North Bend State Park | Ritchie County

Lauren Thomas
Nov 9, 2025
1 min read

Follow GPS to North Bend State Park, once you have entered the park grounds be on the lookout for Jughandle Day Use Area, you will pull into the Jughandle and immediately see the swing and some gravel parking options. For those who need handicap accessibility you could park close to the swing as the ground is flat, and pavers were added to make it more accessible. Highly recommend eating at the Restaurant at North Bend State Park, our lunch was DELICIOUS! While we were leaving the park we saw some horseback riders taking their photo at the swing, so I stopped and offered to take one of all four them together, the photo turned out pretty cool and I got to pet their beautiful horses.

Accessibility: 4/5

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View: 3/5

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Location: 4/5

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Level of Difficulty:

Easy

Overall: 4/5

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