List of protected areas of Ohio

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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.

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Federal lands

The Towpath Trail is a popular attraction of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath Trail Section.jpg
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

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

Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense

State lands

State parks

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Ohio State Parks (Hover mouse over pog to popup clickable link)
NameCountySizeImageYear established
acreskm2
A. W. Marion State Park Pickaway 4541.84 A.W. Marion State Park (43438292384).jpg 1950
Adams Lake State Park Adams 960.39 Adams lake trail.JPG 1950
Alum Creek State Park Delaware 8,01732.44 Alum Creek State Park fall colors.jpg 1974
Barkcamp State Park Belmont 1,1224.54 Barkcamp.JPG 1955
Beaver Creek State Park Columbiana 2,72611.06 Thomas J. Malone Covered Bridge.jpg 1949
Blue Rock State Park Muskingum 3371.36 Blue Rock State Park Cutler Lake beach.JPG 1949
Buck Creek State Park Clark 4,01616.25 Gfp-ohio-buck-creek-state-park-marina.jpg 1975
Buckeye Lake State Park Fairfield, Perry 3,34913.55 Buckeye Lake (47889406781).jpg 1949
Burr Oak State Park Athens, Morgan 2,59310.49 Burr Oak State Park.jpg 1952
Caesar Creek State Park Warren, Clinton, Greene 7,94132.13 Caesar Creek Lake from spillway.jpg 1978
Catawba Island State Park Ottawa 6772.73 Catawba Island from the air.jpg Early 1950s
Cowan Lake State Park Clinton 1,7757.18 Cowan lake-kmf.JPG 1968
Deer Creek State Park Fayette, Pickaway 3,56414.35 The Shack - Harding Cabin.jpg
Delaware State Park Delaware 3,01612.20 DSC 0355 (2)Delaware State Park.jpg 1952
Dillon State Park Muskingum 3,84515.56 Dillon State Park.jpg 1961
East Fork State Park Clermont 7,03028.45 ElkLickMound.JPG 1978
East Harbor State Park Ottawa 1,8317.41 East Harbor Lake Erie View.jpg 1947
Findley State Park Lorain 9313.77
Forked Run State Park Meigs 8933.611951
Geneva State Park Ashtabula 6982.82 Lighthouse P6300428.jpg 1964
Grand Lake St. Marys State Park Auglaize 14,09157.02 Grand Lake St. Marys sunset.jpg 1949
Great Council State Park Greene 0.70.00282023
Great Seal State Park Ross 1,8647.54
Guilford Lake State Park Columbiana 4891.98 Guilford Lake State Park.jpg
Harrison Lake State Park Fulton 2471.00 Picnic site at Harrison Lake State Park, Ohio.JPG 1950
Headlands Beach State Park Lake 1200.48 Headlands Beach (14231171650).jpg 1953
Hocking Hills State Park Hocking 2,3739.60 Ash cave, Hocking Hills (13899416054) (2).jpg 1924
Hueston Woods State Park Butler, Preble 3,59614.55 ActonLake.jpg 1957
Independence Dam State Park Defiance 5912.39 Maumee River 2.jpg 1949
Indian Lake State Park Logan 6,60026.71 Indian Lake State Park, Ohio (192786966).jpg
Jackson Lake State Park Jackson 3491.41 Jackson Lake from causeway.jpg 1979
Jefferson Lake State Park Jefferson 9623.89
Jesse Owens State Park Morgan 5,7352020
John Bryan State Park Greene 7523.04 Little Miami River through Clifton Gorge.JPG 1951
Kelleys Island State Park Erie 6772.73 Kelleys Island State Park Entrance.jpg 1956
Kiser Lake State Park Champaign 9273.75 Kiser Lake from the south.jpg 1940
