Cedar Bog State Nature Preserve
Champaign County, Ohio · 1.1 trail miles in ODNR's guide
Our take written by Nature Awed
Cedar Bog in Champaign County is a fen, and ODNR names white cedar, or arbor-vitae, as one of its characteristic plants, alongside boreal, prairie and coastal plain species such as showy lady's-slipper orchid and queen-of-the-prairie.
Ohio History Connection owns it and the Cedar Bog Association manages it. The guide marks it as charging a fee, open seasonally, with a nature center open Wednesday to Saturday and part of its trail accessible.
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
Cedar Bog Nature Preserve is the largest and best fen in Ohio. One of the most characteristic plants of this preserve is white cedar or arbor-vitae.
Significant boreal, as well as prairie and coastal plain species, occur here. Some of the more unusual plants include showy lady's-slipper orchid, smaller fringed gentian, swamp birch, shrubby cinquefoil, prairie valerian, Riddell's goldenrod and queen-of-the-prairie.
The preserve is owned by Ohio History Connection and managed by Cedar Bog Association.
Visiting
Email Cedar Bog Association
In ODNR's preserve guide
| Address | 980 Woodburn Rd, Urbana, 43078 |
|---|---|
| Trails (miles) | 1.1 (marked ~: A portion of the trail system is accessible.) |
| Visitor information | Fee • Seasonal • Managed by Cedar Bog Association • Nature Center open, Wed.-Sat., 10am-4pm • cedarbognp.org |
Cedar Bog Champaign 980 Woodburn Rd Urbana, 43078 1.1~ Fee • Seasonal • Managed by Cedar Bog Association • Nature Center open, Wed.-Sat., 10am-4pm • cedarbognp.org
Verify current visiting hours and access with ODNR's page before relying on these guide hours.
Access permit
Cedar Bog State Nature Preserve is not on ODNR's list of preserves that require an access permit, and its ODNR page as quoted here doesn't call for one. ODNR also says: An access permit is required to leave trails within a state nature preserve.
(ODNR: State Nature Preserves Access Permit).
The land on ODNR's map
| LANDS_NAME | COUNTY | PROP_TYPE | SUM_CALC_ACRES | MANAGING_AGENCY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Bog State Nature Preserve | CHAMPAIGN | Dedicated Nature Preserve | 70.9 | Ohio History Connection |
| Cedar Bog State Nature Preserve | CHAMPAIGN | Dedicated Nature Preserve | 368.65 | Ohio History Connection |
| Mapped acres | 439.55 (our sum of the parcels ODNR's GIS layer maps under this name) |
|---|---|
| Access permit | No whole-preserve permit requirement identified in the sources we check; named-area or activity permits may still apply |
| Centre of mapped land | 40.0582, -83.7982 (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.
Check before you go. Verify current hours, access and trail information on ODNR: Cedar Bog 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.
- Prairie Road Fen Non-Dedicated Natural Area · Clark County · about 6.3 miles · permit
- Crabill Fen Non-Dedicated Natural Area · Clark County · about 7.0 miles · permit
- Davey Woods State Nature Preserve · Champaign County · about 7.9 miles
- Gallagher Springfield Fen State Nature Preserve · Clark County · about 9.6 miles
- Kiser Lake Wetlands State Nature Preserve · Champaign County · about 12 miles