Nature reserves in Indiana
Land set aside and kept that way — refuges, game lands and wilderness, each held by somebody who says so on the record.
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305 nature reserves are published in Indiana. The list below holds the 182 best-documented.
- Potato Creek State Park
- Turkey Run State Park
- Merry Lea Environmental Learning CenterBuilt 1980
- Shades State Park
- Summit Lake State Park
- O'Bannon Woods State Park
- Shakamak State ParkBuilt 1929
- Starve Hollow State Recreation Area
- Selma N. Steele State Nature Preserve
- McCormick's Creek State Park
- Brown County State ParkBuilt 1929
- Harmonie State Park
- Gabis Arboretum at Purdue Northwest
- Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve
- Loblolly Marsh Nature Preserve
- Chain O'Lakes State Park
- Cowles Bog National Natural Landmark
- Spring Mill State Park
- Allen's Creek State Recreation Area
- Fairfax State Recreation Area
- Beaver Lake Nature Preserve
- Paynetown State Recreation Area
- Raccoon State Recreation Area
- Lindenwood Nature PreserveBuilt 1994
- Jasper-Pulaski Nursery
- Bicentennial Woods
- Carlson Oxbow Park
- Gordon and Faith Greiner Nature Preserve
- Mike Kiley Forest Preserve
- Eagle Slough Natural Area
- Victory Noll Acres
- Shirley Heinze
- Kohnkes' Little Pine Valley
- Reynold's Creek Game Bird Habitat Area
- Griffy Lake Nature Preserve
- Wilbur Wright Fish and Wildlife Area
- Peace Farm Nature Preserve
- Richey Woods Nature Preserve
- Calumet Prairie State Nature Preserve
- Fall Creek Woods
- Tolleston Ridges Nature Preserve
- Blue Heron Nature Preserve
- Baltzell-Lenhart Woods Nature Preserve
- Bradford Woods Nature Reserve
- Kirsch Gamebird Habitat Area
- Frogs' Glory
- Fern Cliff Nature Preserve
- Moraine Nature Preserve
- Cedar Bluffs
- Betley Woods at Glacier's End
- Pehkokia Woods Preserve
- John Craddock Wetlands Nature Preserve
- Jefvert Gamebird Habitat Area
- Calvin Huff Wildlife Preserve
- Elkhart Bog Nature Preserve
- Dunes Prairie Nature Preserve
- Hoot Woods
- Laura Hare Preserve at Blossom Hollow
- Leonard Springs Nature Park
- Bob Klawitter Lake Lemon Woods
- McGinnis/Lauerman Gamebird Habitat Area
- Meadowbrook Nature Preserve
- Watland Gamebird Habitat Area
- Whip-poor-will Woods
- Walter H. and E. Marie Myers Nature Preserve on Flowers Creek
- Lincoln State Park
- J. Timothy Ritchie Nature Preserve
- Huston Ditch Wetland Conservation Area
- Spinn Prairie
- Modoc Wildlife Management Area
- Falwell Gamebird Habitat Area
- Robb Hidden Canyon Preserve
- Alum Cave Hollow Nature Preserve
- Sargent Road Nature Park
- Deno Gamebird Habitat Area
- White River Woods
- Martell Forest
- Westercamp Wildlife Management Area
- Teter Retreat and Organic Farm CRP #3
- Elizabeth Hanna Nature Preserve
- Dutro-Ernst Woods
- Lieber Nature Preserve
- Cartop State Recreation Area
- Robert C. and Rosella C. Johnson Nature Preserve
- Walnut Woods Nature Preserve
- Virginia Pine-Chestnut Oak Nature Preserve
- Nonie Werbe Krauss Nature Preserve
- Cutright State Recreation Area
- Green Heron Pond Nature Preserve
- Moyer-Gould Woods
- Brammall and Richard Bruner Nature Preserves
- Nickle Plate Gamebird Habitat Area
- Limberlost Bird Sanctuary
- White Oak State Fishing Area
- Chamberlain Lake Nature Preserve
- White Oak Nature Preserve
- Ball Lake Nature Preserve
- The Ouiatenon Preserve
- Ropchan Wildlife Refuge
- Weiler-Leopold Nature Preserve
- Willow Slough Fish and Wildlife Area
- Metro-Sixty Gamebird Habitat Area
- Mary Thornton Nature Preserve
- Barker Woods Nature Preserve
- Carpenter Nature Preserve
- Donohue Gamebird Habitat Area
- Harrison-Crawford State Forest
- Oppenheim WoodsBuilt 2010
- Springs Valley State Fish and Wildlife Area
- Knob View Gamebird Habitat Area
- Shakamak Nature PreserveBuilt 2012
- Fogwell Forest Preserve
- Berns-Meyer Nature Preserve
- Wallace F. Holladay Preserve
- Jesse & Agnes Riegsecker Natural Area
- Laketon Bog Nature Preserve
- Hidden Prairie
- Seven Pillars Nature Preserve
- Wildwood Nature Preserve
- Asherwood
- Gesswein Gamebird Habitat Area
- Greenwood Ditch Gamebird Habitat Area
- Army Corps of Engineers Office
- Greenhurst Commons
- Father Basil Moreau Nature Preserve
- Ivory Wetlands
- Purdue Wildlife Area
- Flora Richardson Preserve
- Levan Wetland Nature Preserve
- Bur Oak Woods Nature Preserve
- Kankakee Sands
- Wendell and Evelyn Dygert Nature Preserve
- Ivanhoe Dune and Swale Nature Preserve
- Blue Cast Springs PreserveBuilt 2012
- Cline Avenue Nature Preserve
- Olin Lake Nature Preserve
- Scarlet Oak Woods
- Teter Teardrop
- Hemlock Ridge Nature Preserve
- Granville Sand Barrens
- Salt Creek State Recreation Area
- Dale B Engquist Nature Preserve
- Detering Nature Preserve
- Steve Swoveland Nature Preserve
- Bibler Nature Preserve
- Spicer Lake Nature Preserve
- Acres Along the Wabash
- Pine Grove State Recreation Area
- The Cedars Preserve
- Selmier State Forest
- Hughes Nature Preserve
- Amy Weingartner Branigin Peninsula Preserve
- McCalla's Woods Preserve
- Seidner Dune and Swale Nature Preserve
- Myrna J. Newgent Preserve
- Burr Oak Bend Nature Preserve
- Pointer Ridge Gamebird Habitat Area
- Cressmoor Prairie Nature Preserve
- J. Edward Roush Fish and Wildlife Area
- Powell Preserve
- Grand Calumet River Conservation Area
- Goose Creek Game Bird Area
- Dunes Nature Preserve
- Tel-Hy Nature Preserve
- Kessler (Savoy & Agnes) Nature Preserve
- Eel River Wildlife Management Area
- Munroe Nature Preserve
- Shirley Heinze
- Lonidaw Preserve
- Vinegar Hill Gamebird Habitat Area
- Fall Creek Gorge
- Disko Fen
- Moore's Creek State Recreation Area
- Black Rock Barrens
- Smith-Crisler Nature Preserve
- Lindenwood Nature Preserve
- Shawnee Bottoms
- Marott Park and Nature Preserve
- Beanblossom Bottoms Nature Preserve
- Boot Lake Nature Preserve
- Teter Retreat and Organic Farm CRP#2
- Crooked Creek State Recreation Area