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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- 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 include Mustapha Island.
Mustapha Island
Islet
Mustapha Island is a bar island on the Ohio River in Wood County, West Virginia. It is located upstream from the Ohio's confluence with the Hocking River at Hockingport, Ohio. Locally it is known as “Sager’s Island.”… Mustapha Island is situated 2 miles northeast of Hocking River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hockingport and Lee Creek.
Hockingport
Hamlet
Hockingport is a census-designated place in southeastern Troy Township, Athens County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 205.
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 located on County Route 11 near the Ohio River, 8.9 miles west-southwest of Parkersburg. 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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Satellite Map
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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 River”
- 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
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Whites Hollow and Hockingport Cemetery.
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