List of Ohio State Nature Preserves
Appearance
The state of Ohio has a procedure for dedicating properties as state nature preserves through the Ohio Division of Natural Areas & Preserves. Some preserves are owned outright by the state, while others are owned by other agencies. Some are open to the public, and others are not.
State Nature Preserve | Acres | County |
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Acadia Cliffs State Nature Preserve | 112.5 | Athens |
Adams Lake Prairie Nature Preserve | 22.37 | Washington |
Audubon Islands Nature Preserve | 170 | Lucas |
Aurora Sanctuary State Nature Preserve | 164 | Portage |
Baker Woods State Nature Preserve | 47.3 | Mercer |
The Evans R. Beck Memorial Nature Preserve | 10.1 | Portage |
Betsch Fen Nature Preserve | 90.67 | Ross |
Bigelow Cemetery State Nature Preserve | 0.5 | Madison |
Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve | 956.5 | Licking |
Boch Hollow (Kessler) State Nature Preserve | 571.0283 | Hocking |
Bonnett Pond Bog State Nature Preserve | 16.52 | Holmes |
Boord State Nature Preserve | 126.704 | Washington |
Brown's Lake Bog State Nature Preserve | 99.16 | Wayne |
Burton Wetlands Nature Preserve | 276.5476 | Geauga |
Caesar Creek Gorge State Nature Preserve | 483.44 | Warren |
Louis W. Campbell Nature Preserve | 210.09 | Lucas |
Carmean Woods State Nature Preserve | 39.16 | Crawford |
Cedar Bog State Memorial | 426.5 | Champaign |
Chaparral State Nature Preserve | 66.67 | Adams |
Christmas Rocks State Nature Preserve | 553.68 | Fairfield |
Clear Creek Nature Preserve | 4769.21 | Hocking, Fairfield |
Clear Fork Gorge State Nature Preserve | 28.77 | Ashland |
The Clifton Gorge - John L. Rich Nature Preserve | 268.37 | Greene |
Collier State Nature Preserve | 114.86 | Seneca |
O.E. Anderson Compass Plant Prairie | 15.5 | Lawrence |
Conkles Hollow State Nature Preserve | 86.88 | Hocking |
Conneaut Swamp State Nature Preserve | 55.141 | Ashtabula |
Crabill Fen | 31.66 | Clark |
Cranberry Bog State Nature Preserve | 11 | Licking |
Crane Hollow Nature Preserve | 1491.525 | Hocking |
Crooked Run Nature Preserve | 77.51 | Clermont |
Dean A. Culberson State Nature Preserve | 279.56 | Clinton |
Daughmer Prairie Savannah State Nature Preserve | 33.656 | Crawford |
Davey Woods State Nature Preserve | 103.17 | Champaign |
Davis Memorial State Nature Preserve | 121.81 | Adams |
Marie J. Desonier Nature Preserve | 491.34 | Adams |
Drew Woods State Nature Preserve | 14.57 | Darke |
Dupont Marsh State Nature Preserve | 113.94 | Erie |
Eagle Creek Nature Preserve | 472.35 | Portage |
Emerald Hills State Nature Preserve | 78.68 | Belmont |
Erie Sand Barrens State Nature Preserve | 31.85 | Erie |
Flatiron Lake Bog Nature Preserve | 97.09 | Portage |
Forrest Woods Nature Preserve | 193.388 | Paulding |
Fowler Woods Nature Preserve | 187.069 | Richland |
Gahanna Woods Nature Preserve | 59.329 | Franklin |
John F. Gallagher Fen State Nature Preserve | 212.75 | Clark |
Goll Woods Nature Preserve | 320.64 | Fulton |
Goode Prairie State Nature Preserve | 28.43 | Miami |
Alice and George Gott State Nature Preserve | 44.92 | Portage |
Greenbelt Nature Preserve | 97.3 | Hamilton |
Greenville Falls | 79.45 | Miami |
Samuel Gross Memorial Woods Nature Preserve | 48.54 | Shelby |
Hach-Otis State Nature Preserve | 81.11 | Lake |
Halls Creek Woods State Nature Preserve | 218.71 | Warren |
Headlands Dunes State Nature Preserve | 25 | Lake |
J. Arthur Herrrick State Nature Preserve | 126.5 | Portage |
Hueston Woods Nature Preserve | 200 | Butler |
Edward F. Hutchins Nature Preserve | 206.48 | Delaware |
Irwin Prairie Nature Preserve | 226.467 | Lucas |
Jackson Bog State Nature Preserve | 63.382 | Stark |
Johnson Ridge | 208.43 | Adams |
Johnson Woods State Nature Preserve | 205.79 | Wayne |
Ka-ma-ma Prairie State Nature Preserve | 85.983 | Adams |
Karlo Fen | 14.6 | Summit |
Kendrick Woods State Nature Preserve | 159.24 | Allen |
Kent Bog State Nature Preserve | 41.69 | Portage |
Kessler Swamp State Nature Preserve | 20.315 | Hocking |
