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Coyote Run State Nature Preserve

Fairfield County, Ohio · access permit required

Our take written by Nature Awed

Coyote Run is a 230-acre preserve in northern Fairfield County of mature forest with several vernal pools, owned and managed by Coyote Run, LLC.

There are no facilities. ODNR's page says the preserve is open to the public by permit, and its permit list names the Division and Coyote Run, LLC. as the issuers.

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

Coyote Run State Nature Preserve is a 230-acre preserve in northern Fairfield County containing mature forest with several vernal pools. No facilities are present.
ODNR: Coyote Run State Nature Preserve · our check found this text on October 14
The preserve is owned and managed by Coyote Run, LLC. Preserve is open to the public by permit only, issued by the Division of Natural Areas and Preserves.
ODNR: Coyote Run 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
Coyote Run Fairfield 220 Division of Natural Areas and Preserves & Coyote Run, LLC.
ODNR: State Nature Preserves Access Permit · our check found this text on October 14
The Division's process, from ODNR's permit page
The permit application must be received by the Division of Natural Areas and Preserves at least 14 days in advance of the requested visitation.
ODNR: State Nature Preserves Access Permit · our check found this text on October 14
Permits will be issued and emailed to the applicant at least 7 days before the scheduled visit. Maps, directions and any special stipulations concerning the use of the preserve will accompany the permit.
ODNR: State Nature Preserves Access Permit · our check found this text on October 14

Verify the current application deadlines 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
Coyote Run State Nature PreserveFAIRFIELDDedicated Nature Preserve228.86Division of Natural Areas and Preserves
Our calculations from those features, re-computed at each check.
Mapped acres228.86 (our sum of the parcels ODNR's GIS layer maps under this name)
Access permitRequired, per ODNR's permit list
Centre of mapped land39.8710, -82.7358 (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: Coyote Run 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.