Ottawa+National+Wildlife+Refuge+Crane+Creek+Estuary+Trail

Also, see Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge and Magee Marsh Wildlife Area
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Lucas County
=Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge= =Crane Creek Estuary Trail= 14000 West OH-2 Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449 Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge website Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge map

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Ottawa NWR--Crane Creek Estuary Trail
Coordinates: 41.6310555, -83.1958526 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Crane Creek Estuary Trail
The Crane Creek Estuary can be good during any season. It has breeding birds in summer and attracts migrants in spring and fall. It can be productive when there is open water in the winter. Visiting the estuary requires hiking.

The easiest hike is to use the Crane Creek Estuary Trail, a joint project of the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge and Magee Marsh Wildlife Area. This trail leaves from the west end of the parking lot at Magee Marsh and is an easy .5 mile walk along the lake shore to Crane Creek. During migration and when water levels are appropriately low, this section of the estuary can host shorebirds. A spotting scope is helpful. This section of the estuary is in Lucas County.

About Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge provides valuable habitat for a diversity of waterfowl and other migratory birds, resident wildlife, and endangered and threatened species. It provides a place for people to enjoy wildlife-dependent activities and learn about the complexities of the natural world through education and interpretive programming.

Ottawa Refuge is located in northwest Ohio. The entrance is located 15 miles east of Toledo, Ohio or 16 miles west of Port Clinton, Ohio on OH-2. The entrance road is located on the north side of OH-2.

Visitors should stop at the visitor center which opened in 2007. This beautiful lodge style building welcomes you and tells the refuge story. The building is open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

There are ten miles of hiking trails. These trails travel through a variety of habitats and start behind the visitor center or from the trailhead parking lot.

The refuge auto tour is open on scheduled days from 8 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The auto tour travels through areas of the refuge not otherwise open to the general public. See the calendar of events for open dates. From Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge website

Magnolia Warbler Photo by Brian Tinker || **Please, be safe. It is never safe to stop your car on OH-2 in this area. State and local police ticket drivers pulled over to the side of this highway.**

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