Natural gas is provided by the Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. from Texas gas fields as well as from the Ohio and West Virginia fields. Private gas firms provide ample supplies of gas for manufacturing firms. Health protection here is excellent. One modern hospital serves a large portion of southeastern Ohio. This is the Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center.
Recreational facilities are excellent.
Salt Fork State Park has over 17,000 acres and a 3,000 acre lake. Also included is boating, camping, fishing, hunting, and horseback riding. Cambridge is one of the communities located in the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District. This is of real benefit to the community, not only from the standpoint of flood-control, the principal purpose, but also because of the many recreational facilities which have been developed, making available to all the inhabitants of the area, fishing, swimming, camping, and picnicking opportunities, as well as fine cottage sites.