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{{Short description|None}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} [[Protected area]]s in the [[U.S. State]] of [[Ohio]] include [[United States National Forest|national forest]] lands, [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|Army Corps of Engineers]] areas, [[state park]]s, [[state forest]]s, state [[nature preserve]]s, state [[wildlife management]] areas, and other areas. == Federal lands == [[File:Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath Trail Section.jpg|thumb|right|The Towpath Trail is a popular attraction of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park]] === 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 === {{Location map+|Ohio|width=450|float=right|caption=Ohio State Parks (Hover mouse over pog to popup clickable link) |places= {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.6247|lon_deg = -82.8861|link=A._W._Marion_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =38.81416667|lon_deg = -83.52666667|link=Adams_Lake_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =40.19166667|lon_deg = -82.97305556|link=Alum_Creek_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =40.04|lon_deg = -81.01777778|link=Barkcamp_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =40.72694444|lon_deg = -80.6125|link=Beaver_Creek_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.81527778|lon_deg = -81.84722222|link=Blue_Rock_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =40.00055556|lon_deg = -83.70777778|link=Buck_Creek_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.92972222|lon_deg = -82.44722222|link=Buckeye_Lake_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.54472222|lon_deg = -82.03055556|link=Burr_Oak_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.52222222|lon_deg = -84.01388889|link=Caesar_Creek_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41.5738603|lon_deg = -82.8566208|link=Catawba_Island_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.45472222|lon_deg = -82.57555556|link=Conkle's_Hollow_State_Nature_Preserve}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.38888889|lon_deg = -83.905|link=Cowan_Lake_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.37|lon_deg = -83.93333333|link=Culberson_Woods_State_Nature_Preserve}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =40.35861111|lon_deg = -83.06916667|link=Delaware_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.02|lon_deg = -84.11388889|link=East_Fork_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41.5475505|lon_deg = -82.8099097|link=East_Harbor_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.990322|lon_deg = -82.260004|link=Flint_Ridge_State_Memorial}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.1014669|lon_deg = -81.7876327|link=Forked_Run_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.40778333|lon_deg = -84.09025278|link=Fort_Ancient_(Lebanon,_Ohio)}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.1131|lon_deg = -83.4063|link=Fort_Hill_State_Memorial}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41.8542194|lon_deg = -80.9720394|link=Geneva_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =40.52138889|lon_deg = -84.42138889|link=Grand_Lake_St._Marys_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.729094247370135|lon_deg = -83.9373170022599|link=Great_Council_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41.64083333|lon_deg = -84.37166667|link=Harrison_Lake_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.343633|lon_deg = -82.074483|link=Hawk_Woods}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41.75777778|lon_deg = -81.28888889|link=Headlands_Beach_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.43055556|lon_deg = -82.53888889|link=Hocking_Hills_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.37583333|lon_deg = -83.00638889|link=Hopewell_Culture_National_Historical_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.57611111|lon_deg = -84.74555556|link=Hueston_Woods_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41.29388889|lon_deg = -84.2825|link=Independence_Dam_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =38.89888889|lon_deg = -82.60138889|link=Jackson_Lake_State_Park_(Ohio)}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.7911|lon_deg = -83.848|link=John_Bryan_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41.6016|lon_deg = -82.6977|link=Kelleys_Island_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.3377|lon_deg = -82.3534|link=Lake_Hope_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.085|lon_deg = -82.675|link=Lake_Katharine_State_Nature_Preserve}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =40.30805556|lon_deg = -84.38388889|link=Lake_Loramie_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.09777778|lon_deg = -83.01972222|link=Lake_White_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.80723|lon_deg = -83.88795|link=Little_Miami_Scenic_Trail}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =40.651863|lon_deg = -82.398781|link=Malabar_Farm_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.2385|lon_deg = -81.8675|link=Marie_J._Desonier_State_Nature_Preserve}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41.41027778|lon_deg = -83.87777778|link=Mary_Jane_Thurston_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41.68333333|lon_deg = -83.38333333|link=Maumee_Bay_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41.67916667|lon_deg = -82.81111111|link=Middle_Bass_Island}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =40.60905556|lon_deg = -82.26297222|link=Mohican_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =40.55|lon_deg = -82.81666667|link=Mount_Gilead_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41.328512|lon_deg = -81.03923|link=Nelson_Kennedy_Ledges_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =40.04216667|lon_deg = -82.43011111|link=Newark_Earthworks}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41.71666667|lon_deg = -82.81666667|link=North_Bass_Island}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.26|lon_deg = -83.39|link=Paint_Creek_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.16|lon_deg = -83.21833333|link=Pike_Lake_State_Park_(Ohio)}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =40.966632|lon_deg = -81.554882|link=Portage_Lakes_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41.458954|lon_deg = -81.213559|link=Punderson_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41.60666667|lon_deg = -80.53222222|link=Pymatuning_State_Park_(Ohio)}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =40.97861111|lon_deg = -81.31222222|link=Quail_Hollow_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.56636667|lon_deg = -82.49941667|link=Rockbridge_State_Nature_Preserve}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.186389|lon_deg = -83.4725|link=Rocky_Fork_State_Park_(Ohio)}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =40.1022|lon_deg = -81.498|link=Salt_Fork_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =38.73472222|lon_deg = -83.19833333|link=Shawnee_State_Park_(Ohio)}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =40.2281|lon_deg = -83.8553|link=Siegenthaler-Kaestner_Esker_State_Nature_Preserve}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.6764|lon_deg = -82.9395|link=Stage's_Pond_State_Nature_Preserve}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.22|lon_deg = -84.07|link=Stonelick_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.3402|lon_deg = -82.0245|link=Strouds_Run_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.356|lon_deg = -82.777|link=Tar_Hollow_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41.27361111|lon_deg = -81.37555556|link=Tinkers_Creek_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41.13333333|lon_deg = -83.645|link=Van_Buren_State_Park_(Ohio)}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41.1431125|lon_deg = -81.1081525|link=West_Branch_State_Park}} {{Location map~|Ohio|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =39.7925727|lon_deg = -81.5390129|link=Wolf_Run_State_Park}} }} {|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%" |- ! rowspan=2 |'''Name''' ! rowspan=2 |'''County''' ! colspan=2 | Size ! class="unsortable" rowspan=2 |'''Image''' ! rowspan=2 |'''Year established''' |- ! acres ! km<sup>2</sup> |- ||[[A. W. Marion State Park]] ||[[Pickaway County, Ohio|Pickaway]] || style="text-align: right;"|454 || style="text-align: right;"|1.84 || [[File:A.W. Marion State Park (43438292384).jpg|150px]] || 1950 |- ||[[Adams Lake State Park]] ||[[Adams County, Ohio|Adams]] || style="text-align: right;"|96 || style="text-align: right;"|0.39 || [[File:Adams lake trail.JPG|150px]] || 1950 |- ||[[Alum Creek State Park]] ||[[Delaware County, Ohio|Delaware]] || style="text-align: right;"|8,017 || style="text-align: right;"|32.44 ||[[File:Alum Creek State Park fall colors.jpg|150px]] || 1974 |- ||[[Barkcamp State Park]] ||[[Belmont County, Ohio|Belmont]] || style="text-align: right;"|1,122 || style="text-align: right;"|4.54 ||[[File:Barkcamp.JPG|150px]]|| 1955 |- ||[[Beaver Creek State Park]] ||[[Columbiana County, Ohio|Columbiana]] || style="text-align: right;"|2,726 || style="text-align: right;"|11.06||[[File:Thomas J. Malone Covered Bridge.jpg|150px]]|| 1949 |- ||[[Blue Rock State Park]] ||[[Muskingum County, Ohio|Muskingum]] || style="text-align: right;"|337 || style="text-align: right;"|1.36||[[File:Blue Rock State Park Cutler Lake beach.JPG|150px]]|| 1949 |- ||[[Buck Creek State Park]] ||[[Clark County, Ohio|Clark]] || style="text-align: right;"|4,016 || style="text-align: right;"|16.25||[[File:Gfp-ohio-buck-creek-state-park-marina.jpg|150px]]|| 1975 |- ||[[Buckeye Lake State Park]] ||[[Fairfield County, Ohio|Fairfield]], [[Perry County, Ohio|Perry]] || style="text-align: right;"|3,349 || style="text-align: right;"|13.55||[[File:Buckeye Lake (47889406781).jpg|150px]]|| 1949 |- ||[[Burr Oak State Park]] ||[[Athens County, Ohio|Athens]], [[Morgan County, Ohio|Morgan]] || style="text-align: right;"|2,593 || style="text-align: right;"|10.49||[[File:Burr Oak State Park.jpg|150px]]|| 1952 |- ||[[Caesar Creek State Park]] ||[[Warren County, Ohio|Warren]], [[Clinton County, Ohio|Clinton]], [[Greene County, Ohio|Greene]] || style="text-align: right;"|7,941 || style="text-align: right;"|32.13||[[File:Caesar Creek Lake from spillway.jpg|150px]]|| 1978 |- ||[[Catawba Island State Park]] ||[[Ottawa County, Ohio|Ottawa]] || style="text-align: right;"|677 || style="text-align: right;"|2.73||[[File:Catawba Island from the air.jpg|150px]]|| Early 1950s |- ||[[Cowan Lake State Park]] ||[[Clinton County, Ohio|Clinton]] || style="text-align: right;"|1,775 || style="text-align: right;"|7.18||[[File:Cowan lake-kmf.JPG|150px]]|| 1968 |- ||[[Deer Creek State Park (Ohio)|Deer Creek State Park]] ||[[Fayette County, Ohio|Fayette]], [[Pickaway County, Ohio|Pickaway]] || style="text-align: right;"|3,564 || style="text-align: right;"|14.35||[[File:The Shack - Harding Cabin.jpg|150px]]|| |- ||[[Delaware State Park]] ||[[Delaware County, Ohio|Delaware]] || style="text-align: right;"|3,016 || style="text-align: right;"|12.20||[[File:DSC 0355 (2)Delaware State Park.jpg|150px]]|| 1952 |- ||[[Dillon State Park]] ||[[Muskingum County, Ohio|Muskingum]] || style="text-align: right;"|3,845 || style="text-align: right;"|15.56||[[File:Dillon State Park.jpg|150px]] || 1961 |- ||[[East Fork State Park]] ||[[Clermont County, Ohio|Clermont]] || style="text-align: right;"|7,030 || style="text-align: right;"|28.45||[[File:ElkLickMound.JPG|150px]]|| 1978 |- ||[[East Harbor State Park]] ||[[Ottawa County, Ohio|Ottawa]] || style="text-align: right;"|1,831 || style="text-align: right;"|7.41||[[File:East Harbor Lake Erie View.jpg|150px]]|| 