Hell Hallow

HELL HOLLOW
As mentioned in The Hunter, Hell Hollow is a real place in Lake County, Ohio. It is a Lakes
Metro Park officially named Hell Hollow Wilderness Area.
At nearly 1,000 acres, Hell Hollow Wilderness Area has a high cliff top, a loop trail, and 262
timber steps that provide a dramatic descent to the creek valley. Paine Creek carved the more
than 100-foot-deep ravine thousands of years ago after glaciers retreated from Ohio.
This park offers impressive views of the 360-million-year-old Chagrin Shale cliff above a deep
river valley. The name Hell Hollow—according to all known accounts—simply refers to the
steep, rugged slopes that made it difficult to access and leave the “hollow.”