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.

Federal lands

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

List of protected areas of Ohio is located in Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
List of protected areas of Ohio
Ohio State Parks (Hover mouse over pog to popup clickable link)
Name County Size Image Year established
acres km2
A. W. Marion State ParkPickaway4541.841950
Adams Lake State ParkAdams960.391950
Alum Creek State ParkDelaware8,01732.441974
Barkcamp State ParkBelmont1,1224.541955
Beaver Creek State ParkColumbiana2,72611.061949
Blue Rock State ParkMuskingum3371.361949
Buck Creek State ParkClark4,01616.251975
Buckeye Lake State ParkFairfield, Perry3,34913.551949
Burr Oak State ParkAthens, Morgan2,59310.491952
Caesar Creek State ParkWarren, Clinton, Greene7,94132.131978
Catawba Island State ParkOttawa6772.73Early 1950s
Cowan Lake State ParkClinton1,7757.181968
Deer Creek State ParkFayette, Pickaway3,56414.35
Delaware State ParkDelaware3,01612.201952
Dillon State ParkMuskingum3,84515.56
East Fork State ParkClermont7,03028.451978
East Harbor State ParkOttawa1,8317.411947
Findley State ParkLorain9313.77
Forked Run State ParkMeigs8933.611951
Geneva State ParkAshtabula6982.821964
Grand Lake St. Marys State ParkAuglaize14,09157.021949
Great Council State Park (scheduled to open 2023)Greene0.70.00282023
Great Seal State ParkRoss1,8647.54
Guilford Lake State ParkColumbiana4891.98
Harrison Lake State ParkFulton2471.001950
Headlands Beach State ParkLake1200.481953
Hocking Hills State ParkHocking2,3739.601924
Hueston Woods State ParkButler, Preble3,59614.551957
Independence Dam State ParkDefiance5912.391949
Indian Lake State ParkLogan6,60026.71
Jackson Lake State ParkJackson3491.411979
Jefferson Lake State ParkJefferson9623.89
Jesse Owens State ParkMorgan5,7352020
John Bryan State ParkGreene7523.041951
Kelleys Island State ParkErie6772.731956
Kiser Lake State ParkChampaign9273.751940
Lake Alma State ParkVinton3521.42
Lake Hope State ParkVinton3,10312.561937 (renamed in 1949)
Lake Logan State ParkHocking7182.911964
Lake Loramie State ParkAuglaize2,0628.341949
Lake Milton State ParkMahoning1,700
Lake White State ParkPike4291.74
Little Miami State ParkHamilton, Clermont, Warren, Greene7072.86
Madison Lake State ParkMadison1820.74
Malabar Farm State ParkRichland8783.55
Mary Jane Thurston State ParkHenry5912.39
Maumee Bay State ParkLucas1,4365.81Acquisition:1973, Established: 1975[1]
Middle Bass Island State ParkOttawa
Mohican State ParkAshland, Holmes1,1154.51
Mosquito Lake State ParkTrumbull6,48326.24
Mount Gilead State ParkMorrow1810.73
Muskingum River State Park
Nelson Kennedy Ledges State ParkPortage1670.67
Oak Point State ParkOttawa6772.73
Paint Creek State ParkRoss6,84227.67
Pike Lake State ParkRoss6002.43
Portage Lakes State ParkSummit2,47510.02
Punderson State ParkGeauga8913.61
Pymatuning State ParkAshtabula3,51214.21
Quail Hollow State ParkStark7032.84
Rocky Fork State ParkHighland3,46414.02
Salt Fork State ParkGuernsey20,18181.671960
Scioto Trail State ParkRoss2481.00
Shawnee State ParkScioto1,1634.71
South Bass Island State ParkOttawa6772.73
Spiegel Grove State ParkSandusky251873
Stonelick State ParkClermont1,2585.091948
Strouds Run State ParkAthens2,60610.541953
Sycamore State ParkMontgomery2,3899.67
Tar Hollow State ParkHocking6192.511949
Tinker's Creek State ParkGeauga3701.501973
Van Buren State ParkHancock2961.201950
West Branch State ParkPortage8,00232.381966
Wingfoot Lake State ParkPortage614
Wolf Run State ParkNoble1,2665.12Acquisition: 1963, Dedication: 1968

State memorials

State forests

State wildlife management areas

  • Cooper Hollow Wildlife Area (Jackson County)
  • 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

Metroparks

The Cleveland Metroparks' South Chagrin Reservation in autumn

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

Other significant local areas

References

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