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

State Nature Preserve[1] 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

  1. ^ "OHIO NATURAL AREAS AND PRESERVES WITH OHIO LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS" (PDF). Retrieved November 3, 2022.