Secor Metropark (Nature Photography)

Owned and managed by Metroparks of the Toledo Area. Naturalist and volunteer stewardship offered.
Information: 419-407-9700

• Comprises 600 acres featuring an extensive swamp forest and a restored tallgrass prairie
• Biking and biking trails and picnic facilities available
• New! The National Center for Nature Photography

Wildwood Preserve Metropark (Tallgrass Prairie)

Owned and managed by Metroparks of the Toledo Area. Naturalist and volunteer stewardship offered.
Information: 419-407-9700

• This 500 acre preserve harbors tallgrass prairie, oak woodland and floodplain habitats
• Special attractions include the Manor House, Visitor Center and restored one-room schoolhouse
• Offers picnic facilities, playgrounds and multi-purpose trails, including access to the paved 6.3 mile University-Parks Trail running from King Road in Sylvania to the University of Toledo campus

Oak Openings Preserve Metropark (Living Sand Dunes)

Owned and managed by Metroparks of the Toledo Area. Naturalist and volunteer stewardship offered.
Information: 419-407-9700

• Offers 3,600 acres of oak woodlands and savannas, remnant prairies and floodplain forest
• Includes Girdham Road dunes, the region's best example of open sand dunes and sand barren habitat
• Extensive system of trails for biking, hiking, and horseback riding
• Largest and best-known conservation area within the region
• Offers an interpretive display on the Oak Openings Region in the Mallard Lake area
• Nearby in Whitehouse, the Blue Creek Conservation Area is an outdoor learning center operated by the Metroparks, the Lucas Country Soil and Water Conservation District and Nature's Nursery

Irwin Prairie State Nature Preserve (Wet Prairie)

Owned and operated by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Natural Areas and Preserves.
Information: 614-265-6453

• These 223 acres represent a high quality remnant of the historical 4,500-acre Irwin Prairie
• The area's best example of the globally rare wet prairie community
• A boardwalk and observation platform offer excellent viewing access of the prairie

Louis W. Campbell State Nature Preserve (Mesic Sand Prairie)

Owned and operated by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Natural Areas and Preserves.
Information: 614-265-6453

• This 210-acre site includes oak savanna and mesic sand prairie
• Hiking and nature study by permit only

Maumee State Forest (Muck farm/Wet prairie)

Owned and managed by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry.
Information: 419-822-3052

• Features 3,100 acres of woodland wet prairie and planted pine forest
• Only state forest in western Ohio
• Attractions include hiking, hunting, horseback riding, APV use (in designated areas) and nature study
• One of the finest wet prairie communities in Henry County

Wabash-Cannonball Trail (20 miles of trails through Oak Openings Region)

Owned and managed by Northwest Ohio Rails-to-Trails (NORTA), Toledo Metroparks and several others.
Information: 1-800-951-4688 (NORTA) or 419-407-9700(Toledo Metroparks)

• Enjoy hiking, biking and horseback riding on trails traversing the Oak Openings Region
• Northwest Ohio's premier Rails-to-Trails project totaling 63 miles through four counties.

Kitty Todd Nature Preserve (Oak savanna)