Blue Creek Metropark
TypeConservation area
LocationWhitehouse, Ohio
Area678 acres (274 ha)[1]
Created2000[2]
Operated byMetroparks Toledo
OpenYear-round, 7 a.m. until dark daily[3]

Blue Creek Metropark is a park and conservation area in Whitehouse and Waterville Township, Ohio, owned by Metroparks Toledo and partially leased to the city of Whitehouse.[4]

The rustic area has a parking lot and a one-mile loop trail leading to a wetland and a quarry pond. Fishing is permitted in the pond. A temporary restroom is located in the parking lot.[5]

The park has exposed glacial striations dating back 12,000 years, formed when glaciers pushed granite over limestone.[4]

Exposed glacial striations at Blue Creek Metropark.

History

In the 18th century, the Wyandot, Potawatomi, Ottawa, and Chippewa lived on the land. By the 19th century, it was being used for quarrying limestone. This was the case until Toledo purchased the property in 1917 as the location of the Toledo House of Corrections, which was used until 1991.[5]

In 2019 the Ohio Department of Natural Resources installed a seismometer at the park to monitor the Bowling Green Fault Line.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Metroparks Toledo Agency Overview". Metroparks Toledo. Metroparks Toledo. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "A Rich History". Metroparks Toledo. Metroparks Toledo. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Rules and Regulations". Metroparks Toledo. Metroparks Toledo. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Blue Creek Metropark Highlights" (PDF). Metroparks Toledo. Metroparks Toledo. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  5. 1 2 Blue Creek Conservation Area -Metroparks of the Toledo Area Archived January 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Early warning: Toledo area gets new seismometer". Toledo Blade. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

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