1947 |- ||[[Findley State Park]] ||[[Lorain County, Ohio|Lorain]] || style="text-align: right;"|931 || style="text-align: right;"|3.77|| || |- ||[[Forked Run State Park]] ||[[Meigs County, Ohio|Meigs]] || style="text-align: right;"|893 || style="text-align: right;"|3.61|| || 1951 |- ||[[Geneva State Park]] ||[[Ashtabula County, Ohio|Ashtabula]] || style="text-align: right;"|698 || style="text-align: right;"|2.82||[[File:Lighthouse P6300428.jpg|150px]]|| 1964 |- ||[[Grand Lake St. Marys State Park]] ||[[Auglaize County, Ohio|Auglaize]] || style="text-align: right;"|14,091 || style="text-align: right;"|57.02||[[File:Grand Lake St. Marys sunset.jpg|150px]]|| 1949 |- ||[[Great Council State Park]] (scheduled to open 2023) ||[[Greene County, Ohio|Greene]] || style="text-align: right;"|0.7 || style="text-align: right;"|0.0028|| || 2023 |- ||[[Great Seal State Park]] ||[[Ross County, Ohio|Ross]] || style="text-align: right;"|1,864 || style="text-align: right;"|7.54|| || |- ||[[Guilford Lake State Park]] ||[[Columbiana County, Ohio|Columbiana]] || style="text-align: right;"|489 || style="text-align: right;"|1.98||[[File:Guilford Lake State Park.jpg|150px]]|| |- ||[[Harrison Lake State Park]] ||[[Fulton County, Ohio|Fulton]] || style="text-align: right;"|247 || style="text-align: right;"|1.00||[[File:Picnic site at Harrison Lake State Park, Ohio.JPG|150px]]|| 1950 |- ||[[Headlands Beach State Park]] ||[[Lake County, Ohio|Lake]] || style="text-align: right;"|120 || style="text-align: right;"|0.48||[[File:Headlands Beach (14231171650).jpg|150px]]|| 1953 |- ||[[Hocking Hills State Park]] ||[[Hocking County, Ohio|Hocking]] || style="text-align: right;"|2,373 || style="text-align: right;"|9.60||[[File:Ash cave, Hocking Hills (13899416054) (2).jpg|150px]]|| 1924 |- ||[[Hueston Woods State Park]] ||[[Butler County, Ohio|Butler]], [[Preble County, Ohio|Preble]] || style="text-align: right;"|3,596 || style="text-align: right;"|14.55||[[File:ActonLake.jpg|150px]]|| 1957 |- ||[[Independence Dam State Park]] ||[[Defiance County, Ohio|Defiance]] || style="text-align: right;"|591 || style="text-align: right;"|2.39||[[File:Maumee River 2.jpg|150px]]|| 1949 |- ||[[Indian Lake State Park (Ohio)|Indian Lake State Park]] ||[[Logan County, Ohio|Logan]] || style="text-align: right;"|6,600 || style="text-align: right;"|26.71||[[File:Indian Lake State Park, Ohio (192786966).jpg|150px]]|| |- ||[[Jackson Lake State Park (Ohio)|Jackson Lake State Park]] ||[[Jackson County, Ohio|Jackson]] || style="text-align: right;"|349 || style="text-align: right;"|1.41||[[File:Jackson Lake from causeway.jpg|150px]]|| 1979 |- ||[[Jefferson Lake State Park]] ||[[Jefferson County, Ohio|Jefferson]] || style="text-align: right;"|962 || style="text-align: right;"|3.89|||| |- ||[[Jesse Owens State Park]] ||[[Morgan County, Ohio|Morgan]] || style="text-align: right;"|5,735 || || ||2020 |- ||[[John Bryan State Park]] ||[[Greene County, Ohio|Greene]] || style="text-align: right;"|752 || style="text-align: right;"|3.04||[[File:Little Miami River through Clifton Gorge.JPG|150px]]|| 1951 |- ||[[Kelleys Island State Park]] ||[[Erie County, Ohio|Erie]] || style="text-align: right;"|677 || style="text-align: right;"|2.73||[[File:Kelleys Island State Park Entrance.jpg|150px]]|| 1956 |- ||[[Kiser Lake State Park]] ||[[Champaign County, Ohio|Champaign]] || style="text-align: right;"|927 || style="text-align: right;"|3.75||[[File:Kiser Lake from the south.jpg|150px]]|| 1940 |- ||[[Lake Alma State Park]] ||[[Vinton County, Ohio|Vinton]] || style="text-align: right;"|352 || style="text-align: right;"|1.42||[[File:Lake Alma State Park (37452057571).jpg|150px]]|| |- ||[[Lake Hope State Park]] ||[[Vinton County, Ohio|Vinton]] || style="text-align: right;"|3,103 || style="text-align: right;"|12.56||[[File:Hope furnace.JPG|150px]]|| 1937 (renamed in 1949) |- ||[[Lake Logan State Park]] ||[[Hocking County, Ohio|Hocking]] || style="text-align: right;"|718 || style="text-align: right;"|2.91||[[File:Lake Logan State Park (43679589350).jpg|150px]]|| 1964 |- ||[[Lake Loramie State Park]] ||[[Auglaize County, Ohio|Auglaize]] || style="text-align: right;"|2,062 || style="text-align: right;"|8.34||[[File:Lake Loramie.jpg|150px]]|| 1949 |- ||[[Lake Milton State Park]] ||[[Mahoning County, Ohio|Mahoning]] || style="text-align: right;"|1,700 || |||| |- ||[[Lake White State Park]] ||[[Pike County, Ohio|Pike]] || style="text-align: right;"|429 || style="text-align: right;"|1.74||[[File:Lake white .jpg|150px]]|| |- ||[[Little Miami State Park]] ||[[Hamilton County, Ohio|Hamilton]], [[Clermont County, Ohio|Clermont]], [[Warren County, Ohio|Warren]], [[Greene County, Ohio|Greene]] || style="text-align: right;"|707 || style="text-align: right;"|2.86||[[File:Little Miami Scenic Trail, crossing Little Miami near Xenia, OH.jpg|150px]]|| |- ||[[Madison Lake State Park]] ||[[Madison County, Ohio|Madison]] || style="text-align: right;"|182 || style="text-align: right;"|0.74||[[File:Madison Lake State Park London Ohio.jpg|150px]]|| |- ||[[Malabar Farm State Park]] ||[[Richland County, Ohio|Richland]] || style="text-align: right;"|878 || style="text-align: right;"|3.55||[[File:Malabar Farm Big House.jpg|150px]]|| |- ||[[Mary Jane Thurston State Park]] ||[[Henry County, Ohio|Henry]] || style="text-align: right;"|591 || style="text-align: right;"|2.39||[[File:MJTSP quay in Damascus Township.jpg|150px]]|| |- ||[[Maumee Bay State Park]] ||[[Lucas County, Ohio|Lucas]] || style="text-align: right;"|1,436 || style="text-align: right;"|5.81||[[File:P5250060 MaumeeBaySP NatureCtr (boardwalk).jpg|150px]]||Acquisition:1973, Established: 1975<ref>{{cite web |title=Maumee Bay State Park |url=https://ohiodnr.gov/go-and-do/plan-a-visit/find-a-property/maumee-bay-state-park |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> |- ||[[Middle Bass Island State Park]] ||[[Ottawa County, Ohio|Ottawa]] || |||||| |- ||[[Mohican State Park]] ||[[Ashland County, Ohio|Ashland]], [[Holmes County, Ohio|Holmes]] || style="text-align: right;"|1,115 || style="text-align: right;"|4.51||[[File:Covered Bridge at Mohican State Park - panoramio.jpg|150px]]|| |- ||[[Mosquito Lake State Park]] ||[[Trumbull County, Ohio|Trumbull]] || style="text-align: right;"|6,483 || style="text-align: right;"|26.24||[[File:Mosquito Creek Reservoir Ohio northward.jpg|150px]]|| |- ||[[Mount Gilead State Park]] ||[[Morrow County, Ohio|Morrow]] || style="text-align: right;"|181 || style="text-align: right;"|0.73||[[File:Mount-gilead-ohio-park.jpg|150px]]|| |- ||[[Muskingum River State Park]] || |||||||| |- ||[[Nelson Kennedy Ledges State Park]] ||[[Portage County, Ohio|Portage]] || style="text-align: right;"|167 || style="text-align: right;"|0.67||[[File:Nelson-Kennedy Ledges State Park.jpg|150px]]|| |- ||[[Oak Point State Park]] ||[[Ottawa County, Ohio|Ottawa]] || style="text-align: right;"|677 || style="text-align: right;"|2.73||[[File:Oak Point State Park.jpg|150px]]|| |- ||[[Paint Creek State Park]] ||[[Ross County, Ohio|Ross]] || style="text-align: right;"|6,842 || style="text-align: right;"|27.67||[[File:PCSP14.JPG|150px]]|| |- ||[[Pike Lake State Park (Ohio)|Pike Lake State Park]] ||[[Ross County, Ohio|Ross]] || style="text-align: right;"|600 || style="text-align: right;"|2.43||[[File:PikeLake3.JPG|150px]]|| |- ||[[Portage Lakes State Park]] ||[[Summit County, Ohio|Summit]] || style="text-align: right;"|2,475 || style="text-align: right;"|10.02||[[File:Portage lakes state park.jpg|150px]]|| |- ||[[Punderson State Park]] ||[[Geauga County, Ohio|Geauga]] || style="text-align: right;"|891 || style="text-align: right;"|3.61||[[File:Punderson State Park.jpg|150px]]|| |- ||[[Pymatuning State Park (Ohio)|Pymatuning State Park]] ||[[Ashtabula County, Ohio|Ashtabula]] || style="text-align: right;"|3,512 || style="text-align: right;"|14.21||[[File:Pymantuninglillypad.jpg|150px]]|| |- ||[[Quail Hollow State Park]] ||[[Stark