Sticking close to our core mission of protecting local land, the majority of places protected by ACRES and its members are closed to the public.
Some preserves are closed to protect sensitive areas or natural features.
Others are life estates, where a land donor lives and retains land use rights.
Allen County
Blackford County
Name | Acreage |
Kenneth Goble Nature Preserve | 98 |
Defiance County, Ohio
Name | Acreage |
Preston Island | 23 |
DeKalb County
Name | Acreage |
Claxton Woods | 93 |
James M. & Patricia D. Barrett Nature Preserve | 140 |
Sliger Protected Land | 18 |
Elkhart County
Fulton County
Huntington County
Kosciusko County
Lagrange County
Name | Acreage |
Draper | 32 |
Grass Lake | 102 |
Indian River Nature Preserve | 29 |
Marsh Wren Nature Preserve | 50 |
Martin Lake Nature Preserve | 5 |
Quog Lake | 126 |
Raber | 32 |
Miami County
Name | Acreage |
Walter H. and E. Marie Myers Nature Preserve on Flowers Creek | 157 |
Noble County
Name | Acreage |
Clock Creek | 35 |
Kate M. Raber and James R. Johnson | 62 |
Little Lake | 24 |
Nevin Nature Preserve | 99 |
Ralph F. Gates | 1 |
Sauga Swamp | 68 |
Tamarack Nature Preserve | 10 |
Paulding County, Ohio
Name | Acreage |
Black Swamp Audubon Sanctuary | 74 |
Dunakin Woods | 26 |
St. Joseph County
Steuben County
Wabash County
Name | Acreage |
protected land | 96 |
Wells County
Whitley County
Name | Acreage |
Kessler Nature Preserve | 1 |
Richey Woods Nature Preserve | 135 |
Williams County, Ohio
Name | Acreage |
Montpelier Woods | 14 |