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Miner's Memorial Park & Big Muskie's Bucket
State Historic Site · Ohio · Ohio Department of Natural Resources
- 1 named trails
Miner's Memorial Park & Big Muskie's Bucket is a state historic site in McConnelsville, Ohio, managed by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. The park sits within Jesse Owens State Park. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources describes it as a monument to the achievements of American Electric Power and its subsidiary Central Ohio Coal Company. The site's own listing gives its full name as Miner's Memorial Park & Big Muskie's Bucket, reflecting both the memorial grounds and the dragline bucket it preserves.
It suits visitors interested in the region's coal-mining history rather than those seeking extensive trail mileage or water recreation. This is a small, focused stop built around a single piece of industrial equipment and the story it tells, not a park for hiking or paddling. Ohio's Department of Natural Resources classifies the property under the agency designation of State Park, even as it functions here as a historic site anchored by a single industrial artifact.
Plan your visit
Trails
1 named routes 8.76 mi of walkable ways mapped within 2 km
- 0.46 T&A Trail
Know before you go
- Address
- 4470 State Route 78, McConnelsville, OH, 43756
- Phone
- (740) 453-4377
- Managed by
- Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Getting there
4470 State Route 78, McConnelsville, OH, 43756
Directions on Google Maps →On the ground
The centerpiece is the bucket from Big Muskie, the giant dragline once operated by Central Ohio Coal Company. Walkways around the bucket let visitors see the scale of the machine up close. The site lists nine day-use points of interest, giving visitors a handful of stops to work through in a short visit. The listing records no acreage of land or water at this location, underscoring that the site is a compact memorial rather than a landscape of trails and lakes.
Near the park, the T&A Trail covers 0.46 miles, a short named route for those who want to walk beyond the memorial itself. Beyond that named route, mapped ways in the surrounding area total 8.76 miles across 5 segments, though this reflects all walkable paths nearby rather than a maintained park trail system.
Practical notes
The park can be reached at 4470 State Route 78, McConnelsville, OH, 43756. Visitors can contact the site at (740) 453-4377. Additional information is available through the park's page on the Ohio Department of Natural Resources website.
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