Hocking River
The Hocking River is a 102-mile-long right tributary of the Ohio River in southeastern Ohio in the United States. The Hocking flows mostly on the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau, but its headwaters are in a glaciated region.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Ohio, United States
- Also known as: “Big Hock-hocking River”, “Big Hockhocking River”, “Big Hocking River”, “Great Hock-hocking River”, “Great Hockhocking River”, “Hakhakkien River”, “Hock-Hocking River”, “Hockhocken River”, “Hockhocking River”, “Hockhoking River”, “Hocking Hocking River”, and “Hokhoking River”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Mustapha Island.
Mustapha Island
Islet
Mustapha Island is a bar island on the Ohio River in Wood County, West Virginia. Mustapha Island is situated 2 miles northeast of Hocking River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hockingport and Lee Creek.
Lee Creek
Hamlet
Lee Creek is an unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia, United States. Lee Creek is situated 2½ miles south of Hocking River.
New England
Hamlet
New England is an unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia, United States. New England is situated 3 miles northeast of Hocking River.
Hocking River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Athens, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.18424° or 39° 11′ 3″ north
Longitude
-81.7543° or 81° 45′ 16″ west
Elevation
587 feet (179 metres)
Open location code
86FW56MW+M7
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Hocking River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Hocking”
- Catalan: “Hocking”
- Cebuano: “Hocking River”
- Cebuano: “Wi’thakakkwathiipi”
- Chinese: “霍金河”
- Dutch: “Hocking River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر هوكينج”
- French: “Hocking”
- German: “Hocking River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Hocking”
- Japanese: “ホッキング川”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hocking River”
- Russian: “Хокинг”
- Venetian: “Hocking”
- Welsh: “Afon Hocking”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Eden and Youba.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Whites Hollow and Hockingport Cemetery.
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Worth a closer look: Columbus and Cincinnati.
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