List of protected areas of Ohio

This list of protected areas of Ohio includes national forest lands, Army Corps of Engineers areas, state parks, state forests, state nature preserves, state wildlife management areas, and other areas.

Federal Lands

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

National Park Service, Department of the Interior

State Lands

State Parks

Park Name	County or Counties	Area in acres	Area in km²
A. W. Marion State Park	Pickaway County	454	1.84
Adams Lake State Park	Adams County	96	0.39
Alum Creek State Park	Delaware County	8,017	32.44
Barkcamp State Park	Bellmont County	1,122	4.54
Beaver Creek State Park	Columbiana County	2,726	11.06
Blue Rock State Park	Muskingum County	337	1.36
Buck Creek State Park	Clark County	4,016	16.25
Buckeye Lake State Park	Fairfield County and Perry County	3,349	13.55
Burr Oak State Park	Athens and Morgan Counties	2593	10.49
Caesar Creek State Park	Warren, Clinton and Greene Counties	7,941	32.13
Catawba Island State Park	Ottawa County	677	2.73
Cleveland Lakefront State Park	Cuyahoga County	419	1.70
Cowan Lake State Park	Clinton County	1,775	7.18
Crane Creek State Park	Ottawa County	42	0.17
Deer Creek State Park	Madison County	3,564	14.35
Delaware State Park	Delaware County	3,016	12.20
Dillon State Park	Muskingum County	3,845	15.56
East Fork State Park	Clermont County	7,030	28.45
East Harbor State Park	Ottawa County	1,831	7.41
Findley State Park	Lorain County	931	3.77
Forked Run State Park	Meigs County	893	3.61
Geneva State Park	Ashtabula County	698	2.82
Grand Lake St. Marys State Park	Auglaize County	14,091	57.02
Great Seal State Park	Ross County	1,864	7.54
Guilford Lake State Park	Columbiana County	489	1.98
Harrison Lake State Park	Fulton County	247	1.00
Headlands Beach State Park	Lake County	120	0.48
Hocking Hills State Park	Hocking County	2,373	9.60
Hueston Woods State Park	Butler and Preble Counties	3596	14.55
Independence Dam State Park	Defiance County	591	2.39
Indian Lake State Park	Logan County	6,600	26.71
Jackson Lake State Park	Jackson County	349	1.41
Jefferson Lake State Park	Jefferson County	962	3.89
John Bryan State Park	Greene County	752	3.04
Kelleys Island State Park	Erie County	677	2.73
Kiser Lake State Park	Champaign County	927	3.75
Lake Alma State Park	Vinton County	352	1.42
Lake Hope State Park	Vinton County	3,103	12.56
Lake Logan State Park	Hocking County	718	2.91
Lake Loramie State Park	Auglaize County	2,062	8.34
Lake White State Park	Pike County	429	1.74
Little Miami State Park	Hamilton, Clermont, Warren and Greene Counties	707	2.86
Madison Lake State Park	Madison County	182	0.74
Malabar Farm State Park	Richland County	878	3.55
Mary Jane Thurston State Park	Henry County	591	2.39
Maumee Bay State Park	Lucas County	1,436	5.81
Mohican State Park	Ashland and Holmes Counties	1,115	4.51
Mosquito Lake State Park	Trumbull County	6,483	26.24
Mount Gilead State Park	Morrow County	181	0.73
Nelson Kennedy Ledges State Park	Portage County	167	0.67
Oak Point State Park	Ottawa County	677	2.73
Paint Creek State Park	Ross County	6,842	27.67
Pike Lake State Park	Ross County	600	2.43
Portage Lakes State Park	Summit County	2,475	10.02
Punderson State Park	Geauga County	891	3.61
Pymatuning State Park	Ashtabula County	3,512	14.21
Quail Hollow State Park	Stark County	703	2.84
Rocky Fork State Park	Highland County	3,464	14.02
Salt Fork State Park	Guernsey County	20,181	81.67
Scioto Trail State Park	Ross County	248	1.00
Shawnee State Park	Scioto County	1163	4.71
South Bass Island State Park	Ottawa County	677	2.73
Spiegel Grove State Park
Stonelick State Park	Clermont County	1,258	5.09
Strouds Run State Park	Athens County	2,606	10.54
Sycamore State Park	Montgomery County	2,389	9.67
Tar Hollow State Park	Hocking County	619	2.51
Tinker's Creek State Park	Geauga County	370	1.50
Van Buren State Park	Hancock County	296	1.20
West Branch State Park	Portage County	8,002	32.38
Wolf Run State Park	Noble County	1,266	5.12

Van Buren State Park (Ohio),
Lake Van Buren
Mount Gilead State Park, pond in autumn

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

Main article: List of Ohio 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
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

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
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
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
Columbus and Franklin County Metropolitan Park District
Erie MetroParks
Five Rivers Metroparks (Dayton)
Geauga County Park District
Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District
Lake Metroparks
Lorain County Metro Parks
Metro Parks, Serving Summit County
Metroparks of Butler County
Metroparks of the Toledo Area
Mill Creek MetroParks
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
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)

References

Art Weber. Ohio State Parks. Saginaw, Michigan: Glovebox Guidebooks, 1995. ISBN 1-881139-04-2.

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Ohio State Parks.

