Lou Campbell State Nature Preserve

210 acres in Lucas County

Address

2742 Crissey Road
Toledo, Ohio 43558

Lat/Long Coordinates
N41 35.478'
W083 45.710'

Special Features

- Remnant of Oak Openings region
- Variety of rare plants, summer wildflowers and butterflies

Facilities

2.3 loop trail, kiosk and parking lot. Site recently opened to the public.

Learn more

A microcosm of the botanically significant Oak Openings region in northwest Ohio, Lou Campbell State Nature Preserve is hope to more than 30 state-listed species. High quality habitats include wet sedge meadows, swamp forest, sand dunes, sand barrens prairie and oak openings.

Rare wildflowers seen here include wild lupine, grass-pink orchid, spathulate-leaved sundew, soapwort gentian, plains puccoon and Missouri ironweed.

The varieties of habitat provide a number of landscapes for endangered wildife including the frosted elfin and harvester butterflies.

The preserve honors Louis W. (Lou) Campbell, a well-known Toledo naturalist and outdoor writer.


Local directions
Located east of the Toledo Express Airport along Crissey Road, south of State Route 2.