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Portage County
=Tinkers Creek State Park= 10303 Aurora Hudson Road Streetsboro, Ohio 44241 Tinkers Creek State Park website Tinkers Creek State Park map

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Tinkers Creek SP
Coordinates: 41.2759817, -81.373262 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Tinkers Creek State Park
The majority of Tinker's Creek State Park is maintained in its original state as a swamp and marshland. These wetlands owe their existence to the glaciers that invaded Ohio during the Pleistocene Ice Age. Glacial features include moraines, kames, and eskers. Moraines were formed when a glacier remained stationary for a long period of time leaving hills of boulders, sand, and gravel. Kames are deposits of sand and gravel that fell through holes in the ice leaving circular hills. Eskers are deposits of sand and gravel that dropped through ice tunnels leaving long serpentine mounds. Many fine examples of these glacial features are found in the region.

This part of Ohio is known for the number of naturally occurring lakes. Huge blocks of ice broke free from the glaciers creating depressions which filled as the ice blocks melted. These are known as kettle lakes. Over the ensuing 10,000 years, these lakes have partially filled with sediment leaving boggy wetlands with unique assemblages of plants. Buttonbush, alder, and swamp white oak are predominate.

During the spring and fall migration periods, the marsh provides food and shelter for thousands of waterfowl. Mallards, wood ducks and Canada geese nest in the marshlands each year. In addition, woodcock, rail, gallinule, snipe, heron, and bittern are often sighted. Beaver and muskrat are common residents. From Tinkers Creek State Park website



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