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Encyclopedia > Ohio public lands

Ohio public lands include national forest lands, Army Corps of Engineers areas, state parks, state forests, state nature preserves, state wildlife management areas, and other areas. This article is on national forests in the United States. ... United States Army Corps of Engineers logo The United States Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, is made up of some 34,600 military men and women. ...

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National Lands

Army Corps of Engineers

United States Army Corps of Engineers logo The United States Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, is made up of some 34,600 military men and women. ... Caesar Creek State Park is located in southwestern Ohio, five miles east of Waynesville, in Warren, Clinton, and Greene Counties. ... Caesar Creek State Park is located in southwestern Ohio, five miles east of Waynesville, in Warren, Clinton, and Greene Counties. ... Burr Oak State Park is located mostly in Morgan County, Ohio, with some extending into Athens County, Ohio. ...

Other Federal Land

Cuyahoga River in the park Categories: Stub | National parks of the United States | Ohio landmarks ... The Wayne National Forest is located in southeastern Ohio, U.S.A., in the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau. ...

State Lands

State Parks

  • A. W. Marion State Park
  • Adams Lake State Park
  • Alum Creek State Park
  • Barkcamp State Park
  • Beaver Creek State Park
  • Blue Rock State Park
  • Buck Creek State Park
  • Buckeye Lake State Park
  • Burr Oak State Park - 2593 acres (11 km²), Athens and Morgan Counties
  • Caesar Creek State Park - 7,941 acres (32 km²), Warren, Clinton, and Greene Counties
  • Catawba Island State Park
  • Cleveland Lakefront State Park
  • Cowan Lake State Park
  • Crane Creek State Park
  • Deer Creek State Park
  • Delaware State Park
  • Dillon State Park
  • East Fork State Park
  • East Harbor State Park
  • Findley State Park
  • Forked Run State Park
  • Geneva State Park
  • Grand Lake St. Marys State Park
  • Great Seal State Park
  • Guilford Lake State Park
  • Harrison Lake State Park
  • Headlands Beach State Park
  • Hocking Hills State Park, Hocking County
  • Hueston Woods State Park, 3,596 acres (15 km²), Butler and Preble Counties
  • Independence Dam State Park
  • Indian Lake State Park
  • Jackson Lake State Park
  • Jefferson Lake State Park
  • John Bryan State Park
  • Kelleys Island State Park
  • Kiser Lake State Park
  • Lake Alma State Park
  • Lake Hope State Park
  • Lake Logan State Park
  • Lake Loramie State Park
  • Lake White State Park
  • Little Miami State Park, 707 acres (2.9 km²), Hamilton, Clermont, Warren, and Greene Counties
  • Madison Lake State Park
  • Malabar Farm State Park
  • Mary Jane Thurston State Park
  • Maumee Bay State Park
  • Mohican State Park
  • Mosquito Lake State Park
  • Mount Gilead State Park
  • Nelson Kennedy Ledges State Park
  • Oak Point State Park
  • Paint Creek State Park
  • Pike Lake State Park
  • Portage Lakes State Park
  • Punderson State Park
  • Pymatuning State Park
  • Quail Hollow State Park
  • Rocky Fork State Park
  • Salt Fork State Park
  • Scioto Trail State Park
  • Shawnee State Park
  • South Bass Island State Park
  • Stonelick State Park
  • Strouds Run State Park - 2,606 acres (11 km²), in Athens County
  • Sycamore State Park
  • Tar Hollow State Park
  • Tinkers Creek State Park
  • Van Buren State Park
  • West Branch State Park
  • Wolf Run State Park

External link: Ohio State Parks Burr Oak State Park is located mostly in Morgan County, Ohio, with some extending into Athens County, Ohio. ... Caesar Creek State Park is located in southwestern Ohio, five miles east of Waynesville, in Warren, Clinton, and Greene Counties. ... Cowan Lake State Park is a park in Ohio, USA, in the Cowan Lake region, and is run by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources External Links http://www. ... Hocking Hills State Park is located in the Hocking Hills region of Ohio, in Hocking County, Ohio. ... Hueston Woods State Park is located in southwestern Ohio in Butler and Preble Counties, about five miles northeast of Oxford. ... Kelleys Island State Park is an Ohio state park that, as noted by the name, makes up almost all of the northern third of Kelleys Island; it is your typical state park with hiking and campgrounds; the glacial grooves are actually part of Glacial Grooves State Memorial. ... The Little Miami Bike Trail (also known as Little Miami State Park) is an unusual state park in Southwestern Ohio, fifty-miles long and sixty-six feet wide. ... Strouds Run State Park Strouds Run State Park is an Ohio state park located primarily in Canaan Township, Athens County, Ohio, with a small part in Ames Township of Athens County. ... Van Buren State Park can refer to: Van Buren State Park in Michigan. ...


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

Fort Ancient is a collection of American Indian mounds and fortifications located in Washington Township, Warren County, Ohio, along the eastern shore of the Little Miami River about seven miles southeast of Lebanon on State Route 350. ... Location of Lebanon Glendower State Memorial is a Nineteenth Century Greek Revival-style home on U.S. Route 42 in Lebanon, Ohio that is operated as a historical site by the Ohio Historical Society. ...

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)
  • Harrison State Forest - 1,345 acres (5 km&sup2)
  • 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)
  • Perry State Forest - 4,567 acres (18 km²)
  • 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)
  • Shawnee State Forest - 59,603 acres (241 km²)
  • Sunfish Creek State Forest - 637 acres (2.6 km²)
  • Tar Hollow State Forest - 16,126 acres (65 km²)
  • 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, Vinton, Perry Counties

State Wildlife Management Areas

  • Acadia Cliffs Wildlife Area
  • Fox Lake Wildlife Management Area
  • Sunday Creek Wildlife Management Area
  • Waterloo Wildlife Experimentation Station

State Nature Preserves

Marie J. Desonier State Nature Preserve is located in eastern Athens County, Ohio. ... Wayne County is a county located in the state of Ohio. ... Lake Katharine State Nature Preserve is located in Jackson County, Ohio, just northwest of and outside the city of Jackson, Ohio. ... Riddle State Nature Preserve is located in central Athens County, Ohio, on the fringe of the city of Athens, Ohio. ... Rockbridge State Nature Preserve is located in Hocking County, Ohio, USA, west of the city of Logan, Ohio. ...

References


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Ohio lands were surveyed and sold by the federal government, private individuals, and by two other states, Virginia and Connecticut.
Other veterans "owned" the same piece of land, and landowners were forced to go to court to have a judge decide who the true owner was.
Except for lands under the control of the states of Virginia and Connecticut, Congress controlled all of the Ohio lands.
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