Halls Creek Woods State Nature Preserve
Warren County, Ohio · 2 trail miles in ODNR's guide
Our take written by Nature Awed
Halls Creek Woods in Warren County is mostly mature hardwood forest of maple, beech, oak and hickory, with spring wildflowers, ferns and old field habitat.
Halls Creek, a tributary of the Little Miami State and National Scenic River, crosses the preserve and forms small waterfalls over Ordovician limestone. There are 2 miles of hiking trails and no public restrooms.
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
The majority of this preserve is mature forest composed of hardwoods including maple, beech, oak and hickory with a large variety of spring wildflowers and ferns present. Old field habitat also contains a diversity of species.
Halls Creek, a tributary of the Little Miami State and National Scenic River, passes through the preserve and forms a series of small, beautiful waterfalls as it passes over the Ordovician limestone bedrock.
Visiting
Open 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset
Stay on designated trails
Pets are not permitted
No public restrooms
Verify current visiting hours and access restrictions with ODNR's page before relying on these hours.
Trails
2 miles of hiking trails
In ODNR's preserve guide
| Address | 3232 Mason-Morrow-Millgrove Rd., Morrow, 45152 |
|---|---|
| Trails (miles) | 2 |
| Visitor information | none printed |
Halls Creek Woods Warren 3232Mason-Morrow-Millgrove Rd.,Morrow, 45152 2
Access permit
Halls Creek Woods 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halls Creek Woods State Nature Preserve | WARREN | Dedicated Nature Preserve | 273.16 | null |
| Mapped acres | 273.16 (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 | 39.3669, -84.1488 (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: Halls Creek 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.
- Caesar Creek Gorge State Nature Preserve · Warren County · about 8.8 miles
- Culberson Woods State Nature Preserve · Clinton County · about 12 miles
- Sharon Woods Gorge State Nature Preserve · Hamilton County · about 14 miles
- Travertine Fen State Nature Preserve · Greene County · about 19 miles
- Trillium Trails State Nature Preserve · Hamilton County · about 20 miles