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Image:Nelsonkennedyledges2.jpg|<center>'''''[[Nelson Kennedy Ledges State Park]]''''',<br />water falling from rock formations</center> |
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Image:Strouds Run - Dow Lake 2|<center>'''''[[Strouds Run State Park]]''''',<br />Dow Lake</center> |
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Image:Van Buren Lake at Ohio's Van Buren State Park.JPG|<center>'''''[[Van Buren State Park (Ohio)]]''''',<br />Lake Van Buren</center> |
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Image:Mount-gilead-ohio-park.jpg| <center>'''''[[Mount Gilead State Park]]''''', pond in autumn''</center> |
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=== State Memorials === |
=== State Memorials === |
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Revision as of 23:41, 30 May 2007
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
- Belleville Locks and Dam
- Caesar Creek Dam (at Caesar Creek State Park)
- Tom Jenkins Dam (at Burr Oak State Park)
State Lands
State Parks
-
Nelson Kennedy Ledges State Park,
water falling from rock formations -
Strouds Run State Park,
Dow Lake -
Van Buren State Park (Ohio),
Lake Van Buren -
Mount Gilead State Park, pond in autumn
State Memorials
- Adena State Memorial
- Buckeye Furnace State Memorial
- Campbell Mound State Memorial
- Flint Ridge State Memorial
- Friends Meeting House State Memorial
- Fort Ancient State Memorial, Warren County
- Fort Hill State Memorial
- Glendower State Memorial, Warren County
- Leo Petroglyph State Memorial
- Miamisburg Mound State Memorial, Montgomery County
- Serpent Mound State Memorial
- Tarleton Cross Mound State Memorial
State Forests
- Blue Rock State Forest - 4,572 acres (19 km²)
- Brush Creek State Forest - ca. 12,000 acres (49 km²)
- Dean State Forest - 2,745 acres (10 km²)
- Fernwood State Forest - 2,107 acres (9 km²)
- Gifford State Forest - 320 acres (1.3 km²)
- Harrison State Forest - 1,345 acres (5 km²)
- Hocking State Forest - 9,374 acres (38 km²)
- Maumee State Forest - 3,068 acres (12 km²)
- Mohican-Memorial State Forest - 4,192 acres (17 km²)
- Perry State Forest - 4,567 acres (18 km²)
- Pike State Forest - 11,621 acres (47 km²)
- Richland Furnace State Forest - 2,343 acres (9 km²)
- Scioto Trail State Forest - 9,371 acres (38 km²)
- Shade River State Forest - 2,601 acres (11 km²)
- Shawnee State Forest - 59,603 acres (241 km²)
- Sunfish Creek State Forest - 637 acres (2.6 km²)
- Tar Hollow State Forest - 16,126 acres (65 km²)
- Waterloo State Forest (administered by Zaleski State Forest); Athens County
- Yellow Creek State Forest - 756 acres (3.1 km²)
- Zaleski State Forest - 26,313 acres (107 km²); Athens, Vinton, Perry Counties
State Wildlife Management Areas
- Acadia Cliffs Wildlife Area
- Fox Lake Wildlife Management Area
- Sunday Creek Wildlife Management Area
- Trimble Wildlife Management Area
- Waterloo Wildlife Research Station
State Nature Preserves
- Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve
- Conkles Hollow State Nature Preserve
- Marie J. Desonier State Nature Preserve
- Johnson Woods State Nature Preserve
- Lake Katharine State Nature Preserve
- Old Woman Creek State Nature Preserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve [1]
- Riddle State Nature Preserve
- Rockbridge State Nature Preserve
- Wahkeena Nature Preserve (managed by the Ohio Historical Society)
Metroparks
A number of regional park districts have been organized in Ohio:
- Cleveland Metroparks [2]
- Geauga County Park District [3]
- Metroparks, Serving Summit County [4]
- Lorain County Metroparks [5]
- Lake Metroparks [6]
- Five Rivers Metroparks (Dayton) [7]
- Metroparks of Butler County [8]
- Mill Creek MetroParks [9]
- Columbus and Franklin County MetroParks (Columbus) [10]
- Erie MetroParks [11]
- Toledo Metroparks [12]
Other significant local areas
- Strouds Ridge Preserve, City of Athens, Ohio
- Athens Conservancy preserves
References
- Art Weber. Ohio State Parks. Saginaw, Michigan: Glovebox Guidebooks, 1995. ISBN 1-881139-04-2.
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