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Maumee State Forest
Location of Maumee State Forest
Location	Fulton Lucas Henry, Ohio, United States
Coordinates	41°31′14″N 83°54′07″W / 41.52056°N 83.90194°W / 41.52056; -83.90194
Area	3,452 acres (13.97 km²)
Named for	Maumee River
Governing body	Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry
Website	Ohio Department of Natural Resources - Maumee State Forest

Maumee State Forest is a state forest in Fulton, Henry, and Lucas counties in the U.S. state of Ohio.^[1] It is located about 3 miles west of Whitehouse and abuout 4 miles south of Swanton. It is managed by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry.^[2]

The forest consists of 3,452 acres (1,397 ha)^[3] of largely flat land that had formerly been cleared for farming. Initial acquisition of land began in 1946,^[1] and the forest reached its current size in 2023.^[3] Maumee State Forest boasts some 66 miles of hiking trails, 8 miles of bridle trails, and is one of only four Ohio State Forests with all-terrain vehicle trails,^[4] and the only one in Northwest Ohio.^[4]^[5] The forest serves as a remnant example of the oak openings habitat that once covered much of Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan.^[6]

References

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^ ^a ^b "Maumee State Forest". ODNR Division of Forestry. Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
^ "Project - Maumee State Forest Restoration". Maumee AOC. Maumee AOC. 2025. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
^ ^a ^b Crothers, Sydney (February 22, 2023). "ODNR Plans Expansion of Maumee State Forest". Spectrum News 1. Columbus, OH: Charter Communications. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Maumee State Forest Offers Riders 8 Miles of APV Trails". The Beacon. Port Clinton, OH: Schaffner Publications. April 7, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
^ Starks, James (September 5, 2023). "Finds in the 419 - Maumee State Forest". WTVG 13 Action News. Toledo, OH: Gray Local Media. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
^ Henry, Tom (February 14, 2023). "State Acquires Another 63.5 Acres for Maumee State Forest". The Blade. Toledo, OH: The Toledo Blade. Retrieved April 22, 2025.

Protected areas of Ohio

Federal

National Estuarine Research Reserves	Old Woman Creek
National Forests	Wayne
National Historic Sites and Historical Parks	Dayton Aviation Heritage Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis First Ladies Hopewell Culture James A. Garfield William Howard Taft
National Memorials	Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial
National Monuments	Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers
National Parks	Cuyahoga Valley
National Trails	Lewis and Clark North Country Trail
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Big Darby Creek Little Beaver Creek Little Darby Creek Little Miami River
National Wildlife Refuges	Cedar Point Ottawa West Sister Island
Other	National Historic Landmarks National Natural Landmarks National Register of Historic Places Wilderness Areas

State

State parks	Adams Lake Alum Creek A. W. Marion Barkcamp Beaver Creek Blue Rock Buck Creek Buckeye Lake Burr Oak Caesar Creek Catawba Island Cleveland Lakefront Cowan Lake Deer Creek Delaware Dillon East Fork East Harbor Findley Forked Run Geneva Grand Lake St. Marys Great Council Great Seal Guilford Lake Harrison Lake Headlands Beach Hocking Hills Hueston Woods Independence Dam Indian Lake Jackson Lake Jefferson Lake John Bryan Kelleys Island Kiser Lake Lake Alma Lake Hope Lake Logan Lake Loramie Lake Milton Lake White Little Miami Madison Lake Malabar Farm Marblehead Lighthouse Mary Jane Thurston Middle Bass Island Maumee Bay Mohican Mosquito Lake Mount Gilead Muskingum River Nelson Kennedy Ledges Paint Creek Pike Lake Portage Lakes Punderson Pymatuning Quail Hollow Rocky Fork Salt Fork Scioto Trail Shawnee South Bass Island Stonelick Strouds Run Sycamore Tar Hollow Tinkers Creek Van Buren West Branch Wingfoot Lake Wolf Run
State forests	Beaver Creek Blue Rock Brush Creek Dean Fernwood Gifford Harrison Hocking Maumee Mohican-Memorial Perry Pike Richland Furnace Scioto Trail Shade River Shawnee Sunfish Creek Tar Hollow Yellow Creek Zaleski
State nature preserves	Acadia Cliffs Adams Lake Prairie Audubon Islands Augusta-Anne Olsen Aurora Sanctuary Baker Woods Betsch Fen Bigelow Cemetery Blackhand Gorge Bonnet Pond Boord Brown's Lake Bog Burton Wetlands Caesar Creek Gorge Carmean Woods Cedar Bog Chaparral Prairie Christmas Rocks Clear Creek Clear Fork Gorge Clifton Gorge Compass Plant Prairie Conkle's Hollow Cooperrider-Kent Bog Crabill Fen Cranberry Bog Crane Hollow Crooked Run Culberson Woods Davey Woods Davis Memorial Drew Woods Dupont Marsh Eagle Creek Edward Thomas Emerald Hills Erie Sand Barrens Etawah Woods Evans Beck Memorial Flatiron Lake Bog Fowler Woods Frame Lake Fen Gahanna Woods Gallagher/Springfield Fen Goll Woods Goode Prairie Gott Fen Greenbelt Greenville Falls Gross Memorial Woods Hatch-Otis Halls Creek Headlands Dunes Howard Collier Hueston Woods Hutchins (Highland) Irwin Prairie Jackson Bog Johnson Ridge Johnson Woods Karlo Fen Kendrick Woods Kessler Swamp Kiser Lake Wetlands Kitty Todd Knox Woods Kyle Woods Ladd Natural Bridge Lake Katharine Lakeside Daisy Lawrence Woods Little Rocky Hollow Lou Campbell Mantua Bog Marie J. Desonier Marsh Wetlands McCracken Fen Mentor Marsh Milford Center Railroad Prairie Miller Morris Woods Mud Lake Bog Myersville Newberry North Pond North Shore Alvar Novak Sanctuary Old Woman Creek Owens/Liberty Fen Pallister Pickerington Ponds Portage Lakes Wetland Prairie Road Fen Raven Rock Rhododendeon Cove Riddle Rockbridge Rome Rothenbuhler Woods Saltpetre Cave Sears Woods Seymour Woods Shallenberger Sharon Woods Gorge Sheepskin Hollow Sheick Hollow Sheldon Marsh Shoemaker Siegenthaler-Kaestner Esker Smith Cemetery Spring Beauty Dell Spring Brook Sanctuary Springville Marsh Stage's Pond Strait Creek Prairie Stratford Woods Swamp Cottonwood Tinker's Creek Travertine Fen Triangle Lake Bog Trillium Trails Tummonds Walter Tucker Warder-Perkins Whipple White Pine Bog Forest William C. McCoy Zimmerman Prairie
State scenic rivers	Big Darby Creek Chagrin River Conneaut Creek Cuyahoga River Grand River Greenville Creek Kokosing River Little Beaver Creek Little Darby Creek Little Miami River Maumee River Mohican River Olentangy River Sandusky River Stillwater River

Regional

Metro Parks	Ashtabula County Metroparks Cleveland Metroparks Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks Erie MetroParks Five Rivers MetroParks Geauga Park District Great Parks of Hamilton County Johnny Appleseed Metro Parks Lake Metroparks Lorain County Metro Parks Metroparks of Butler County Metroparks Toledo Mill Creek MetroParks Summit Metro Parks Trumbull County MetroParks

Ohio Department of Natural Resources

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