Arney Run Park

2340 Meister Rd SW
Lancaster, OH  43130

Open Year-Round, Dawn to Dusk

Mink Hollow Covered Bridge

1+ acres in Hocking Township in the southwest-central part of the county.

The site was acquired 1992 by donation from George and Miriam Jaschek.

Some of the activities you can enjoy at this park are viewing Mink Hollow Covered Bridge, birding and nature watching, photography, picnicking.

Mink Hollow Covered Bridge

The main feature of this park is this beautiful ‘house bridge’.  It was built in 1887 by Jacob R “Blue Jeans” Brandt using the multiple kingpost truss with a central X brace, is 54′ long plus 7′ overhangs at each end and sits over Arney Run (creek).

Borcher’s Mill was also called Oil Mill because it converted flax seed into linseed oil. The oil often floated atop of waters of Arney Run. So the bridge has also been referred to as Oil Mill Hollow Bridge.

Charles Goslin, a Fairfield County historian, argued to have the name changed because the bridge is located, not in Mink Hollow, but about five miles away in Oil Mill Hollow. The official name was changed to Mink Hollow Bridge Over Arney Run in Oil Mill Hollow Near the Borcher’s Mill. It is the longest name of any bridge in the US.

A restoration was completed in 1996.

Read more about our other covered bridges.