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Collier State Nature Preserve

Seneca County, Ohio · 1.2 trail miles in ODNR's guide

Our take written by Nature Awed

Collier, named for a former state budget director, sits on the Sandusky State Scenic River in Seneca County, where the trail follows a ridgetop and then drops to the river's floodplain.

ODNR describes big oaks, sycamores and beeches and a long list of spring wildflowers, and it singles out the marsh marigolds and skunk cabbage on the floodplain in early May. The guide gives 1.2 miles of trail.

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

Howard Collier State Nature Preserve, located on the Sandusky State Scenic River, was originally acquired as a Scenic River area. In addition to the large wooded riverine corridor, with an excellent floodplain community containing large oaks, sycamore, ash, tulip and cottonwoods, the area also has an impressive amount of relief.
ODNR: Collier State Nature Preserve · our check found this text on October 14
The trail follows the ridgetop and then drops dramatically over the hillside to the floodplain of the Sandusky River. This woods contain numerous large beech trees as well as a spectacular diversity of spring wildflowers including sharp-lobed hepatica, Dutchman's-breeches, squirrel-corn, three trillium species, twinleaf, white and yellow trout-lily and marsh-marigold. The display of marsh marigolds and skunk cabbage found in the floodplain is particularly striking in early May. The site is named in honor of former state budget director, Howard Collier.
ODNR: Collier State Nature Preserve · our check found this text on October 14

Visiting

ODNR's visitor notes
  • Open 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset
  • Stay on designated trails at all times
  • Pets are not permitted
  • See all rules
ODNR: Collier State Nature Preserve · our check found this text on October 14

Verify current visiting hours and access restrictions with ODNR's page before relying on these hours.

In ODNR's preserve guide

Our table of the guide's row for Collier, Howard (Seneca County). The row as printed is quoted below.
Address1655 W Township Rd 38, Tiffin, 44883
Trails (miles)1.2
Visitor informationnone printed
The guide's row
Collier, Howard Seneca 1655 W Township Rd 38 Tiffin, 44883 1.2
ODNR: Ohio State Nature Preserves & Natural Areas Guide (PDF) · our check found this text on October 14

Access permit

Collier 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

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
Collier State Nature PreserveSENECADedicated Nature Preserve117.61Division of Natural Areas and Preserves
Our calculations from those features, re-computed at each check.
Mapped acres117.61 (our sum of the parcels ODNR's GIS layer maps under this name)
Access permitNo whole-preserve permit requirement identified in the sources we check; named-area or activity permits may still apply
Centre of mapped land41.0060, -83.1997 (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: Collier 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.