Kiser Lake Wetlands Nature Preserve | 51.29 | Champaign |
Kitty Todd Nature Preserve | 615.77 | Lucas |
Knox Woods | 29.83 | Knox |
Arthur Kyle State Nature Preserve | 81.86 | Mahoning |
Ladd Natural Bridge State Nature Preserve | 34.98 | Washington |
Lake Katharine State Nature Preserve | 2018.968 | Jackson |
Lakeside Daisy State Nature Preserve | 19.09 | Ottawa |
Lash's Bog State Nature Preserve | 59.543 | Stark |
Lawrence Woods State Nature Preserve | 1034.93 | Hardin |
Little Rocky Hollow Nature Preserve | 259.04 | Hocking |
Mantua Bog State Nature Preserve | 104.81 | Portage |
Marsh Wetlands State Nature Preserve | 152.28 | Portage |
William C. McCoy State Nature Preserve | 193.65 | Ashtabula |
McCracken Fen State Nature Preserve | 93.62 | Logan |
Mentor Marsh Nature Preserve | 672.85 | Lake |
Milford Center Railroad Prairie | 9.4 | Union |
Eugene & Henrietta Miller Nature Sanctuary | 86.02 | Highland |
Morris Woods State Nature Preserve | 107.21 | Licking |
Mud Lake Bog State Nature Preserve | 74.01 | Williams |
Myersville Fen State Nature Preserve | 27.24 | Summit |
Newberry Wildlife Sanctuary State Nature Preserve | 50.03 | Hamilton |
Kelleys Island North Pond State Nature Preserve | 50.79 | Erie |
North Shore Alvar State Nature Preserve | 2.08 | Erie |
Blanche Katharine Novak Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary State Nature Preserve | 149 | Portage |
Old Woman Creek State Nature Preserve | 570.81 | Erie |
Augusta - Anne Olsen State Nature Preserve | 132.13 | Huron |
David B. Owens Fen State Nature Preserve | 18.59 | Logan |
Pallister State Nature Preserve | 103.5563 | Ashtabula |
Pickerington Ponds Nature Preserve | 405.98 | Franklin |
Portage Lakes Wetlands | 5.86 | Summit |
Prairie Road Fen State Nature Preserve | 94.49 | Clark |
Raven Rock Nature Preserve | 95.27 | Scioto |
Rhododendron Cover State Nature Preserve | 74.98 | Fairfield |
Kleimaier Rododendron Hollow | 31.59 | Fairfield |
Wahkeena State Nature Preserve | 68.271 | Fairfield |
Dale and Jackie Riddle State Nature Preserve | 105.66 | Athens |
Rockbridge State Nature Preserve | 181.03 | Hocking |
Etawah Woods Nature Preserve | 1166.652 | Highland |
Rome State Nature Preserve | 104.842 | Ashtabula |
Rothenbuhler Woods Nature Preserve | 44.33 | Monroe |
Saltpetre Cave Nature Preserve | 14.249 | Hocking |
Scioto Brush Creek | 30.2 | Scioto |
Paul B. Sears Woods State Nature Preserve | 137.25 | Crawford |
Seymour Woods | 106 | Delaware |
Shallenberger Nature Preserve | 87.57 | Fairfield |
Sharon Woods Gorge State Nature Preserve | 20.86 | Hamilton |
Sheepskin Hollow State Nature Preserve | 453.176 | Columbiana |
Sheick Hollow Nature Preserve | 151 | Hocking |
Sheldon's Marsh State Nature Preserve | 472.48 | Erie |
Shoemaker State Nature Preserve | 22.394 | Adams |
Siegenthaler - Kaestner Esker State Nature Preserve | 36.88 | Champaign |
Smith Cemetery State Nature Preserve | 0.63 | Madison |
Spring Beauty Dell State Nature Preserve | 41.26 | Hamilton |
Spring Brook Sanctuary State Nature Preserve | 31.737 | Geauga |
Springville Marsh Nature Preserve | 201.37 | Seneca |
Stages Pond Nature Preserve | 177.99 | Pickaway |
Strait Creek Prairie Bluff Prairie Preserve | 136.96 | Adams, Pike |
Stratford Woods State Nature Preserve | 95.1 | Delaware |
Swamp Cottonwood | 20.52 | Medina |
Edward S. Thomas Scenic Nature Preserve | 319.88 | Franklin |
Tinkers Creek State Nature Preserve | 786 | Portage, Summit |
Travertine Fen State Nature Preserve | 21.88 | Greene |
Triangle Lake Bog | 61.13 | Portage |
Trillium Trails State Nature Preserve | 22.91 | Hamilton |
Walter A. Tucker Scenic Nature Preserve | 54.67 | Fairfield |
Charles A. Tummonds Scenic River Preserve | 85.67 | Portage |
Wardner - Perkins State Nature Preserve | 25.66 | Hamilton |
Robert A. Whipple State Nature Preserve | 269.671 | Adams |
White Pine Bog Forest Nature Preserve | 375.87 | Geauga |
Zimmerman Prairie | 3.48 | Greene |
References
[edit]- ^ "OHIO NATURAL AREAS AND PRESERVES WITH OHIO LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS" (PDF). Retrieved 3 November 2022.