From List of National Natural Landmarks, these are the National Natural Landmarks in Ohio. There are 23 in total.
Name | Image | Date | Location | County | Description | |
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Arthur B. Williams Memorial Woods | 01974-01-011974 | Cleveland | Cuyahoga | A remarkably pristine remnant beech-maple forest | ||
Blacklick Woods | 01974-01-011974 | Fairfield | An outstanding example of relatively undisturbed, old-growth beech-maple and swamp forest communities | |||
Brown's Lake Bog | 01967-01-011967 | Wayne | One of the few well-preserved, virgin boreal acid bogs remaining in a region where wetlands have been drained for agricultural use. | |||
Buzzardroost Rock, Lynx Prairie, The Wilderness | 01967-01-011967 | Adams | Supports many rare or uncommon species and it has an almost 50- year history of scientific observations. | |||
Cedar Bog | 01967-01-011967 | Urbana | Champaign | An excellent example of a marl swamp. | ||
Clear Fork Gorge | 01967-01-011967 | Ashland | Clearly illustrates evidence of stream reversal due to the Wisconsin glacier. | |||
Clifton Gorge | 01967-01-011967 | Greene | Exemplary of interglacial and postglacial canyon-cutting into the dolomites of the Niagara Escarpment. | |||
Crall Woods | 01974-01-011974 | Ashland | A near-virgin remnant of maple-basswood-beech forest-type. | |||
Cranberry Bog | 01968-01-011968 | Licking | The only known bog of its type in existence. | |||
Dysart Woods | 01967-01-011967 | Belmont | Belmont | One of the finest remaining examples of the white oak forests of eastern Ohio. | ||
Fort Hill State Memorial | 01974-01-011974 | Highland | Excellent outcrops of Silurian, Devonian, and Mississippian sedimentary bedrock and a natural bridge. | |||
Glacial Grooves State Memorial | 01967-01-011967 | Erie | Very large limestone glacial grooves. | |||
Glen Helen Natural Area | 01965-01-011965 | Yellow Springs | Greene | Includes a waterfall that carved a large travertine bowl around its pool. | ||
Goll Woods | 01974-01-011974 | Fulton | One of the best remaining examples of an oak-hickory dominated forest in Ohio. | |||
Hazelwood Botanical Preserve | 01974-01-011974 | Hamilton | Highly detailed study of the site’s plant ecology was published in 1929. | |||
Highbanks Natural Area | 01980-01-011980 | Delaware, Franklin | A forested bluff overlooking the Olentangy River. | |||
Holden Natural Area | 01967-01-011967 | Geauga, Lake | A complex of three natural areas. | |||
Hueston Woods | 01967-01-011967 | Butler, Preble | A noteworthy example of beech-maple climax forest that has never been cut. | |||
Mantua Swamp | 01976-01-011976 | Portage | Contains many different wetland communities. | |||
Mentor Marsh | 01964-01-011964 | Lake | Consists of marsh vegetation, aquatic plants, swamp and bottomland forest, and upland forest. | |||
Serpent Mound Cryptoexplosive Structure | 01980-01-011980 | Adams, Highland, Pike | A structure of undetermined origin exposed by differential erosion. | |||
Tinkers Creek Gorge | 01967-01-011967 | Cuyahoga | Contains a virgin oak-hickory and virgin beech-maple-hemlock forest. | |||
White Pine Bog Forest | 01976-01-011976 | Geauga | The only remaining near-virgin remnant white pine boreal bog in Ohio. |
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