Hueston+Woods+State+Park--Group+Camp

Also, see Hueston Woods State Park and Hueston Woods Important Bird Area
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=Hueston Woods State Park--Group Camp= College Corner, Ohio 45003 Acton Lake webpage Hueston Woods State Park website Hueston Woods State Park map

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Hueston Woods SP--Group Camp
Coordinates: 39.5867245, -84.7660232 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Tips for birding Hueston Woods State Park Group Camp
During the winter the gravel road to the Group Camp is blocked off, so walking is the only way to access the area. A parking lot is right across the street, just next to Hedge Row Road. At the end of the road that goes through the group camp, some of Acton Lake is viewable so a scope could be helpful here for scanning the lake, but there are other better vantage spots of the lake not located in the group camp. The habitat consists of mostly woods but there are also some wetlands and marsh habitat that is good for sparrows and ducks have been seen in the wetlands. From Cole DiFabio

Tips for birding Hueston Woods State Park
From Cincinnati Audubon website

About Hueston Woods State Park
The rich soils of the area are part of the glacial till plains of western Ohio. Early settlers cleared the dense woodlands to farm the fertile soil. Nearly all of Ohio’s original forest has since vanished. However, one unique stand of virgin timber remains at Hueston Woods. Over 200 acres have been protected and provide visitors with a glimpse of Ohio’s primeval forest. Stately beech and sugar maple tower above the abundance of ferns, wildflowers and other woodland species. In 1967, the 200-acre forest was designated a National Natural Landmark by the National Park Service.

Hueston Woods State Park located in southwest Ohio has an enormous wealth of natural resources. The limestone bedrock of the area is evidence of an ancient shallow sea that once covered Ohio. Much of the limestone is the magnesium-bearing type called dolomite. Fossilized remains of ancient marine animals are so abundant that people from all over the world come to Hueston Woods to collect them. From Hueston Woods State Park website

Photo by Cole DiFabio

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