List of protected areas of Ohio

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
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
Ohio State Parks (Hover mouse over pog to popup clickable link)
Name County Size Image Notes
acres km2
A. W. Marion State ParkPickaway4541.84
Adams Lake State ParkAdams960.39
Alum Creek State ParkDelaware8,01732.44
Barkcamp State ParkBelmont1,1224.54
Beaver Creek State ParkColumbiana2,72611.06
Blue Rock State ParkMuskingum3371.36
Buck Creek State ParkClark4,01616.25
Buckeye Lake State ParkFairfield, Perry3,34913.55
Burr Oak State ParkAthens, Morgan259310.49
Caesar Creek State ParkWarren, Clinton, Greene7,94132.13
Catawba Island State ParkOttawa6772.73
Cowan Lake State ParkClinton1,7757.18
Deer Creek State ParkFayette, Pickaway3,56414.35
Delaware State ParkDelaware3,01612.20
Dillon State ParkMuskingum3,84515.56
East Fork State ParkClermont7,03028.45
East Harbor State ParkOttawa1,8317.41
Findley State ParkLorain9313.77
Forked Run State ParkMeigs8933.61
Geneva State ParkAshtabula6982.82
Grand Lake St. Marys State ParkAuglaize14,09157.02
Great Seal State ParkRoss1,8647.54
Guilford Lake State ParkColumbiana4891.98
Harrison Lake State ParkFulton2471.00
Headlands Beach State ParkLake1200.48
Hocking Hills State ParkHocking2,3739.60
Hueston Woods State ParkButler, Preble359614.55
Independence Dam State ParkDefiance5912.39
Indian Lake State ParkLogan6,60026.71
Jackson Lake State ParkJackson3491.41
Jefferson Lake State ParkJefferson9623.89
John Bryan State ParkGreene7523.04
Kelleys Island State ParkErie6772.73
Kiser Lake State ParkChampaign9273.75
Lake Alma State ParkVinton3521.42
Lake Hope State ParkVinton3,10312.56
Lake Logan State ParkHocking7182.91
Lake Loramie State ParkAuglaize2,0628.34
Lake Milton State ParkMahoning1700
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 ParkLucas1,4365.81
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 ParkGuernsey20,18181.67
Scioto Trail State ParkRoss2481.00
Shawnee State ParkScioto11634.71
South Bass Island State ParkOttawa6772.73
Spiegel Grove State ParkSandusky25
Stonelick State ParkClermont1,2585.09
Strouds Run State ParkAthens2,60610.54
Sycamore State ParkMontgomery2,3899.67
Tar Hollow State ParkHocking6192.51
Tinker's Creek State ParkGeauga3701.50
Van Buren State ParkHancock2961.20
West Branch State ParkPortage8,00232.38
Wingfoot Lake State ParkPortage614
Wolf Run State ParkNoble1,2665.12

State memorials

State forests
Main article: List of Ohio state forests

State wildlife management areas
  • 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.
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