List of protected areas of Ohio facts for kids

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Protected areas in the U.S. State of Ohio include national forest lands, Army Corps of Engineers areas, state parks, state forests, state nature preserves, state wildlife management areas, and other areas.

Federal lands
State lands
Metroparks
Other significant local areas

Federal lands

The Towpath Trail is a popular attraction of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park

National Park Service, Department of the Interior

U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture

Wayne National Forest

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior

Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge
- Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge
- West Sister Island National Wildlife Refuge

Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense

Belleville Locks and Dam
Caesar Creek Dam (at Caesar Creek State Park)
Tom Jenkins Dam (at Burr Oak State Park)

State lands

State parks

Name	County	Size		Image	Year established
Name	County	acres	km²	Image	Year established
A. W. Marion State Park	Pickaway	454	1.84		1950
Adams Lake State Park	Adams	96	0.39		1950
Alum Creek State Park	Delaware	8,017	32.44		1974
Barkcamp State Park	Belmont	1,122	4.54		1955
Beaver Creek State Park	Columbiana	2,726	11.06		1949
Blue Rock State Park	Muskingum	337	1.36		1949
Buck Creek State Park	Clark	4,016	16.25		1975
Buckeye Lake State Park	Fairfield, Perry	3,349	13.55		1949
Burr Oak State Park	Athens, Morgan	2,593	10.49		1952
Caesar Creek State Park	Warren, Clinton, Greene	7,941	32.13		1978
Catawba Island State Park	Ottawa	677	2.73		Early 1950s
Cowan Lake State Park	Clinton	1,775	7.18		1968
Deer Creek State Park	Fayette, Pickaway	3,564	14.35
Delaware State Park	Delaware	3,016	12.20		1952
Dillon State Park	Muskingum	3,845	15.56		1961
East Fork State Park	Clermont	7,030	28.45		1978
East Harbor State Park	Ottawa	1,831	7.41		1947
Findley State Park	Lorain	931	3.77
Forked Run State Park	Meigs	893	3.61		1951
Geneva State Park	Ashtabula	698	2.82		1964
Grand Lake St. Marys State Park	Auglaize	14,091	57.02		1949
Great Council State Park (scheduled to open 2023)	Greene	0.7	0.0028		2023
Great Seal State Park	Ross	1,864	7.54
Guilford Lake State Park	Columbiana	489	1.98
Harrison Lake State Park	Fulton	247	1.00		1950
Headlands Beach State Park	Lake	120	0.48		1953
Hocking Hills State Park	Hocking	2,373	9.60		1924
Hueston Woods State Park	Butler, Preble	3,596	14.55		1957
Independence Dam State Park	Defiance	591	2.39		1949
Indian Lake State Park	Logan	6,600	26.71
Jackson Lake State Park	Jackson	349	1.41		1979
Jefferson Lake State Park	Jefferson	962	3.89
Jesse Owens State Park	Morgan	5,735			2020
John Bryan State Park	Greene	752	3.04		1951
Kelleys Island State Park	Erie	677	2.73		1956
Kiser Lake State Park	Champaign	927	3.75		1940
Lake Alma State Park	Vinton	352	1.42
Lake Hope State Park	Vinton	3,103	12.56		1937 (renamed in 1949)
Lake Logan State Park	Hocking	718	2.91		1964
Lake Loramie State Park	Auglaize	2,062	8.34		1949
Lake Milton State Park	Mahoning	1,700
Lake White State Park	Pike	429	1.74
Little Miami State Park	Hamilton, Clermont, Warren, Greene	707	2.86
Madison Lake State Park	Madison	182	0.74
Malabar Farm State Park	Richland	878	3.55
Mary Jane Thurston State Park	Henry	591	2.39
Maumee Bay State Park	Lucas	1,436	5.81		Acquisition:1973, Established: 1975
Middle Bass Island State Park	Ottawa
Mohican State Park	Ashland, Holmes	1,115	4.51
Mosquito Lake State Park	Trumbull	6,483	26.24
Mount Gilead State Park	Morrow	181	0.73
Muskingum River State Park
Nelson Kennedy Ledges State Park	Portage	167	0.67
Oak Point State Park	Ottawa	677	2.73
Paint Creek State Park	Ross	6,842	27.67
Pike Lake State Park	Ross	600	2.43
Portage Lakes State Park	Summit	2,475	10.02
Punderson State Park	Geauga	891	3.61
Pymatuning State Park	Ashtabula	3,512	14.21
Quail Hollow State Park	Stark	703	2.84
Rocky Fork State Park	Highland	3,464	14.02
Salt Fork State Park	Guernsey	20,181	81.67		1960
Scioto Trail State Park	Ross	248	1.00
Shawnee State Park	Scioto	1,163	4.71
South Bass Island State Park	Ottawa	677	2.73
Spiegel Grove State Park	Sandusky	25			1873
Stonelick State Park	Clermont	1,258	5.09		1948
Strouds Run State Park	Athens	2,606	10.54		1953
Sycamore State Park	Montgomery	2,389	9.67
Tar Hollow State Park	Hocking	619	2.51		1949
Tinker's Creek State Park	Geauga	370	1.50		1973
Van Buren State Park	Hancock	296	1.20		1950
West Branch State Park	Portage	8,002	32.38		1966
Wingfoot Lake State Park	Portage	614
Wolf Run State Park	Noble	1,266	5.12		Acquisition: 1963, Dedication: 1968