Protected areas of Ohio

Federal

National parks	Cuyahoga Valley

National historical parks and sites	Dayton Aviation Heritage NHP First Ladies NHS Hopewell Culture NHP James A. Garfield NHS William Howard Taft NHS

National Monuments	Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers

National memorials	David Berger Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial

National trails	North Country Trail

National forests	Wayne

National wildlife refuges	Cedar Point Ottawa West Sister Island

National estuarine research reserve	Old Woman Creek

National Natural Landmarks	Brown's Lake Bog Cedar Bog Dysart Woods Fort Hill State Memorial Glen Helen Nature Preserve Tinkers Creek Gorge

State

State parks	Adams Lake Alum Creek A. W. Marion Barkcamp Beaver Creek Blue Rock Buck Creek Buckeye Lake Burr Oak Caesar Creek Catawba Island Cleveland Lakefront Cowan Lake Deer Creek Delaware Dillon East Fork East Harbor Findley Forked Run Geneva Grand Lake St. Marys Great Seal Guilford Lake Harrison Lake Headlands Beach Hocking Hills Hueston Woods Independence Dam Indian Lake Jackson Lake Jefferson Lake John Bryan Kelleys Island Kiser Lake Lake Alma Lake Hope Lake Logan Lake Loramie Lake Milton Lake White Little Miami Madison Lake Malabar Farm Marblehead Lighthouse Mary Jane Thurston Middle Bass Island Maumee Bay Mohican Mosquito Lake Mt. Gilead Muskingum River Nelson Kennedy Ledges Paint Creek Pike Lake Portage Lakes Punderson Pymatuning Quail Hollow Rocky Fork Salt Fork Scioto Trail Shawnee South Bass Island Stonelick Strouds Run Sycamore Tar Hollow Tinkers Creek Van Buren West Branch Wingfoot Lake Wolf Run

State forests	Beaver Creek Blue Rock Brush Creek Dean Fernwood Gifford Harrison Hocking Maumee Mohican-Memorial Perry Pike Richland Furnace Scioto Trail Shade River Shawnee Sunfish Creek Tar Hollow Yellow Creek Zaleski

State nature preserves	Acadia Cliffs Adams Lake Prairie Audubon Islands Augusta-Anne Olsen Aurora Sanctuary Baker Woods Evans Beck Memorial Betsch Fen Bigelow Cemetery Blackhand Gorge Bonnet Pond Boord Brown's Lake Bog Burton Wetlands Caesar Creek Gorge Lou Campbell Carmean Woods Cedar Bog Chaparral Prairie Christmas Rocks Clear Creek Clear Fork Gorge Clifton Gorge Howard Collier Compass Plant Prairie Conkle's Hollow Copperrider-Kent Bog Crabill Fen Cranberry Bog Crane Hollow Crooked Run Culberson Woods Davey Woods Davis Memorial Marie J. Desonier Drew Woods Dupont Marsh Eagle Creek Emerald Hills Erie Sand Barrens Etawah Woods Flatiron Lake Bog Fowler Woods Frame Lake Fen Gahanna Woods Gallagher/Springfield Fen Goll Woods Goode Prairie Gott Fen Greenbelt Greenville Falls Gross Memorial Woods Hatch-Otis Halls Creek Headlands Dunes Hueston Woods Hutchins (Highland) Irwin Prairie Jackson Bog Johnson Ridge Johnson Woods Karlo Fen Kendrick Woods Kessler Swamp Kiser Lake Wetlands Kitty Todd Knox Woods Kyle Woods Ladd Natural Bridge Lake Katharine Lakeside Daisy Lawrence Woods Little Rocky Hollow Mantua Bog Marsh Wetlands McCracken Fen Mentor Marsh Milford Center Railroad Prairie Miller Morris Woods Mud Lake Bog Myersville Newberry North Pond North Shore Alvar Novak Sanctuary Old Woman Creek Owens/Liberty Fen Pallister Pickerington Ponds Portage Lakes Wetland Prairie Road Fen William C. McCoy Raven Rock Rhododendeon Cove Rockbridge Rome Rothenbuhler Woods Saltpetre Cave Sears Woods Seymour Woods Shallenberger Sharon Woods Gorge Sheepskin Hollow Sheick Hollow Sheldon Marsh Shoemaker Siegenthaler-Kaestner Esker Smith Cemetery Spring Beauty Dell Spring Brook Sanctuary Springville Marsh Stage's Pond Strait Creek Prairie Stratford Woods Swamp Cottonwood Edward Thomas Tinker's Creek Travertine Fen Triangle Lake Bog Trillium Trails Walter Tucker Tummonds Warder-Perkins Whipple White Pine Bog Forest Zimmerman Prairie

State scenic rivers	Big Darby Creek Chagrin River Conneaut Creek Cuyahoga River Grand River Greenville Creek Kokosing River Little Beaver Creek Little Darby Creek Little Miami River Maumee River Mohican River Olentangy River Sandusky River Stillwater River

Regional

Metro Parks	Ashtabula County Metroparks Cleveland Metroparks Columbus Metro Parks Erie MetroParks Five Rivers MetroParks Geauga Park District Hamilton County Park District Johnny Appleseed Metro Parks Lake Metroparks Lorain County Metro Parks Metroparks of Butler County Metro Parks, Serving Summit County Metroparks of the Toledo Area Mill Creek MetroParks Trumbull County MetroParks

Ohio Department of Natural Resources (web)

State of Ohio

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Insular areas	American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands

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