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

National Park Service, Department of the Interior Cuyahoga Valley National Park Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park

U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture Wayne National Forest

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Complex Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge West Sister Island National Wildlife Refuge

Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense Belleville Locks and Dam Caesar Creek Dam (at Caesar Creek State Park) Tom Jenkins Dam (at Burr Oak State Park)

State lands

State parks

Name County Size Image Year established acres km2A. W. Marion State Park Pickaway 454 1.84 1950Adams Lake State Park Adams 96 0.39 1950Alum Creek State Park Delaware 8,017 32.44 1974Barkcamp State Park Belmont 1,122 4.54 1955Beaver Creek State Park Columbiana 2,726 11.06 1949Blue Rock State Park Muskingum 337 1.36 1949Buck Creek State Park Clark 4,016 16.25 1975Buckeye Lake State Park Fairfield, Perry 3,349 13.55 1949Burr Oak State Park Athens, Morgan 2,593 10.49 1952Caesar Creek State Park Warren, Clinton, Greene 7,941 32.13 1978Catawba Island State Park Ottawa 677 2.73 Early 1950sCowan Lake State Park Clinton 1,775 7.18 1968Deer Creek State Park Fayette, Pickaway 3,564 14.35Delaware State Park Delaware 3,016 12.20 1952Dillon State Park Muskingum 3,845 15.56 1961East Fork State Park Clermont 7,030 28.45 1978East Harbor State Park Ottawa 1,831 7.41 1947Findley State Park Lorain 931 3.77 Forked Run State Park Meigs 893 3.61 1951Geneva State Park Ashtabula 698 2.82 1964Grand Lake St. Marys State Park Auglaize 14,091 57.02 1949Great Council State Park Greene 0.7 0.0028 2023Great Seal State Park Ross 1,864 7.54 1979Guilford Lake State Park Columbiana 489 1.98Harrison Lake State Park Fulton 247 1.00 1950Headlands Beach State Park Lake 120 0.48 1953Hocking Hills State Park Hocking 2,373 9.60 1924Hueston Woods State Park Butler, Preble 3,596 14.55 1957Independence Dam State Park Defiance 591 2.39 1949Indian Lake State Park Logan 6,600 26.71Jackson Lake State Park Jackson 349 1.41 1979Jefferson Lake State Park Jefferson 962 3.89Jesse Owens State Park Morgan 5,735 2020John Bryan State Park Greene 752 3.04 1951Kelleys Island State Park Erie 677 2.73 1956Kiser Lake State Park Champaign 927 3.75 1940Lake Alma State Park Vinton 352 1.42Lake Hope State Park Vinton 3,103 12.56 1937 (renamed in 1949)Lake Logan State Park Hocking 718 2.91 1964Lake Loramie State Park Auglaize 2,062 8.34 1949Lake Milton State Park Mahoning 1,700 Lake White State Park Pike 429 1.74Little Miami State Park Hamilton, Clermont, Warren, Greene 707 2.86Madison Lake State Park Madison 182 0.74Malabar Farm State Park Richland 878 3.55Mary Jane Thurston State Park Henry 591 2.39Maumee Bay State Park Lucas 1,436 5.81Acquisition:1973, Established: 1975Middle Bass Island State Park Ottawa Mohican State Park Ashland, Holmes 1,115 4.51Mosquito Lake State Park Trumbull 6,483 26.24Mount Gilead State Park Morrow 181 0.73Muskingum River State Park Coshocton, Morgan, Muskingum, Washington 1958Nelson Kennedy Ledges State Park Portage 167 0.67Oak Point State Park Ottawa 677 2.73Paint Creek State Park Ross 6,842 27.67Pike Lake State Park Ross 600 2.43Portage Lakes State Park Summit 2,475 10.02Punderson State Park Geauga 891 3.61Pymatuning State Park Ashtabula 3,512 14.21Quail Hollow State Park Stark 703 2.84Rocky Fork State Park Highland 3,464 14.02Salt Fork State Park Guernsey 20,181 81.67 1960Scioto Trail State Park Ross 248 1.00 1922Shawnee State Park Scioto 1,163 4.71South Bass Island State Park Ottawa 677 2.73Spiegel Grove State Park Sandusky 25 1873Stonelick State Park Clermont 1,258 5.09 1948Strouds Run State Park Athens 2,606 10.54 1953Sycamore State Park Montgomery 2,389 9.67Tar Hollow State Park Hocking 619 2.51 1949Tinker's Creek State Park Geauga 370 1.50 1973Van Buren State Park Hancock 296 1.20 1950West Branch State Park Portage 8,002 32.38 1966Wingfoot Lake State Park Portage 614 Wolf Run State Park Noble 1,266 5.12 Acquisition: 1963, Dedication: 1968

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 Story Mound State Memorial Tarlton 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); Athens County 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); Ashland County Perry State Forest – 4,567 acres (18 km2); Perry County 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); Meigs County Shawnee State Forest – 59,603 acres (241 km2); Scioto and Adams Counties Sunfish Creek State Forest – 637 acres (2.6 km2) Tar Hollow State Forest – 16,126 acres (65 km2) Vinton Furnace State Experimental Forest - 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 and Vinton Counties

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

A number of regional park districts have been organized in Ohio: Cleveland Metroparks Columbus and Franklin County Metropolitan Park District Erie MetroParks Five Rivers Metroparks (Dayton) Geauga County Park District Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District Lake Metroparks Stark County Park District Tuscarawas County Park Department Lorain County Metro Parks Metro Parks, Serving Summit County MetroParks of Butler County Metroparks of the Toledo Area Mill Creek MetroParks Great Parks of Hamilton County

Other significant local areas Arc of Appalachia Athens Conservancy preserves, in Athens County, Ohio Crane Hollow Nature Preserve, Hocking County, Ohio Edge of Appalachia Preserve, in Adams County, Ohio Highlands Sanctuary, centered in Highland County, Ohio Moonville Rail-Trail, a rail-trail in Athens and Vinton Counties Strouds Ridge Preserve, City of Athens, Ohio Trimble Community Forest in Athens County, Ohio The Wilds (Muskingum County, Ohio)

References Art Weber. Ohio State Parks. Saginaw, Michigan: Glovebox Guidebooks, 1995. .

External links

Ohio State Parks List of parks