Deersville

Plan Your Visit:

Deersville General Store

The General Store is located on Main Street. Main Street is the Historic District which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004, for its significant architecture of Gothic and Greek Revival.

 The Deersville General Store was built and operated as a church through the 1800s, converted to a hardware/general store in 1898, and has been in continuous operation since then!  You can buy groceries, fishing gear, sunscreen, T-shirts, and of course, ice cream!

Deersville Community Theatre

 The Deersville Community Players, the only community theater group in Harrison County, has been putting on productions since 1987. The theatre also hosts open-mike nights.

 Two Lakes to Enjoy

Two of the ten Lakes of the Muskingum Water Conservancy District are within two miles of Deersville.

Tappan Lake is the closest where you can enjoy fishing, swimming, power boating, canoeing and paddling about on Tappan Lake with a 399-horsepower limit.

There are many miles of trail around Tappan Lake including the Buckeye Trail. The BT enters the Tappan Lake area from the north from Willis Run Road, onto a shared equestrian trail. The trail crosses Rt 250 at the Tappan Lake Dam, following along the shoreline before turning into the woods toward the town of Deersville. Hiking trails are also located at Tappan Lake campground, which includes six miles of trails that form two loops that start and end at the campground.

Lake Clendening is about two miles from Deersville and is the largest undeveloped lake in Ohio with minimal shore development.  Award winning catfish have been caught here. Bass fishing tournaments are held on the lake in the spring.

The Buckeye Trail meanders around the entire Brushy Fork Bay of Lake Clendening, featuring many small ups and downs. The trail crosses Rt 799 in two locations, about 1.5 miles apart.  This can be used to create a loop hike on the trail of about 12 miles.

The Tappan-Moravian Trail Ohio Scenic Byway is a designated road route passing through the lake region and northern portions of Harrison County. The route loops around Tappan Lake, passing through Deersville and Feed Springs. The name of Feed Springs was the location where travelers stopped to water their animals. The Scenic Byway Trail was named for the Moravian missionaries David Zeisberger and John Heckewelder. The trail was a Delaware and Wyandot Indian route, used by the missionaries to establish settlements at Schoenbrunn, Gnadehutten and Port Washington during the 1770s.

Fishing & Hunting

Fishing & Hunting-public hunting and fishing are allowed where posted in the Muskingum Lakes Conservancy District, which includes deer, squirrel, turkey and waterfowl.

Places To Stay

There are three Airbnb houses within the village of Deersville if camping is not your preferred overnight accommodation.

Camping

Tappan Lake State Park Camping is available at the Tappan Lake Campground with more than 500 camp sites and 11 cabins, with a swimming beach, concession stand, and small general store.

Lake Clendening- there are 80 campsites available at the Lake Clendening Campground with RV, camper, and primitive sites.

 BTA Century Barn and Beall homestead-BTA members can camp for free at the BTA Century Barn and Beall homestead which is on the shore of Tappan Lake.  There are no amenities at the homestead, please recreate responsibility. Morel Fest is held every spring at the Century Barn.