20210502 – Cooperrider Kent Bog State Nature Preserve

Date: 05/02/2021 – Distance: 0.6 mi – Elapsed Time: 0.5 hr – Ascent: 20 ft – Descent: 49 ft – Difficulty: Easy

Cooperrider Kent Bog State Nature Preserve is a small preserve near Kent, Ohio on Meloy Road. It features a short boardwalk trail and many rare plants including the largest remaining stand of Tamarack Pines in Ohio, as well as Gray Birch. Originally a kettle lake formed when a large block of ice broke off from the retreating glacier, it is now filled in with vegetation and all bog.

Waypoints:

• Parking – N41.12929° W81.35379°

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