Malabar Farm State Park

Park Map | Campground Map

State Park Lodging:

Camping  

• 15 non-electric sites 
• Fire rings, picnic tables, drinking water and latrines are offered

Trails

• 3 hiking trails
  • Doris Duke Woods Trail • 1 Mile • Easy
  • Jungle Brook Trail • 1 Mile • Easy
  • Butternut Trail • 1 Mile • Easy
• Bridle Trail • 11 Miles • Easy • Hiking is also permitted

Pugh Cabin  

• Pugh Cabin is a day-use facility for groups up to 50 people
• This building can be rented for meetings and group functions from 8:00 am - 11:00 pm • Reservations are required and can be made online or by calling 866-644-6727

Activity Facilities Quantity Resource Land, acres 875 Water, acres 3 Activities Fishing yes Hiking Trail, miles 12 Bridle Trails, miles 12 Picnicking yes Meeting Room yes Programs, All Year yes Winter Sledding yes Ice Skating yes Cross-Country Skiing yes Facilities Restaurant (3 season) yes Youth Hostel yes Camping Campsites 15 Pets Permitted yes Horsemen's Camp Sites yes

Guided Tours

• Malabar Farm reflects the agricultural tradition of Ohio while focusing on Louis Bromfield's life and philosophies.
• The 32-room Big House, designed by Bromfield and architect Louis Lamoreux, is a blend of Western Reserve architectural styles and was built to appear as if it had been added onto over the years
• Tours of the mansion, preserved just as Louis left it in 1956, are offered year-round
• Wagon tours of the farm are offered May through October • During the growing season, Malabar Farm offers educational tours of its vegetable garden
• There is a nominal fee for house and wagon tours
• Contact the park for hours and fees

Other Places to Visit:

• Malabar Farm Restaurant, located within the park, is a restored "stagecoach" inn built in 1820 • Today, the restaurant is state-owned and offers home-cooked meals, Tuesday through Sunday, year-round • The restaurant features many of the local and Malabar Farm raised products
• The Ceely Rose Play, a drama set in the rural Richland County countryside during 1896, will be performed in the restored 1896 timber frame barn in October • Tickets on sale now
• Malabar Farm Market, produce business operating at the park, revives the vegetable garden and spring-cooled roadside stand that Bromfield built in 1952 • Fresh produce is for sale Memorial Day weekend through October, and guided tours of the garden are available • Call 419-938-5000
• Nearby are Mohican State Park, Mohican Memorial State Forest, and Pleasant Hill Lake
• For information on attractions in Richland County including Kingwood Gardens, Renaissance Theatre and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course contact Mansfield/Richland County Convention and Visitor's Bureau, 52 Park Avenue West, Mansfield, Ohio 44902, 800-642-8282
• Malabar Farm's Youth Hostel, administered by the Hostel International Organization, is a traditional 19-bed hostel, offering simple dormitory-style accommodations • For reservations and information call (419) 892-2055 or visit www.hiayh.org
• Fowler Woods State Nature Preserve, north off State Route 13, is a mixture of mature beech-maple forest and swamp forest • Spring wildflowers are abundant • Visitation is during daylight hours only

Nearby Attractions

Mid Ohio Sport Car Race Course

Mansfield

MANSFIELD FIRE MUSEUM

Ohio Bird Sanctuary

THE OHIO STATE REFORMATORY

Malabar Farm Events

Area Attractions