Ohio State Parks

Great Council State Park is the only Ohio state park built in collaboration with any of Ohio’s historic tribes – in this case, the Shawnee tribes. WYSO checked in on how the first year has gone.

The plaque was dedicated on Monday for the contributions Ohio’s First Lady Fran DeWine made to Great Council State Park, the Ohio's newest state park.

A new program at Great Council State Park will give visitors a sweet opportunity to learn about Shawnee peoples’ history and culture. The maple tapping events run through April, 2025.

The 76th state park was built in collaboration with the three federally-recognized Shawnee nations: the Eastern Shawnee, Absentee Shawnee and Shawnee Tribes, who were originally in Ohio.

The state of Ohio reports 150,000 visitors from around the world visited Ohio state parks to view the 2024 total solar eclipse.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) will host a series called Crafts and Conversation with Talon Silverhorn at John Bryan State Park through the end of February.

A group of experts is working with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources by taking a close look at Ohio’s 75 state parks to find out what kind of...

A state panel gave the green light for more projects to improve Ohio parks. Last year the Ohio Department of Natural Resources was allotted $88 million to…