Nature reserves in Ohio
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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570 nature reserves are published in Ohio. The list below holds the 409 best-documented.
- Alum Creek State Park
- Blacklick Woods Metro Park
- Harrison Lake State Park
- Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
- Mount Gilead State Park
- Siegenthaler-Kaestner Esker State Nature Preserve
- Fernald Preserve
- Slate Run Metro Park
- Van Buren State Park
- Pike Lake State Park
- Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge
- Madison Lake State Park
- Mohican Memorial State ForestBuilt 1949
- Malabar Farm State ParkNational Register
- Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge
- Jessie Smith Wildlife Preserve
- Samson-Obrist Woods
- Rawson Woods
- Spruce Hill
- Three Creeks Metro Park
- Ka-ma-ma Prairie
- Mosquito Creek State Wildlife Area
- Jefferson Lake State Park
- Broughton Nature Park
- Middle Bass Island State Park
- Strouds Run State Park
- Triangle Lake Bog State Nature Preserve
- Gladys Riley
- Rowe Woods
- Boord State Nature Preserve
- Quiverheart Gorge
- Webster Park
- Plum Run Prarie
- Singer Lake Bog
- Chalet Nivale Nature Preserve
- Charles Alley Nature Park
- Morris Woods State Nature Preserve
- Rockbridge State Nature Preserve
- Marie J. Desonier State Nature Preserve
- Ohio River Bluffs
- Stage's Pond State Nature Preserve
- Clear Creek Metro Park
- Ohio Hanging Rock Preserve
- Tom S Cooperrider-Kent Bog State Nature Preserve
- Cliff Run Nature Preserve
- Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge - Gallipolis Island
- Grailville Nature Preserve
- Lake La Su An Wildlife Area
- Tucker Run Preserve
- Restricted Area Eagle Nest
- Rothenbuhler Woods Nature Preserve
- Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area
- Mccracken Fen State Nature Preserve
- Newberry Wildlife Sanctuary
- Poston Nature Preserve
- Hintz Hollow Preserve
- Hancock County Wetland
- Keller-Kirn Park
- Metzger Marsh
- Walkers Meadow
- Gross Woods Nature Preserve
- Old Town Creek Access
- Edison Woods Reserve
- Camp Knee-Bow
- Duff Woods Preserve
- Huntley-Beatty Preserve
- Scott Creek Preserve
- Prokesh & Watson Tracts
- Johnson Nature Preserve
- Paradise Hill Nature Preserve
- Audubon Islands Nature Preserve
- Sebring Woods
- Dillion State Park
- Vogelsong Conservation Area
- Sugar Island Preserve
- Deep Lock Quarry Metro Park
- Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge
- Little Girard Creek Conservation Park
- Sunnybrook Preserve
- Raemelton Therapeutic Equestrian CenterBuilt 1995
- Terradise Nature Preserve
- Forest Ridge Preserve
- Brush Creek Wildlife Area
- Glen High Parkland
- Strouds Ridge Preserve COAD Tract
- Restricted Area Eagle Nest
- Edward S. Thomas Nature Preserve
- Rock Mill Lake Wildlife Area
- Mackey Ford State Wildlife Area
- Cross Mound Park
- Refugee Preserve
- Edward F. Hutchins Nature Preserve
- Dorset Wildlife Area
- Strongsville Backyard Preserve
- Lakeside Daisy State Nature Preserve
- Turkeyfoot Preserve
- Marietta Run Preserve
- Resthaven Wildlife Area
- Kiser Lake Wetlands Nature Preserve
- Meadow Ridge Metropark
- Poston Nature Preserve - North Tract
- Gosnell Preserve
- Lois Busch Winner Nature Preserve
- Louis W. Campbell State Nature Preserve
- Tarpy's Woods
- Blair Preserve
- Kipton Reservation
- Fowler Woods State Nature Preserve
- Stern (Elstun Rd.) Preserve
- Jordan Creek Park
- Schneider Preserve
- Sawmill Creek Preserve
- Sunfish Creek State Forest
- Scenic Vista Park
- Shawnee Prairie Preserve
- John and Marion Becker Cedar Falls PreserveBuilt 2020
- The Coupling Reserve
- River Road Park
- Gully Brook Park
- Kenney Park Nature Preserve
- Beaverkettle Farms Conservation Land
- Turtle Creek Island Unit - Ottawa NWR
- Quaker Ridge Arboretum & Nature Trails
- Grand River Conservation Campus
- Chapin Forest Reservation
- Erie Sand Barrens Nature Preserve
- Myers Woods
- Raven Rock
- Rocky Creek Parkland