County, Ohio|Stark]] || style="text-align: right;"|703 || style="text-align: right;"|2.84||[[File:Harry Bartlett Stewart Property.jpg|150px]]|| |- ||[[Rocky Fork State Park (Ohio)|Rocky Fork State Park]] ||[[Highland County, Ohio|Highland]] || style="text-align: right;"|3,464 || style="text-align: right;"|14.02||[[File:RockyFork3.JPG|150px]]|| |- ||[[Salt Fork State Park]] ||[[Guernsey County, Ohio|Guernsey]] || style="text-align: right;"|20,181 || style="text-align: right;"|81.67||[[File:Hosack's Cave.jpg|150px]]|| 1960 |- ||[[Scioto Trail State Park]] ||[[Ross County, Ohio|Ross]] || style="text-align: right;"|248 || style="text-align: right;"|1.00|||| |- ||[[Shawnee State Park (Ohio)|Shawnee State Park]] ||[[Scioto County, Ohio|Scioto]] || style="text-align: right;"|1,163 || style="text-align: right;"|4.71||[[File:ShawneeGolfCourseJuly2007.JPG|150px]]|| |- ||[[South Bass Island State Park]] ||[[Ottawa County, Ohio|Ottawa]] || style="text-align: right;"|677 || style="text-align: right;"|2.73|||| |- ||[[Spiegel Grove]] State Park ||[[Sandusky County, Ohio|Sandusky]] || style="text-align: right;"|25 || ||[[File:Spiegel Grove (Rutherford B. Hayes Summer Home).jpg|150px]]|| 1873 |- ||[[Stonelick State Park]] ||[[Clermont County, Ohio|Clermont]] || style="text-align: right;"|1,258 || style="text-align: right;"|5.09||[[File:StonelickStatePark3.JPG|150px]]|| 1948 |- ||[[Strouds Run State Park]] ||[[Athens County, Ohio|Athens]] || style="text-align: right;"|2,606 || style="text-align: right;"|10.54||[[File:Vistapoint.jpg|150px]]|| 1953 |- ||[[Sycamore State Park]] ||[[Montgomery County, Ohio|Montgomery]] || style="text-align: right;"|2,389 || style="text-align: right;"|9.67||[[File:Wolf Creek.jpg|150px]]|| |- ||[[Tar Hollow State Park]] ||[[Hocking County, Ohio|Hocking]] || style="text-align: right;"|619 || style="text-align: right;"|2.51||[[File:Tar Hollow State Park (48717221442).jpg|150px]]|| 1949 |- ||[[Tinker's Creek State Park]] ||[[Geauga County, Ohio|Geauga]] || style="text-align: right;"|370 || style="text-align: right;"|1.50||[[File:Autumn at Tinkers Creek (2919239393).jpg|150px]]|| 1973 |- ||[[Van Buren State Park (Ohio)|Van Buren State Park]] ||[[Hancock County, Ohio|Hancock]] || style="text-align: right;"|296 || style="text-align: right;"|1.20||[[File:Picnic area at Ohio's Van Buren State Park.JPG|150px]]|| 1950 |- ||[[West Branch State Park]] ||[[Portage County, Ohio|Portage]] || style="text-align: right;"|8,002 || style="text-align: right;"|32.38||[[File:West Branch State Park.jpg|150px]]|| 1966 |- ||[[Wingfoot Lake State Park]] ||[[Portage County, Ohio|Portage]] || style="text-align: right;"|614 || ||[[File:Wingfoot Lake State Park Sign.jpg|150px|]]|| |- ||[[Wolf Run State Park]] ||[[Noble County, Ohio|Noble]] || style="text-align: right;"|1,266 || style="text-align: right;"|5.12 || || Acquisition: 1963, Dedication: 1968 |} <gallery> <!-- Image with inadequate rationale removed: Image:Nelsonkennedyledges2.jpg|{{center|'''''[[Nelson Kennedy Ledges State Park]]''''',<br />water falling from rock formations}} --> <!-- Unsourced image removed: Image:Strouds Run β Dow Lake 2|{{center|'''''[[Strouds Run State Park]]''''',<br />Dow Lake}}{{Deletable image-caption|date=March 2012}} --> </gallery> === 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 === {{Main|List of Ohio state forests}} *[[Blue Rock State Forest]] β 4,572 acres (19 km<sup>2</sup>) *[[Brush Creek State Forest]] β ca. 12,000 acres (49 km<sup>2</sup>) *[[Dean State Forest]] β 2,745 acres (10 km<sup>2</sup>) *[[Fernwood State Forest]] β 2,107 acres (9 km<sup>2</sup>) *[[Gifford State Forest (Ohio)|Gifford State Forest]] β 320 acres (1.3 km<sup>2</sup>); Athens County *[[Harrison State Forest]] β 1,345 acres (5 km<sup>2</sup>) *[[Hocking State Forest]] β 9,374 acres (38 km<sup>2</sup>) *[[Maumee State Forest]] β 3,068 acres (12 km<sup>2</sup>) *[[Mohican-Memorial State Forest]] β 4,192 acres (17 km<sup>2</sup>); Ashland County *[[Perry State Forest]] β 4,567 acres (18 km<sup>2</sup>); Perry County *[[Pike State Forest (Ohio)|Pike State Forest]] β 11,621 acres (47 km<sup>2</sup>) *[[Richland Furnace State Forest]] β 2,343 acres (9 km<sup>2</sup>) *[[Scioto Trail State Forest]] β 9,371 acres (38 km<sup>2</sup>) *[[Shade River State Forest]] β 2,601 acres (11 km<sup>2</sup>); Meigs County *[[Shawnee State Forest]] β 59,603 acres (241 km<sup>2</sup>); Scioto and Adams Counties *[[Sunfish Creek State Forest]] β 637 acres (2.6 km<sup>2</sup>) *[[Tar Hollow State Forest]] β 16,126 acres (65 km<sup>2</sup>) *[[Vinton Furnace State Experimental Forest]] - {{Convert|15,849|acre|sqkm}} *[[Zaleski State Forest|Waterloo State Forest]] (administered by Zaleski State Forest); Athens County *[[Yellow Creek State Forest]] β 756 acres (3.1 km<sup>2</sup>) *[[Zaleski State Forest]] β 26,313 acres (107 km<sup>2</sup>); 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, Ohio|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 === * [[Acadia Cliffs State Nature Preserve]] * [[Adams Lake Prairie State Nature Preserve]] * [[Audubon Islands State Nature Preserve]] * [[Aurora Sanctuary State Nature Preserve]] * [[Baker Woods State Nature Preserve]] * [[Bigelow Cemetery Prairie State Nature Preserve]] * [[Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve]] * [[Boord State Nature Preserve]] * [[Brown's Lake Bog State Nature Preserve]] * [[Burton Wetlands State Nature Preserve]] * [[Caesar Creek Gorge State Nature Preserve]] * [[Carmean Woods State Nature Preserve]] * [[Cedar Bog State Nature Preserve]] * [[Chaparral Prairie State Nature Preserve]] * [[Clear Creek State Nature Preserve]] * [[Clear Fork Gorge State Nature Preserve]] * [[Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve]] * [[Collier State Nature Preserve]] * [[Compass Plant Prairie State Nature Preserve]] * [[Conkle's Hollow State Nature Preserve]] * [[Conneaut Swamp State Nature Preserve]] * [[Cranberry Bog State Nature Preserve]] * [[Crooked Run State Nature Preserve]] * [[Culberson Woods State Nature Preserve]] * [[Davey Woods State Nature Preserve]] * [[Davis Memorial State Nature Preserve]] * [[Drew Woods State Nature Preserve]] * [[Dupont Marsh State Nature Preserve]] * [[Eagle Creek State Nature Preserve]] * [[Erie Sand Barrens State Nature Preserve]] * [[Fowler Woods State Nature Preserve]] * [[Gahanna Woods State Nature Preserve]] * [[Goll Woods State Nature Preserve]] * [[Goode Prairie State Nature Preserve]] * [[Greenville Falls State Nature Preserve]] * [[Gross Woods State Nature Preserve]] * [[Hach-Otis State Nature Preserve]] * [[Halls Creek Woods State Nature Preserve]] * [[Headlands Dunes State Nature Preserve]] * [[Herrick Fen State Nature Preserve]] * [[Hueston Woods State Nature Preserve]] * [[Hutchins (Highbanks) State Nature Preserve]] * [[Irwin Prairie State Nature Preserve]] * [[Jackson Bog State Nature Preserve]] * [[Johnson Ridge State Nature Preserve]] * [[Johnson Woods State Nature Preserve]] * [[Kendrick Woods State Nature Preserve]] * [[Kent (Cooperrider) Bog State Nature Preserve]] * [[Kessler Swamp State Nature Preserve]] * [[Kiser Lake Wetlands State Nature Preserve]] * [[Kitty Todd State Nature Preserve]] * [[Knox Woods State Nature Preserve]] * [[Kyle Woods State Nature Preserve]] * [[Lake Katharine State Nature Preserve]] * [[Lakeside Daisy State Nature Preserve]] * [[Lawrence Woods State Nature Preserve]] * [[Lou Campbell State Nature Preserve]] * [[Mantua Bog State Nature Preserve]] * [[Marie J. Desonier State Nature Preserve]] * [[Marsh Wetlands State Nature Preserve]] * [[Mentor Marsh State Nature Preserve]] * [[Milford Center Prairie State Nature Preserve]] * [[Morris Woods State Nature Preserve]] * [[North Pond State Nature Preserve]] * [[North Shore Alvar State Nature Preserve]] * [[Novak State Nature Preserve]] * [[Old Woman Creek State Nature Preserve]] * [[Olsen (Augusta-Anne) State Nature Preserve]] * [[Pickerington