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Mailing Address: 2045 Morse Road, Building F-1 Columbus, OH 43229-6693 (614) 265-6453
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Select a Preserve Acadia Cliffs Adams Lake Prairie Audubon Islands Aurora Sanctuary Bigelow Cemetery Prairie Blackhand Gorge Boord Brown's Lake Bog Burton Wetlands Caesar Creek Gorge Carmean Woods Cedar Bog Chaparral Prairie Clear Creek Clear Fork Gorge Clifton Gorge Collier Compass Plant Prairie Conkle's Hollow Conneaut Swamp Cranberry Bog Crooked Run Culberson Woods Davey Woods Davis Memorial Desonier Drew Woods Dupont Marsh Eagle Creek Erie Sand Barrens Fowler Woods Gahanna Woods Goll Woods Goode Prairie Greenville Falls Gross Woods Hach-Otis Halls Creek Woods Headlands Dunes Herrick Fen Hueston Woods Hutchins (Highbanks) Irwin Prairie Jackson Bog Johnson Ridge Johnson Woods Kendrick Woods Kent (Cooperrider) Bog Kessler Swamp Kiser Lake Wetlands Kitty Todd Knox Woods Kyle Woods Lake Katharine Lakeside Daisy Lawrence Woods Marsh Wetlands Mentor Marsh Milford Center Prairie Morris Woods North Pond North Shore Alvar Novak Old Woman Creek Olsen (Augusta-Anne) Pickerington Ponds Portage Lakes Wetland Riddle Rockbridge Sears Woods Seymour Woods Shallenberger Sharon Woods Gorge Sheepskin Hollow Sheldon Marsh Siegenthaler-Esker Smith Cemetery Prairie Springville Marsh Stage's Pond Swamp Cottonwood Thomas (Sharon Woods) Tinker's Creek Triangle Lake Bog Tucker (Blacklick) Tummonds Wahkeena Whipple Zimmerman Prairie
Special Features Sandstone cliff communities
Although this site was previously mined by the Acadia Coal Company, the sandstone cliff communities are still intact and of statewide significance. The preserve was a gift to the state from the Acadia Coal Company in 1994.
Among the many ferns growing on these cliffs is the state threatened Bradley's Spleenwort. Currently, this is Ohio's only protected site for this species.
Location
Located approximately 3 miles southwest of Cutler in Washington County on County Rd 3. The preserve is located on both sides of County Rd 3 and extends into Athens County. No visitor facilities are present and the preserve is unmarked.
The preserve is owned and managed by ODNR's Division of Wildlife as a public hunting area. For more information, call 614-265-1055.
RELATED INFORMATION
Nature Preserve Map
Preserve Rules & Regulations
Handicapped Accessible Preserves
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Application For An Access Permit
Access Permit Form (pdf)