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[edit] The Towpath Trail is a popular attraction of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park ### National Park Service, Department of the Interior[edit] * Cuyahoga Valley National Park * Hopewell Culture National Historical Park ### U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture[edit] * Wayne National Forest ### U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior[edit] * 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[edit] * Belleville Locks and Dam * Caesar Creek Dam (at Caesar Creek State Park) * Tom Jenkins Dam (at Burr Oak State Park) ## State lands[edit] ### State parks[edit] class=notpageimage| Ohio State Parks (Hover mouse over pog to popup clickable link) Name | County | Size | Image | Year established | | | | acres | km2 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 | | 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 | | 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[edit] * 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[edit] 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 (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[edit] * 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[edit] * 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 * 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[edit] 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[edit] * 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[edit] * Art Weber. 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