- Mud Lake Bog Nature Preserve
- Buzzard's Roost Nature Preserve
- Poston Nature Preserve - South Tract
- Mesopotamia Hunting Area
- Oldtown Creek Preserve
- Miller Blue Hole Wildlife Area
- Pickerington Pond Wetlands Nature Preserve
- Narrows Reserve
- Bigelow Cemetery State Nature Preserve
- Miller Sanctuary State Nature Preserve
- Beavercreek Wildlife Recreation Area
- Stillwater Prairie Reserve
- Carmean Woods State Nature Preserve
- Brook Wildlife Area
- Middle Bass Island East Point Preserve
- Peach Preserve
- Children's Home Tract
- Delaware Reservoir Wildlife Area
- Stroth-Rader Habitat Conservation Area
- Middle Toussaint Unit - Ottawa NWR
- Little Miami Conservancy Preserve
- Wilson Nature Preserve
- Lamb Preserve
- Terra Vista Natural Study Area
- Hellbender Bluff Park
- Willard Marsh Wildlife Area
- Georgesville Green Parkland
- Davey Woods Nature Preserve
- Mentor Marsh State Nature Preserve
- Benjamin Woods Preserve
- Big Creek at Liberty Hollow
- Conneaut State Wildlife Area
- Pleasant Valley State Wildlife Area
- Bluebell Preserve
- Stoney Hill Preserve
- Ross Lake State Wildlife Area
- Charles Tummonds State Nature Preserve
- Doctor Nathan Hale Riparian Reserve
- Shoemaker State Nature Preserve
- Morgan Swamp Preserve
- Foundation Lake
- Lake Erie Bluffs
- Marsha Gunder Schneider Preserve
- Hoover Dam Park
- Cackley Swamp Preserve
- Lobdell Preserve
- Hemlock Ridge
- New Lyme Wildlife Area
- Gump Woods
- Grant Lake Wildlife Area
- James H. McBride ArboretumBuilt 1984
- Kuehnle Wildlife Area
- Strouds Ridge Reserve Hope Drive Tract
- Edgewood Grove
- Lake Alma State Park
- Sheepskin Hollow State Nature Preserve
- Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge - Upper Twin Island
- Nehls Memorial Nature Preserve
- Walter A Tucker Nature Preserve
- Paul Murray Wildlife Area
- Blanche Katherine Novak Wildlife Sanctuary and State Nature Preserve
- Mercer Woods Preserve
- Paine Falls Park
- Portage Lakes Wetland State Nature Preserve
- Orwell State Wildlife Area
- Fuller Preserve
- Alderfer-Oenslager Wildlife Sanctuary
- Wellston Reservoir State Wildlife Park
- Donna May Campbell Preserve
- Old Woman Creek Nature Center
- Audubon Society
- Yellow Creek Riparian Corridor
- Holzapfel Preserve
- Euclid Creek Reservation
- Penitentiary Glen Reservation
- Hogback Ridge Park
- Kaul Wildlife Area
- Mambourg Park
- Fox Preserve
- Black River Reservation
- J. Arthur Herrick Fen Nature Preserve
- North Pond State Nature Preserve
- Montpelier Woods
- Johnson Ridge State Nature Preserve
- Firestone/Yeagley Wildlife Area
- Amberfield Parkland
- Cranberry Run Headwaters
- Canaan Preserve
- Stone Canyon Preserve
- Catalpa Park
- Green Island Wildlife Area
- Petersen's Woods
- Arcola Creek Park
- Denison University Biological Preserve
- Acacia Reservation
- Chagrin River Park
- Katie Wilson Schneider Preserve
- Hawkins Marsh
- Toussaint Creek Wildlife Area
- Marsh Wetlands State Nature Preserve
- Writsel Preserve
- Tecumseh Point
- Hitchcock Woods
- Blair Landing
- Kroger Hills
- KSU Research Area
- Davis Memorial State Nature Preserve
- Grand River State Wildlife Area
- Gallagher Fen Sate Nature Preserve
- Welton's Gorge Preserve
- Pierce Preserve
- Braceville Nature Preserve
- Coppess Nature Sanctuary
- Pipe Creek Wildlife Area
- Honey Creek Reserve
- Morris Reserve
- Huntington Woods
- Strongsville Wildlife Area
- Brookville Preserve
- Dillon State Wildlife Area
- Goll Woods Nature Preserve
- Grand River Wildlife Area
- Lesli Johnson Preserve
- Deems Parkland
- Lakeshore Reservation
- Riverbend Conservation Area
- Reagan Highway Wetlands
- Endangered Waterfowl Conservation Facility
- Indian Rock Park
- Glenwood Green
- Paul B Sears Woods State Nature Preserve
- Michael Murray Wildlife Area
- Igel Preserve
- Hocking Canal Lock No. 8
- Historic Bear's Mill Preserve
- Prairie Ridge Meadow
- Butterfly Habitat Restoration Project
- Upper French Creek Wetlands
- Peach Preserve
- Owens Fen State Nature Preserve
- Little Portage River Wildlife Area