Lake Alma State Park Vinton 3521.42 Lake Alma State Park (37452057571).jpg
Lake Hope State Park Vinton 3,10312.56 Hope furnace.JPG 1937 (renamed in 1949)
Lake Logan State Park Hocking 7182.91 Lake Logan State Park (43679589350).jpg 1964
Lake Loramie State Park Auglaize 2,0628.34 Lake Loramie.jpg 1949
Lake Milton State Park Mahoning 1,700
Lake White State Park Pike 4291.74 Lake white .jpg
Little Miami State Park Hamilton, Clermont, Warren, Greene 7072.86 Little Miami Scenic Trail, crossing Little Miami near Xenia, OH.jpg
Madison Lake State Park Madison 1820.74 Madison Lake State Park London Ohio.jpg
Malabar Farm State Park Richland 8783.55 Malabar Farm Big House.jpg
Mary Jane Thurston State Park Henry 5912.39 MJTSP quay in Damascus Township.jpg
Maumee Bay State Park Lucas 1,4365.81 P5250060 MaumeeBaySP NatureCtr (boardwalk).jpg Acquisition:1973, Established: 1975 [1]
Middle Bass Island State Park Ottawa
Mohican State Park Ashland, Holmes 1,1154.51 Covered Bridge at Mohican State Park - panoramio.jpg
Mosquito Lake State Park Trumbull 6,48326.24 Mosquito Creek Reservoir Ohio northward.jpg
Mount Gilead State Park Morrow 1810.73 Mount-gilead-ohio-park.jpg
Muskingum River State Park
Nelson Kennedy Ledges State Park Portage 1670.67 Nelson-Kennedy Ledges State Park.jpg
Oak Point State Park Ottawa 6772.73 Oak Point State Park.jpg
Paint Creek State Park Ross 6,84227.67 PCSP14.JPG
Pike Lake State Park Ross 6002.43 PikeLake3.JPG
Portage Lakes State Park Summit 2,47510.02 Portage lakes state park.jpg
Punderson State Park Geauga 8913.61 Punderson State Park.jpg
Pymatuning State Park Ashtabula 3,51214.21 Pymantuninglillypad.jpg
Quail Hollow State Park Stark 7032.84 Harry Bartlett Stewart Property.jpg
Rocky Fork State Park Highland 3,46414.02 RockyFork3.JPG
Salt Fork State Park Guernsey 20,18181.67 Hosack's Cave.jpg 1960
Scioto Trail State Park Ross 2481.00
Shawnee State Park Scioto 1,1634.71 ShawneeGolfCourseJuly2007.JPG
South Bass Island State Park Ottawa 6772.73
Spiegel Grove State Park Sandusky 25 Spiegel Grove (Rutherford B. Hayes Summer Home).jpg 1873
Stonelick State Park Clermont 1,2585.09 StonelickStatePark3.JPG 1948
Strouds Run State Park Athens 2,60610.54 Vistapoint.jpg 1953
Sycamore State Park Montgomery 2,3899.67 Wolf Creek.jpg
Tar Hollow State Park Hocking 6192.51 Tar Hollow State Park (48717221442).jpg 1949
Tinker's Creek State Park Geauga 3701.50 Autumn at Tinkers Creek (2919239393).jpg 1973
Van Buren State Park Hancock 2961.20 Picnic area at Ohio's Van Buren State Park.JPG 1950
West Branch State Park Portage 8,00232.38 West Branch State Park.jpg 1966
Wingfoot Lake State Park Portage 614 Wingfoot Lake State Park Sign.jpg
Wolf Run State Park Noble 1,2665.12Acquisition: 1963, Dedication: 1968

State memorials

State forests

State wildlife management areas

State nature preserves

Metroparks

The Cleveland Metroparks' South Chagrin Reservation in autumn South Chagrin Reservation.jpg
The Cleveland Metroparks' South Chagrin Reservation in autumn

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

Other significant local areas

References

  1. "Maumee Bay State Park" . Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  2. Krouse, Peter (April 14, 2023). "State designates 127 acres in Solon as state nature preserve". Cleveland.com. Retrieved April 16, 2023.