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Carmean Woods State Nature Preserve

Crawford County, Ohio · access permit required

Our take written by Nature Awed

Carmean Woods is a mixed-swamp forest in Crawford County with a range of tree species, spring wildflowers and vernal pools where amphibians live.

Frederick L. Carmean gave it to the Division, and the Crawford Park District leases it. ODNR's page says no trails are present, and the permit list shows the Crawford Park District as the organization that issues access permits.

Our plain-language reading of the ODNR text quoted on this page. It adds no facts of its own.

Verify current visiting hours and access restrictions with ODNR's page for this preserve and ODNR's permit page before relying on this summary.

What ODNR says about it

This mixed-swamp forest is adjacent to and part of the Paul B. Sears Woods State Nature Preserve complex. Carmean Woods has a diversity of tree species and spring wildflowers as well as vernal pools which provide habitat for amphibians.
ODNR: Carmean Woods State Nature Preserve · our check found this text on October 14
Carmean Woods was a gift to the division from Frederick L. Carmean in 1986. The preserve is leased to Crawford Park District.
ODNR: Carmean Woods State Nature Preserve · our check found this text on October 14

Visiting

ODNR's visitor notes
  • No trails are present.
ODNR: Carmean Woods State Nature Preserve · our check found this text on October 14

In ODNR's preserve guide

This preserve has no row in ODNR's printed guide. The guide says: Preserves not listed are either unimproved, or require a written permit to visit. (ODNR: Ohio State Nature Preserves & Natural Areas Guide (PDF)).

Access permit required

ODNR's permit list: preserve, county, acres, issuing organization
Carmean Woods Crawford 39 Crawford Park District
ODNR: State Nature Preserves Access Permit · our check found this text on October 14

ODNR's permit list names Crawford Park District as the issuer; ODNR's permit page doesn't print that organization's application process.

Verify the current permit details with ODNR: State Nature Preserves Access Permit before you rely on them.

How the access permit works, and every preserve on the list →

The land on ODNR's map

Field values as ODNR's GIS lands layer returns them (one row per mapped feature; our checker found them on October 14).
LANDS_NAMECOUNTYPROP_TYPESUM_CALC_ACRESMANAGING_AGENCY
Carmean Woods State Nature PreserveCRAWFORDDedicated Nature Preserve38.06Crawford Park District
Our calculations from those features, re-computed at each check.
Mapped acres38.06 (our sum of the parcels ODNR's GIS layer maps under this name)
Access permitRequired, per ODNR's permit list
Centre of mapped land40.7775, -83.0382 (our calculation; not an entrance or parking lot)

Statewide rules

Ohio Administrative Code chapter 1501:17 sets rules for nature preserves and natural areas under ODNR's supervision or its designated custodian, on pets, drones, picnics, collecting and more. Can I…? quotes them rule by rule, with their exceptions.

Pets are prohibited at all state nature preserves, except Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve where leashed pets are only allowed on the multipurpose paved trail.
ODNR: Ohio State Nature Preserves & Natural Areas Guide page · our check found this text on October 14

Check before you go. Verify current hours, access and trail information on ODNR: Carmean Woods State Nature Preserve and ODNR: State Nature Preserves Access Permit; our checker last found the quoted words there on October 14.

Nearest other preserves

Straight-line miles between the centres of mapped land (our calculation), not driving distance.