Ponds State Nature Preserve]] * [[Portage Lakes Wetland State Nature Preserve]] * [[Riddle State Nature Preserve]] * [[Rockbridge State Nature Preserve]] * [[Sears Woods State Nature Preserve]] * [[Seymour Woods State Nature Preserve]] * [[Shallenberger State Nature Preserve]] * [[Sharon Woods Gorge State Nature Preserve]] * [[Sheepskin Hollow State Nature Preserve]] * [[Sheldon Marsh State Nature Preserve]] * [[Shoemaker State Nature Preserve]] * [[Siegenthaler-Kaestner Esker State Nature Preserve]] * [[Smith Cemetery Prairie State Nature Preserve]] * [[Solon Woods State Nature Preserve]]<ref>{{cite news |first=Peter |last=Krouse |title=State designates 127 acres in Solon as state nature preserve |url=https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/04/state-designates-127-acres-in-solon-as-state-nature-preserve.html |work=Cleveland.com |date=April 14, 2023 |access-date=April 16, 2023}}</ref> * [[Springville Marsh State Nature Preserve]] * [[Stage's Pond State Nature Preserve]] * [[Stratford Woods State Nature Preserve]] * [[Swamp Cottonwood State Nature Preserve]] * [[Thomas (Sharon Woods) State Nature Preserve]] * [[Tinker's Creek State Nature Preserve]] * [[Triangle Lake Bog State Nature Preserve]] * [[Tucker (Blacklick) State Nature Preserve]] * [[Tummonds State Nature Preserve]] * [[Wahkeena State Nature Preserve]] * [[Whipple State Nature Preserve]] * [[Zimmerman Prairie State Nature Preserve]] == Metroparks == [[File:South Chagrin Reservation.jpg|thumb|right|The Cleveland Metroparks' South Chagrin Reservation in autumn]] A number of [[regional park]] districts have been organized in Ohio: * [[Cleveland Metroparks]] [http://www.clemetparks.com/] * [[Metro Parks (Columbus, Ohio)|Columbus and Franklin County Metropolitan Park District]] [http://www.metroparks.net/] * [[Erie MetroParks]] [http://www.eriemetroparks.org/] * [[Five Rivers Metroparks]] ([[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton]]) [http://www.metroparks.org/] * [[Geauga County Park District]] [http://www.geaugaparkdistrict.org/] * [[Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District]] [http://www.johnnyappleseedparks.com/] * [[Lake Metroparks]] [http://www.lakemetroparks.com/] *[[Stark County Park District]] *[[Tuscarawas County Park Department]] * [[Lorain County Metro Parks]] [http://www.loraincountymetroparks.com/] * [[Metro Parks, Serving Summit County]] [http://www.summitmetroparks.org/] * [[MetroParks of Butler County]] [http://www.yourmetroparks.net/] * [[Metroparks of the Toledo Area]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20080114013344/http://www.metroparkstoledo.com/metroparks/] * [[Mill Creek MetroParks]] [http://www.millcreekmetroparks.com/] * [[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 County, Ohio|Athens]] and [[Vinton County, Ohio|Vinton]] Counties * [[Strouds Ridge Preserve]], City of [[Athens, Ohio]] * [[Trimble Community Forest]] in [[Athens County, Ohio]] * [[The Wilds (Ohio)|The Wilds]] ([[Muskingum County, Ohio]]) == References == *Art Weber. ''Ohio State Parks''. Saginaw, Michigan: Glovebox Guidebooks, 1995. {{ISBN|1-881139-04-2}}. {{reflist}} == External links == {{Wikivoyage|Ohio State Parks}} *[http://parks.ohiodnr.gov/ Ohio State Parks] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060427113655/http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/trailsplan/maps/countymetrotrails.htm List of parks] {{Protected areas of Ohio}} {{Ohio}} {{United States topic |title = [[Protected areas of the United States]] by political division |prefix = Protected areas of }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Protected Areas Of Ohio}} [[Category:State parks of Ohio| ]] [[Category:Protected areas of Ohio| ]] [[Category:Parks in Ohio| ]] [[Category:Ohio geography-related lists|Protected areas]] [[Category:Lists of protected areas of the United States by state|Ohio]]
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