State memorials

Adena State Memorial
Buckeye Furnace State Memorial
Campbell Mound State Memorial
Flint Ridge State Memorial
Friends Meeting House State Memorial
Fort Ancient State Memorial, Warren County
Fort Hill State Memorial
Glendower State Memorial, Warren County
Leo Petroglyph State Memorial
Miamisburg Mound State Memorial, Montgomery County
Serpent Mound State Memorial
Tarleton Cross Mound State Memorial

State forests

Blue Rock State Forest - 4,572 acres (19 km²)
Brush Creek State Forest - ca. 12,000 acres (49 km²)
Dean State Forest - 2,745 acres (10 km²)
Fernwood State Forest - 2,107 acres (9 km²)
Gifford State Forest - 320 acres (1.3 km²); Athens County
Harrison State Forest - 1,345 acres (5 km²)
Hocking State Forest - 9,374 acres (38 km²)
Maumee State Forest - 3,068 acres (12 km²)
Mohican-Memorial State Forest - 4,192 acres (17 km²); Ashland County
Perry State Forest - 4,567 acres (18 km²); Perry County
Pike State Forest - 11,621 acres (47 km²)
Richland Furnace State Forest - 2,343 acres (9 km²)
Scioto Trail State Forest - 9,371 acres (38 km²)
Shade River State Forest - 2,601 acres (11 km²); Meigs County
Shawnee State Forest - 59,603 acres (241 km²); Scioto and Adams Counties
Sunfish Creek State Forest - 637 acres (2.6 km²)
Tar Hollow State Forest - 16,126 acres (65 km²)
Vinton Furnace State Experimental Forest - 15,849 acres (64.14 km²)
Waterloo State Forest (administered by Zaleski State Forest); Athens County
Yellow Creek State Forest - 756 acres (3.1 km²)
Zaleski State Forest - 26,313 acres (107 km²); Athens and Vinton Counties

State wildlife management areas

Cooper Hollow Wildlife Area (Jackson County)
Fox Lake Wildlife Management Area (Athens County)
Highlandtown Wildlife Area (Columbiana County, Washington Township)
Milan State Wildlife Area
Sunday Creek Wildlife Management Area (Athens County)
Tiffin River Wildlife Area (Fulton County)
Trimble Wildlife Management Area (Athens County)
Turkey Ridge Wildlife Area (Vinton County)
Waterloo Wildlife Research Station (Athens County)
Wolf Creek Wildlife Management Area (Morgan County)