- Dillon Reservoir Wildlife Area
- Lawrence Conservation Area
- Imago
- Pleasant Hill Lake Park
- Bath Nature Preserve
- Ten-Mile Creek Nature Preserve
- Olentangy River State Wildlife Access Area
- Blue Heron Reserve
- Conant Wildlife Area
- Jones Preserve
- Beaver Township Nature Preserve
- Dr. Elizabeth Yahl Kuffner Nature Preserve
- French Creek Reservation
- Princess Ledges Nature Reserve
- California Woods Nature Preserve
- Quarry St. Preserve
- Poston Plant Lands
- Magee Marsh Wildlife Area
- Cossin-Kreisel Preserve
- Holbrook Hollows
- Sawyer Quarry Nature Preserve
- Baker Preserve
- Oxbow Lake State Wildlife Area
- Hach-Otis State Nature Preserve
- William Holmes McGuffey Wildlife Preserve
- Meijer Conservation Easement
- Black Swamp Nature Center
- Winterrowd Wetland Preserve
- Carter Preserve
- Utzinger Bog Preserve
- Locust Corner Nature Area
- Ray and Betty Wampler Preserve
- Parker Woods
- Ladd Carr Wildlife Woods
- Willoughby Preserve
- Turkey Creek Metropark
- Astorhurst Park
- Beaumont Scout Reservation
- Seymour Nature Preserve
- Strouds Ridge Preserve Bean Tract
- Big Walnut-Edgewater Parkland
- Cooper's Woods Preserve
- Glacial Grooves Geological Preserve
- Scheele Preserve
- Poston Nature Preserve
- Genevieve Jones Preserve
- Hansel Nature Preserve
- Willow Point Wildlife Area
- Anderson Compass Plant Prairie
- Adams Lake Prarie State Nature Preserve
- Welsh Hill Preserve
- Baldwin Woods Preserve
- Boss Unit - Ottawa NWR
- Beaverkettle Farms Conservation Land
- Islander Woods
- West Farmington Hunting Area
- Springville Marsh State Nature Preserve
- East Loveland Nature Preserve
- Kleinmaier State Nature Preserve
- Cline Preserve
- Russell Uplands Preserve
- Eagle Creek State Nature Preserve
- Resilience Woods
- Utzinger Bog Preserve
- Big Island Wildlife Area
- Shawnee Prairie Preserve
- Hambden Orchard Wildlife Area
- Stream Restoration Area
- Firelands Scout Reservation
- Fox Nature Preserve - Ottawa NWR
- Indian Point Park
- Vinton Furnace Wildlife Area
- Beaver Creek Wildlife Area
- Bettman Preserve
- LaBoiteaux Woods
- Irwin Prairie State Nature Preserve
- Ecology - Ethology Research Station
- Duff Homestead & Bayfront Preserve
- Ritter Wildlife Area
- Highland Bat Sanctuary
- Deep Hollow-Dark Skies Preserve
- East Fork Tailwater State Wildlife Area
- Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area
- Raemelton Park DevelopersBuilt July 30, 2015
- Grand River Wildlife Area
- Becvar Preserve
- Grand River Preserve
- Skunk Run Preserve
- Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park
- Farbach-Werner Nature Preserve
- Collier Preserve
- Worth Family Nature Preserve
- Leesville Wildlife Area
- Middle Bass Island East Point Preserve
- Granger Wetlands Park
- Sheldon Marsh Nature Preserve
- Sheldon Marsh
- Gorman Nature Park
- Riddle State Nature Preserve
- Dodge Woods Preserve
- Governor Bebb MetroPark
- Girdled Road Reservation
- Routzong Preserve
- Restricted Area Eagle Nest
- Gray Birch Bog Preserve
- Cook Preserve
- Cackley Swamp Preserve
- Galpin Wildlife Area
- Woodcock Nature Preserve
- Bradner Preserve
- Beavercreek Wildlife Recreational Area
- Morrison Woods Preserve
- Rudolph Farms
- Kinsey Road Mound
- Piatt Park Gorge & Cave Area
- Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve
- Wyandot Wildlife Area
- Lindy Roosenburg Preserve
- Oberlin Preserve
- Shallenberger State Nature Preserve
- Harris Miller Benedict Botanical Preserve
- Baker Swamp State Nature Preserve
- Olentangy Nature Preserve
- Hell Hollow Wilderness Area
- Missionary Island State Wildlife Area
- Joseph Steinen Wildlife Area
- Anderson Run Riparian Corridor Preservation
- Rocky River Park - Medina County Park District (undeveloped site)
- Howland Township Preserve
- Bonnoront Preserve
- Raven Rocks
- Beaty Landing
- North Wickliffe Riparian Corridor
- Gunning Preserve
- Caldwell Preserve
- Swamp Cottonwood State Nature Preserve
- Pete's Pond Preserve
- Turkey Creek Metropark
- Scheeff East Point Preserve