Zanesville is a city in Ohio's Southeast Ohio region and is the county seat of Muskingum County.

Understand

Muskingum County Courthouse, built 1877 in a Second Empire architecture style.

Get in

By plane

Nearest major airport is in Columbus, 45 miles east.

• 1 Zanesville Municipal Airport. A General aviation airport (updated Dec 2018)

By car

• I 70 EW
• SR 40 EW
• SR 60/40 NS

By bus

Zanesville is served by Greyhound with routes from several cities in Ohio as well as a few long-distance routs.

• 1 Zanesville Main St Bus Terminal, 224 Main St. All Greyhound buses calls here, also serves as a hub for local and regional bus routes. (updated Mar 2021)

Get around

Local bus service is provided by SEAT.

See

Y Shaped Bridge

St. Nicholas Catholic Church, built in 1899.

Zanesville canal.

Downtown Zanesville has a number of historic buildings.

• 1 Prospect Place, 12150 Main St, Trinway, ☏ +1 740-221-4175. A 29 room mansion built by abolitionist George Willison Adams in 1856, served as a station on the Underground Railroad until the 1860s.  
• The Schultz Mansion, 441 Putnam Ave, ☏ +1 740-454-6851. Built in 1900, 26 rooms, 5 baths, 8 fireplaces. 
• 2 Y-Bridge. Historic Y-shaped three-way bridge (updated Mar 2021)
• 3 Zanesville Museum of Art, 620 Military Rd, ☏ +1 740 452 0741. (updated Mar 2021)
• 4 Muskingum College, ☏ +1 740-826-8211. (updated Nov 2018)
• 5 Ohio University Zanesville. (updated Nov 2018)
• 6 Muskingum County Courthouse. (updated Nov 2018)
• 7 Zane State College. (updated Nov 2018)

Churches

Zanesville has a number of historic churches.

• 8 St. Nicholas Catholic Church, 925 Main St. Built in 1899. (updated Mar 2021)
• 9 St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 130 N. 5th St. (updated Mar 2021)
• 10 St. John's Lutheran Church, 116 N 7th St. (updated Mar 2021)
• 11 St. James Episcopal Church, 155 N 6th St. (updated Mar 2021)

Do

• The Lorena Sternwheeler, Zanes Landing, ☏ +1-740-455-8883. Public excursions on the Muskingum River. (updated Jul 2022)
• 1 Zanes Landing Park, Market St. (updated Nov 2018)

Buy

Pottery and china have been manufactured here since pioneer times. There are numerous outlets for these products.

• 1 Colony Square Mall. (updated Nov 2018)

Eat

Mid-range

• Adornetto's, 2224 Maple Ave, ☏ +1 740-453-0789. Sells pizza and pasta (updated Nov 2018)

Drink

• 1 The Barn, 1947 Linden Ave (From 70, take the Underwood or 7th St exit. Go north on Underwood traveling over the Veterans Memorial Bridge. Take a Right on Linden Ave. The Barn will be on your left.), ☏ +1 740-455-2276. Sports Bar with ourdoor patio and several big screen TVs. On the weekends there are bands and/ or a DJ. Reasonably prices drinks and good food (updated Mar 2021)

Sleep

Budget

• Bakers Motel, 8855 East Pike, I-70 exit 160, 1+ 740-872-3232link title
• Econolodge, 135 N. 7th St, ☏ +1 740-452-4511. I-70 exit 155 
• Super 8, 2440 National Rd, ☏ +1 740-455-3124. I-70 exit 152. 

Connect

• 2 John McIntire Library, 220 N Fifth St, ☏ +1 740-453-0391. (updated Apr 2020)

Nearby

• Blue Rock State Park, 15 miles south.
• Dillon State Park, 12 miles northwest.

Muskingum County

• Muskingum River State Park, Muskingum County, near Zanesville, at Ellis Campground, 1390 Ellis Dam Road. At Lock 11, there are 20 campsites off State Route 60 and County Road 49, water, picnic tables, fire rings, pet camping, there are eight boaters-only, primitive campsites at Lock #5. Boats with unlimited horsepower motors, house boats, pontoon boats, canoes and rowboats travel the river. Public launch ramps, at Locks 4, 5, 6 and 11, private ramps located near Locks 2, 7 and 10. Picnic tables, grills, latrines, drinking water and ten locks on the river.

Mount Sterling

• Deer Creek Resort and Conference Center, 20635 Waterloo Road, Mt. Sterling (West of Zanesville). 3,100 acre retreat with lodge, rooms, cottages or historic Harding Cabin. Dining in a lakeview restaurant, marina, lake and golf course. Muskingum County west of Zanesville.

Go next

• Columbus
• Circleville

Routes through Zanesville

Columbus ← Hebron ←	W  E	→ Cambridge → Wheeling
Circleville ← Lancaster ←	W  E	→ Cambridge → Steubenville