List of Ohio State Nature Preserves
The state of Ohio has a procedure for dedicating properties as state nature preserves through the Ohio Division of Natural Areas & Preserves. Some preserves are owned outright by the state, while others are owned by other agencies. Some are open to the public, and others are not.
List of Ohio State Nature Preserves [1][edit]
| State Nature Preserve | Acres | County |
|---|---|---|
| Acadia Cliffs State Nature Preserve | 112.5 | Athens |
| Adams Lake Prairie Nature Preserve | 22.37 | Washington |
| Audubon Islands Nature Preserve | 170 | Lucas |
| Aurora Sanctuary State Nature Preserve | 164 | Portage |
| Baker Woods State Nature Preserve | 47.3 | Mercer |
| The Evans R. Beck Memorial Nature Preserve | 10.1 | Portage |
| Betsch Fen Nature Preserve | 90.67 | Ross |
| Bigelow Cemetery State Nature Preserve | 0.5 | Madison |
| Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve | 956.5 | Licking |
| Boch Hollow (Kessler) State Nature Preserve | 571.0283 | Hocking |
| Bonnett Pond Bog State Nature Preserve | 16.52 | Holmes |
| Boord State Nature Preserve | 126.704 | Washington |
| Brown's Lake Bog State Nature Preserve | 99.16 | Wayne |
| Burton Wetlands Nature Preserve | 276.5476 | Geauga |
| Caesar Creek Gorge State Nature Preserve | 483.44 | Warren |
| Louis W. Campbell Nature Preserve | 210.09 | Lucas |
| Carmean Woods State Nature Preserve | 39.16 | Crawford |
| Cedar Bog State Memorial | 426.5 | Champaign |
| Chaparral State Nature Preserve | 66.67 | Adams |
| Christmas Rocks State Nature Preserve | 553.68 | Fairfield |
| Clear Creek Nature Preserve | 4769.21 | Hocking, Fairfield |
| Clear Fork Gorge State Nature Preserve | 28.77 | Ashland |
| The Clifton Gorge - John L. Rich Nature Preserve | 268.37 | Greene |
| Collier State Nature Preserve | 114.86 | Seneca |
| O.E. Anderson Compass Plant Prairie | 15.5 | Lawrence |
| Conkles Hollow State Nature Preserve | 86.88 | Hocking |
| Conneaut Swamp State Nature Preserve | 55.141 | Ashtabula |
| Crabill Fen | 31.66 | Clark |
| Cranberry Bog State Nature Preserve | 11 | Licking |
| Crane Hollow Nature Preserve | 1491.525 | Hocking |
| Crooked Run Nature Preserve | 77.51 | Clermont |
| Dean A. Culberson State Nature Preserve | 279.56 | Clinton |
| Daughmer Prairie Savannah State Nature Preserve | 33.656 | Crawford |
| Davey Woods State Nature Preserve | 103.17 | Champaign |
| Davis Memorial State Nature Preserve | 121.81 | Adams |
| Marie J. Desonier Nature Preserve | 491.34 | Adams |
| Drew Woods State Nature Preserve | 14.57 | Darke |
| Dupont Marsh State Nature Preserve | 113.94 | Erie |
| Eagle Creek Nature Preserve | 472.35 | Portage |
| Emerald Hills State Nature Preserve | 78.68 | Belmont |
| Erie Sand Barrens State Nature Preserve | 31.85 | Erie |
| Flatiron Lake Bog Nature Preserve | 97.09 | Portage |
| Forrest Woods Nature Preserve | 193.388 | Paulding |
| Fowler Woods Nature Preserve | 187.069 | Richland |
| Gahanna Woods Nature Preserve | 59.329 | Franklin |
| John F. Gallagher Fen State Nature Preserve | 212.75 | Clark |
| Goll Woods Nature Preserve | 320.64 | Fulton |
| Goode Prairie State Nature Preserve | 28.43 | Miami |
| Alice and George Gott State Nature Preserve | 44.92 | Portage |
| Greenbelt Nature Preserve | 97.3 | Hamilton |
| Greenville Falls | 79.45 | Miami |
| Samuel Gross Memorial Woods Nature Preserve | 48.54 | Shelby |
| Hach-Otis State Nature Preserve | 81.11 | Lake |
| Halls Creek Woods State Nature Preserve | 218.71 | Warren |
| Headlands Dunes State Nature Preserve | 25 | Lake |
| J. Arthur Herrrick State Nature Preserve | 126.5 | Portage |
| Hueston Woods Nature Preserve | 200 | Butler |
| Edward F. Hutchins Nature Preserve | 206.48 | Delaware |
| Irwin Prairie Nature Preserve | 226.467 | Lucas |
| Jackson Bog State Nature Preserve | 63.382 | Stark |
| Johnson Ridge | 208.43 | Adams |
| Johnson Woods State Nature Preserve | 205.79 | Wayne |
| Ka-ma-ma Prairie State Nature Preserve | 85.983 | Adams |
| Karlo Fen | 14.6 | Summit |
| Kendrick Woods State Nature Preserve | 159.24 | Allen |
| Kent Bog State Nature Preserve | 41.69 | Portage |
| Kessler Swamp State Nature Preserve | 20.315 | Hocking |
