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Goode Prairie State Nature Preserve

Miami County, Ohio · 0.5 trail miles in ODNR's guide

Our take written by Nature Awed

Goode Prairie in Miami County is a tallgrass prairie on the crest and slope of a south-facing bluff above the Stillwater State Scenic River, kept open by slumping of the slope.

ODNR lists big and little bluestem, nodding wild onion, butterflyweed, hoary puccoon, wild bergamot and gray-headed coneflower among its plants. Miami County Parks leases and manages it, and the guide gives 0.5 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

This site includes the crest and slope of a south-facing bluff overlooking the Stillwater State Scenic River. Frequent disturbances due to slumping of the slope, have maintained a tallgrass prairie community.
ODNR: Goode Prairie State Nature Preserve · our check found this text on October 14
Typical prairie species growing here include big bluestem, little bluestem, nodding wild onion, partridge pea, flowering spruge, butterflyweed, hoary puccoon, wild bergamot and gray-headed coneflower.
ODNR: Goode Prairie State Nature Preserve · our check found this text on October 14

Visiting

ODNR's visitor notes
  • Goode Prairie is leased to Miami County Parks.
ODNR: Goode Prairie State Nature Preserve · our check found this text on October 14

In ODNR's preserve guide

Our table of the guide's row for Goode Prairie (Miami County). The row as printed is quoted below.
Address10354 Union Church Rd, Bradford, 45308
Trails (miles)0.5
Visitor informationManaged by Miami County Parks • miamicountyparks.com
The guide's row
Goode Prairie Miami 10354 Union Church Rd Bradford, 45308 0.5 Managed by Miami County Parks • miamicountyparks.com
ODNR: Ohio State Nature Preserves & Natural Areas Guide (PDF) · our check found this text on October 14

Access permit

Goode Prairie 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
Goode Prairie State Nature PreserveMIAMIDedicated Nature Preserve28.65Miami County Parks District
Our calculations from those features, re-computed at each check.
Mapped acres28.65 (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 land40.1666, -84.4056 (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: Goode Prairie 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.