A. W. Marion State Park

A. W. Marion State Park
Ohio State Park
Country United States
State Ohio
County Pickaway
Elevation 869 ft (265 m) [1]
Coordinates 39°37′50″N 82°52′47″W / 39.63056°N 82.87972°W / 39.63056; -82.87972Coordinates: 39°37′50″N 82°52′47″W / 39.63056°N 82.87972°W / 39.63056; -82.87972 [1]
Area 309 acres (125 ha) [2]
Established 1948
Management Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Location in Ohio
Website: A. W. Marion State Park

A. W. Marion State Park is a public recreation area located near Circleville, Ohio. The state park's 309 acres (125 ha) are centered on Hargus Lake. There are 5 miles (8.0 km) of hiking trails in gently rolling hills.[2]

Geography and history of the area

A. W. Marion State Park is in the till plain of eastern Ohio. The till plain is flat or rolling hills that has very fertile soil. It comes from the glaciers that covered America over 10,000 years ago. The Hargus Creek goes through the center of the park. The Adena settled here 2,000 years ago because of the fertile soil. In 1948, the Division of Parks and Recreation dammed up the Hargus Creek with an earthen dam. In 1962, the park was renamed the A. W. Marion State Park in honor of the first director of the Department of Natural Resources, who was a Pickaway County native.[3]

Trails

There are a total of 5.7 miles (8 km) of trails that go all around the lake. The red marked trail is not an approved trail and whoever constructed it did so without regard to drainage, landscape features, or wildlife usage. The Deer Creek State Park office has no knowledge of any approvals for this trail and does not want it to be used or maintained.

Wildlife

Wildlife indigenous to the area includes fox squirrel, ring-neck pheasant, a variety of songbird, a variety of waterfowl including mallard and the occasional loon, great blue heron, black racer snake, red fox, and white-tailed deer.

Boating and fishing

Boats with electric motors and rowing boats are the only kinds allowed on the lake. There is 145 acres (0.59 km2) of water. The lake is stocked with largemouth bass, muskellunge, bluegill and channel catfish.[4]

Panorama Hargus Lake

References

  1. 1 2 "A. W. Marion State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. 1 2 "A. W. Marion State Park". Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  3. ↑ "A. W. Marion State Park: History". Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  4. ↑ "A. W. Marion State Park: Activities". Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
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