| Kiser Lake Wetlands Nature Preserve | 51.29 | Champaign |
| Kitty Todd Nature Preserve | 615.77 | Lucas |
| Knox Woods | 29.83 | Knox |
| Arthur Kyle State Nature Preserve | 81.86 | Mahoning |
| Ladd Natural Bridge State Nature Preserve | 34.98 | Washington |
| Lake Katharine State Nature Preserve | 2018.968 | Jackson |
| Lakeside Daisy State Nature Preserve | 19.09 | Ottawa |
| Lash's Bog State Nature Preserve | 59.543 | Stark |
| Lawrence Woods State Nature Preserve | 1034.93 | Hardin |
| Little Rocky Hollow Nature Preserve | 259.04 | Hocking |
| Mantua Bog State Nature Preserve | 104.81 | Portage |
| Marsh Wetlands State Nature Preserve | 152.28 | Portage |
| William C. McCoy State Nature Preserve | 193.65 | Ashtabula |
| McCracken Fen State Nature Preserve | 93.62 | Logan |
| Mentor Marsh Nature Preserve | 672.85 | Lake |
| Milford Center Railroad Prairie | 9.4 | Union |
| Eugene & Henrietta Miller Nature Sanctuary | 86.02 | Highland |
| Morris Woods State Nature Preserve | 107.21 | Licking |
| Mud Lake Bog State Nature Preserve | 74.01 | Williams |
| Myersville Fen State Nature Preserve | 27.24 | Summit |
| Newberry Wildlife Sanctuary State Nature Preserve | 50.03 | Hamilton |
| Kelleys Island North Pond State Nature Preserve | 50.79 | Erie |
| North Shore Alvar State Nature Preserve | 2.08 | Erie |
| Blanche Katharine Novak Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary State Nature Preserve | 149 | Portage |
| Old Woman Creek State Nature Preserve | 570.81 | Erie |
| Augusta - Anne Olsen State Nature Preserve | 132.13 | Huron |
| David B. Owens Fen State Nature Preserve | 18.59 | Logan |
| Pallister State Nature Preserve | 103.5563 | Ashtabula |
| Pickerington Ponds Nature Preserve | 405.98 | Franklin |
| Portage Lakes Wetlands | 5.86 | Summit |
| Prairie Road Fen State Nature Preserve | 94.49 | Clark |
| Raven Rock Nature Preserve | 95.27 | Scioto |
| Rhododendron Cover State Nature Preserve | 74.98 | Fairfield |
| Kleimaier Rododendron Hollow | 31.59 | Fairfield |
| Wahkeena State Nature Preserve | 68.271 | Fairfield |
| Dale and Jackie Riddle State Nature Preserve | 105.66 | Athens |
| Rockbridge State Nature Preserve | 181.03 | Hocking |
| Etawah Woods Nature Preserve | 1166.652 | Highland |
| Rome State Nature Preserve | 104.842 | Ashtabula |
| Rothenbuhler Woods Nature Preserve | 44.33 | Monroe |
| Saltpetre Cave Nature Preserve | 14.249 | Hocking |
| Scioto Brush Creek | 30.2 | Scioto |
| Paul B. Sears Woods State Nature Preserve | 137.25 | Crawford |
| Seymour Woods | 106 | Delaware |
| Shallenberger Nature Preserve | 87.57 | Fairfield |
| Sharon Woods Gorge State Nature Preserve | 20.86 | Hamilton |
| Sheepskin Hollow State Nature Preserve | 453.176 | Columbiana |
| Sheick Hollow Nature Preserve | 151 | Hocking |
| Sheldon's Marsh State Nature Preserve | 472.48 | Erie |
| Shoemaker State Nature Preserve | 22.394 | Adams |
| Siegenthaler - Kaestner Esker State Nature Preserve | 36.88 | Champaign |
| Smith Cemetery State Nature Preserve | 0.63 | Madison |
| Spring Beauty Dell State Nature Preserve | 41.26 | Hamilton |
| Spring Brook Sanctuary State Nature Preserve | 31.737 | Geauga |
| Springville Marsh Nature Preserve | 201.37 | Seneca |
| Stages Pond Nature Preserve | 177.99 | Pickaway |
| Strait Creek Prairie Bluff Prairie Preserve | 136.96 | Adams, Pike |
| Stratford Woods State Nature Preserve | 95.1 | Delaware |
| Swamp Cottonwood | 20.52 | Medina |
| Edward S. Thomas Scenic Nature Preserve | 319.88 | Franklin |
| Tinkers Creek State Nature Preserve | 786 | Portage, Summit |
| Travertine Fen State Nature Preserve | 21.88 | Greene |
| Triangle Lake Bog | 61.13 | Portage |
| Trillium Trails State Nature Preserve | 22.91 | Hamilton |
| Walter A. Tucker Scenic Nature Preserve | 54.67 | Fairfield |
| Charles A. Tummonds Scenic River Preserve | 85.67 | Portage |
| Wardner - Perkins State Nature Preserve | 25.66 | Hamilton |
| Robert A. Whipple State Nature Preserve | 269.671 | Adams |
| White Pine Bog Forest Nature Preserve | 375.87 | Geauga |
| Zimmerman Prairie | 3.48 | Greene |
References[edit]
- ^ "OHIO NATURAL AREAS AND PRESERVES WITH OHIO LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS" (PDF). Retrieved 3 November 2022.