State nature preserves

Acadia Cliffs State Nature Preserve
Adams Lake Prairie State Nature Preserve
Audubon Islands State Nature Preserve
Aurora Sanctuary State Nature Preserve
Baker Woods State Nature Preserve
Bigelow Cemetery Prairie State Nature Preserve
Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve
Boord State Nature Preserve
Brown's Lake Bog State Nature Preserve
Burton Wetlands State Nature Preserve
Caesar Creek Gorge State Nature Preserve
Carmean Woods State Nature Preserve
Cedar Bog State Nature Preserve
Chaparral Prairie State Nature Preserve
Clear Creek State Nature Preserve
Clear Fork Gorge State Nature Preserve
Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve
Collier State Nature Preserve
Compass Plant Prairie State Nature Preserve
Conkle's Hollow State Nature Preserve
Conneaut Swamp State Nature Preserve
Cranberry Bog State Nature Preserve
Crooked Run State Nature Preserve
Culberson Woods State Nature Preserve
Davey Woods State Nature Preserve
Davis Memorial State Nature Preserve
Drew Woods State Nature Preserve
Dupont Marsh State Nature Preserve
Eagle Creek State Nature Preserve
Erie Sand Barrens State Nature Preserve
Fowler Woods State Nature Preserve
Gahanna Woods State Nature Preserve
Goll Woods State Nature Preserve
Goode Prairie State Nature Preserve
Greenville Falls State Nature Preserve
Gross Woods State Nature Preserve
Hach-Otis State Nature Preserve
Halls Creek Woods State Nature Preserve
Headlands Dunes State Nature Preserve
Herrick Fen State Nature Preserve
Hueston Woods State Nature Preserve
Hutchins (Highbanks) State Nature Preserve
Irwin Prairie State Nature Preserve
Jackson Bog State Nature Preserve
Johnson Ridge State Nature Preserve
Johnson Woods State Nature Preserve
Kendrick Woods State Nature Preserve
Kent (Cooperrider) Bog State Nature Preserve
Kessler Swamp State Nature Preserve
Kiser Lake Wetlands State Nature Preserve
Kitty Todd State Nature Preserve
Knox Woods State Nature Preserve
Kyle Woods State Nature Preserve
Lake Katharine State Nature Preserve
Lakeside Daisy State Nature Preserve
Lawrence Woods State Nature Preserve
Lou Campbell State Nature Preserve
Mantua Bog State Nature Preserve
Marie J. Desonier State Nature Preserve
Marsh Wetlands State Nature Preserve
Mentor Marsh State Nature Preserve
Milford Center Prairie State Nature Preserve
Morris Woods State Nature Preserve
North Pond State Nature Preserve
North Shore Alvar State Nature Preserve
Novak State Nature Preserve
Old Woman Creek State Nature Preserve
Olsen (Augusta-Anne) State Nature Preserve
Pickerington Ponds State Nature Preserve
Portage Lakes Wetland State Nature Preserve
Riddle State Nature Preserve
Rockbridge State Nature Preserve
Sears Woods State Nature Preserve
Seymour Woods State Nature Preserve
Shallenberger State Nature Preserve
Sharon Woods Gorge State Nature Preserve
Sheepskin Hollow State Nature Preserve
Sheldon Marsh State Nature Preserve
Shoemaker State Nature Preserve
Siegenthaler-Kaestner Esker State Nature Preserve
Smith Cemetery Prairie State Nature Preserve
Solon Woods State Nature Preserve
Springville Marsh State Nature Preserve
Stage's Pond State Nature Preserve
Stratford Woods State Nature Preserve
Swamp Cottonwood State Nature Preserve
Thomas (Sharon Woods) State Nature Preserve
Tinker's Creek State Nature Preserve
Triangle Lake Bog State Nature Preserve
Tucker (Blacklick) State Nature Preserve
Tummonds State Nature Preserve
Wahkeena State Nature Preserve
Whipple State Nature Preserve
Zimmerman Prairie State Nature Preserve

Metroparks

The Cleveland Metroparks' South Chagrin Reservation in autumn

A number of regional park districts have been organized in Ohio:

Cleveland Metroparks [1]
Columbus and Franklin County Metropolitan Park District [2]
Erie MetroParks [3]
Five Rivers Metroparks (Dayton) [4]
Geauga County Park District [5]
Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District [6]
Lake Metroparks [7]
Stark County Park District
Tuscarawas County Park Department
Lorain County Metro Parks [8]
Metro Parks, Serving Summit County [9]
MetroParks of Butler County [10]
Metroparks of the Toledo Area [11]
Mill Creek MetroParks [12]
Great Parks of Hamilton County

Other significant local areas

Arc of Appalachia
Athens Conservancy preserves, in Athens County, Ohio
Crane Hollow Nature Preserve, Hocking County, Ohio
Edge of Appalachia Preserve, in Adams County, Ohio
Highlands Sanctuary, centered in Highland County, Ohio
Moonville Rail-Trail, a rail-trail in Athens and Vinton Counties
Strouds Ridge Preserve, City of Athens, Ohio
Trimble Community Forest in Athens County, Ohio
The Wilds (Muskingum County, Ohio)

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