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The summit itself was behind a high fence as part of the Ohio Hi Point Vocational School. Fortunately I visited on a weekday and it was open. A wooden site pointed the highest point in Ohio but left you to use common sense to actually find it. Radio and water towers dominated the skyline. In between some locust trees, a concrete "X" literally marks the spot with the USGS marker nearby. A flag pole illuminated at night is nearby.

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Ohio: Campbell Hill

Time it just right to get to the top of this one.

By Joe Glickman, August 2004


The Peak: 1,550 feet

The biggest challenge in reaching the top of this not-so-airy spot on the campus of the Ohio Hi-Point Career Center is arriving when the fenced facility is open (it's shuttered Sundays and holidays). Once inside the former Air Force station, park near the flagpole and walk 50 yards up a hill to a brick concourse and a stone marked with an X. The view of the Cosmetology School is divine.

The Pride

According to the Highpointers Club, only three peaks are easier to scale. Nevertheless, Bellefontaine, home of America's first concrete street, is gripped by summit fever: Just outside the Hi-Point Career Center is the Hi-Point Church of Christ, a short drive from the overpriced Mountain Top Inn. Downtown, scores of yellow flags inscribed with "Peak of Ohio" line Main Street. On South Main, the grand "Highpoint Village" sign--which depicts a snow-capped mountain bathed in brilliant red light--towers over a sprawling shopping center.

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Nuf said.

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