Tinkers Creek State Nature Preserve
Summit and Portage counties, Ohio · 1.5 trail miles in ODNR's guide
Our take written by Nature Awed
Tinkers Creek, in Summit and Portage counties, is mostly marsh, with ODNR putting marshes at nearly 75 percent of the preserve, ringed by cattail, willow, buttonbush, dogwood, red maple and alder.
Spring-fed lakes and bottomland forests with swamp white and pin oaks also occur there. Summit Metro Parks manages it, and the guide gives 1.5 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
The prime features of this preserve are the extensive marshes which occupy nearly 75 percent of the preserve. Cattail, willow, buttonbush, dogwood, red maple and alder predominate in and around the marshes. Several spring-fed lakes occur here as well as bottomland forests with swamp white and pin oaks.
Visiting
Stay on designated trails
Pets are not permitted
No restrooms
In ODNR's preserve guide
| Address | 1230 Old Mill Rd, Aurora, 44202 |
|---|---|
| Trails (miles) | 1.5 |
| Visitor information | Managed by Summit Metro Parks • summitmetroparks.org |
Tinkers Creek Portage & Summit 1230 Old Mill Rd Aurora, 44202 1.5 Managed by Summit Metro Parks • summitmetroparks.org
Access permit
Tinkers Creek 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tinkers Creek State Nature Preserve | SUMMIT | Dedicated Nature Preserve | 63.27 | Division of Natural Areas and Preserves |
| Tinkers Creek State Nature Preserve | PORTAGE | Dedicated Nature Preserve | 728.47 | Division of Natural Areas and Preserves |
| Mapped acres | 791.74 (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 | 41.2803, -81.3854 (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: Tinkers Creek 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.
- Beck Fen State Nature Preserve · Portage County · about 2.5 miles · permit
- Gott Fen State Nature Preserve · Portage County · about 3.1 miles · permit
- Aurora Sanctuary State Nature Preserve · Portage County · about 4.3 miles
- Herrick Fen State Nature Preserve · Portage County · about 4.9 miles
- Centerville Mills Falls Dedicated Nature Preserve · Portage County · about 5.2 miles · permit