Follow the water. Discover waterfalls, mossy ravines, and streams that shaped the sandstone cliffs of Hocking Hills.
Can You Read Nature? · National Parks
Waterfalls, winding trails, and ancient cliffs. Adventure is waiting around every bend.
Follow forest streams, soaring cliffs, hidden caves, and wild neighbors through a family field guide to Hocking Hills State Park.
Ages 5–14+Family nature bookArt by Katie Coffman
Read before you go see ten times more!
Hardcover
The keepsake for curious explorers
$29.95hardcover
- The perfect gift for curious kids
- A field guide for your next waterfall adventure
- Original art that makes wild science memorable
- $1 to Children and Nature Network
Ebook
The field guide you can take anywhere
$9.95instant download
- Your perfect park companion, see 10x more
- Kinder to the planet, nothing in a landfill
- Hocking Hills science shines on a screen
- $1 to Children and Nature Network
Instant deliveryEbook delivered by email
Free shippingOrders over $50
Secure checkoutPowered by Shopify
Gives back$1 supports nature
Look closer
Every spread reveals a new trail to explore.
Meet the trail neighbors. Look for woodland birds, salamanders, deer, and the small lives tucked into every corner of the forest.
Meet the artist
Katie Coffman
Artist, storyteller, and lover of Ohio’s wild places
“I wanted each page to feel like finding a new trail, a hidden waterfall, or a quiet place to wonder.”
Hello I'm Katie, the artist behind these illustrations. I am an illustrator and surface pattern designer. From an early age nature brought me peace and comfort and it is a recurrent theme in my work. You could often find me with my toes in the mud under the shade of a tree.
Our family has visited Hocking Hills so many times, it is now a favorite place of wonder and beauty for all of us. Hocking Hills was even where my husband and I had our first date.
Now a mother of five wonderful boys, I strive to encourage them to find as much enjoyment from nature as I do, and learn everything they can about our natural wonders.
I hope that these pictures help you hear the rush of the water, feel the cool darkness of the caves, and experience the rough beauty that Hocking Hills State Park has to offer!
Revisiting and sharing some of my favorite
locations through the illustration of this book has been amazing!
Katie’s illustrations invite families to slow down, look closer, and find adventure in the landscapes close to home.
About this book
What is inside
Explore Hocking Hills’ waterfalls, sandstone caves, forest trails, ravines, wildlife, changing seasons, conservation, and ten must-see experiences.
About the author
Narrated by Neil Rosen, children’s book author and founder of WildStork. Neil writes every book as an invitation to look closer, stay longer, and discover what families miss when they move too fast.
Reading level
Ages 5 to 14. Designed for the whole family, with lyrical storytelling and real science to share together.
Wear the wonder
Bring Hocking Hills home. Wear the adventure.
Pair the hardcover field guide with the matching Hocking Hills shirt for a gift that keeps the waterfalls and trails close long after the final page.
$59.92$79.90
Save $19.98
Choose your shirt option before adding both items to your cart.