information.

To cool off on a hot summer day, head north to Ye Olde Mill on route 13, one mile south of Utica. Velvet Ice Cream is created here. There's an ice cream parlor, visitor's center, mill museum and free factory tours. Call 1-800-589-5000, or visit Velvet-Icecream.com for details.

Visit the Hebron Fish Hatchery north of Buckeye Lake on Canal Road. This area, administered by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife, is open to the public. In addition to letting you see next year's fish stock, the area has ponds, trails and woodlots that provide bird watching opportunities for over 250 species.

Flint Ridge Museum and State Park is home to quarry pits where Ohio's ancient inhabitants came to get flint for making tools and weapons, and for trading. Touring this site helps you realize how hard people must have worked to remove flint from the earth.

The museum at Flint Ridge, built around a restored prehistoric quarry pit, demonstrates the digging and shaping of flint. A gift shop on site features flint as a gemstone in locally manufactured jewelry. There is a picnic area with grills available. Visit OhioHistory.org/places/flint.

The forest there is worth a visit on its own. Hikers will be rewarded with views of hardwood forest, wildflowers and wildlife. Call the Ohio Historical Society at (614) 297-2300.

While in Newark, be sure to drive past the seven-story Longaberger building, designed as a giant replica of a Longaberger Market Basket! It's just not something folks see every day and has been known to stop traffic out there on Route 16. Contact Longaberger Guest Relations at (740) 322-5588 for tour details and times.

Check out Blackhand Gorge. This 970-acre Newark attraction has hiking and biking trails, bird watching, canoeing and fishing! Check out the narrow east-west gorge cut by the Licking River through the famous Black Hand sandstone formation.

Fishing is allowed here in designated areas along the Licking River. Call (740) 763-4411, or for details on any of the state's nature preserves, visit OhioDnr.com/dnap.

Be sure to check out Mount Pleasant in nearby Lancaster, where a 250-foot rock outcropping overlooking the city was once used as a favorite Native American lookout. Hiking trails wind their way up to the top.

For more on historic Ohio, visit Square 13 on Main and Broad Streets in Lancaster. This square features 19 historic buildings, and a free pamphlet and walking-tour tapes are available through the Fairfield Heritage Association at 105 East Wheeling Street. Call (740) 653-8251.