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Oakland was laid out in 1806, and named for a grove of oak trees near the original town site. [2] A post office called Oakland was established in 1839, and remained in operation until 1905. [ 3 ]
Brecksville Reservation is the largest urban park in the U.S. state of Ohio. Chippewa Creek flows through the 3,026-acre (1,225 ha) reservation, which is home to a section of the Buckeye Trail. The park supports a diverse set of ecosystems, featuring fields, a river plain, gorges, and a variety of forested areas. [3]
Name County Size Image Year established; acres km 2; A. W. Marion State Park: Pickaway: 454: 1.84: 1950 Adams Lake State Park: Adams: 96: 0.39: 1950 Alum Creek State Park
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. ...
Oakland, Ohio may refer to any of several locations in the United States state of Ohio: Oakland, Butler County, Ohio; Oakland, Clinton County, Ohio; Oakland ...
Cowan Lake State Park is a 1,075-acre (435 ha) public recreation area in Clinton County, Ohio, in the United States. It is operated by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. The state park is open for year-round recreation and is known for a variety of birds that attract birdwatching enthusiasts to the park in southwestern Ohio. [3]
Caesar Creek State Park is a public recreation area located in southwestern Ohio, five miles (8 km) east of Waynesville, in Warren, Clinton, and Greene counties. [2] The park is leased by the State from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who in the 1970s erected a dam on Caesar Creek to impound a 2,830-acre (1,150 ha) lake. [2]
The Division of Parks and Recreation dammed Hargus Creek with an earthen dam in 1948. The property became a state park under the administration of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources in 1950. It was renamed A. W. Marion State Park in honor of the first director of the Department of Natural Resources, who was a Pickaway County native, in ...