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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

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The Towpath Trail is a popular attraction of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park

National Park Service, Department of the Interior

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U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior

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Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense

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State lands

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State parks

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Ohio State Parks (Hover mouse over pog to popup clickable link)
Name County Size Image Year established
acres km2
A. W. Marion State Park Pickaway 454 1.84 1950
Adams Lake State Park Adams 96 0.39 1950
Alum Creek State Park Delaware 8,017 32.44 1974
Barkcamp State Park Belmont 1,122 4.54 1955
Beaver Creek State Park Columbiana 2,726 11.06 1949
Blue Rock State Park Muskingum 337 1.36 1949
Buck Creek State Park Clark 4,016 16.25 1975
Buckeye Lake State Park Fairfield, Perry 3,349 13.55 1949
Burr Oak State Park Athens, Morgan 2,593 10.49 1952
Caesar Creek State Park Warren, Clinton, Greene 7,941 32.13 1978
Catawba Island State Park Ottawa 677 2.73 Early 1950s
Cowan Lake State Park Clinton 1,775 7.18 1968
Deer Creek State Park Fayette, Pickaway 3,564 14.35
Delaware State Park Delaware 3,016 12.20 1952
Dillon State Park Muskingum 3,845 15.56 1961
East Fork State Park Clermont 7,030 28.45 1978
East Harbor State Park Ottawa 1,831 7.41 1947
Findley State Park Lorain 931 3.77
Forked Run State Park Meigs 893 3.61 1951
Geneva State Park Ashtabula 698 2.82 1964
Grand Lake St. Marys State Park Auglaize 14,091 57.02 1949
Great Council State Park (scheduled to open 2023) Greene 0.7 0.0028 2023
Great Seal State Park Ross 1,864 7.54
Guilford Lake State Park Columbiana 489 1.98
Harrison Lake State Park Fulton 247 1.00 1950
Headlands Beach State Park Lake 120 0.48 1953
Hocking Hills State Park Hocking 2,373 9.60 1924
Hueston Woods State Park Butler, Preble 3,596 14.55 1957
Independence Dam State Park Defiance 591 2.39 1949
Indian Lake State Park Logan 6,600 26.71
Jackson Lake State Park Jackson 349 1.41 1979
Jefferson Lake State Park Jefferson 962 3.89
Jesse Owens State Park Morgan 5,735 2020
John Bryan State Park Greene 752 3.04 1951
Kelleys Island State Park Erie 677 2.73 1956
Kiser Lake State Park Champaign 927 3.75 1940
Lake Alma State Park Vinton 352 1.42
Lake Hope State Park Vinton 3,103 12.56 1937 (renamed in 1949)
Lake Logan State Park Hocking 718 2.91 1964
Lake Loramie State Park Auglaize 2,062 8.34 1949
Lake Milton State Park Mahoning 1,700
Lake White State Park Pike 429 1.74
Little Miami State Park Hamilton, Clermont, Warren, Greene 707 2.86
Madison Lake State Park Madison 182 0.74
Malabar Farm State Park Richland 878 3.55
Mary Jane Thurston State Park Henry 591 2.39
Maumee Bay State Park Lucas 1,436 5.81 Acquisition:1973, Established: 1975[1]
Middle Bass Island State Park Ottawa
Mohican State Park Ashland, Holmes 1,115 4.51
Mosquito Lake State Park Trumbull 6,483 26.24
Mount Gilead State Park Morrow 181 0.73
Muskingum River State Park
Nelson Kennedy Ledges State Park Portage 167 0.67
Oak Point State Park Ottawa 677 2.73
Paint Creek State Park Ross 6,842 27.67
Pike Lake State Park Ross 600 2.43
Portage Lakes State Park Summit 2,475 10.02
Punderson State Park Geauga 891 3.61
Pymatuning State Park Ashtabula 3,512 14.21
Quail Hollow State Park Stark 703 2.84
Rocky Fork State Park Highland 3,464 14.02
Salt Fork State Park Guernsey 20,181 81.67 1960
Scioto Trail State Park Ross 248 1.00
Shawnee State Park Scioto 1,163 4.71
South Bass Island State Park Ottawa 677 2.73
Spiegel Grove State Park Sandusky 25 1873
Stonelick State Park Clermont 1,258 5.09 1948
Strouds Run State Park Athens 2,606 10.54 1953
Sycamore State Park Montgomery 2,389 9.67
Tar Hollow State Park Hocking 619 2.51 1949
Tinker's Creek State Park Geauga 370 1.50 1973
Van Buren State Park Hancock 296 1.20 1950
West Branch State Park Portage 8,002 32.38 1966
Wingfoot Lake State Park Portage 614
Wolf Run State Park Noble 1,266 5.12 Acquisition: 1963, Dedication: 1968

State memorials

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State forests

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State wildlife management areas

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State nature preserves

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Metroparks

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The Cleveland Metroparks' South Chagrin Reservation in autumn

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

Other significant local areas

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References

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  • 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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