It was a nice walk with a meadow side and a wooded side (we didn't do the small top loop). Wasn't very small kid friendly, at least at 9 am / 10 am. Grass was a bit long in the trails so kids pants got soaked, and all of our shoes. Poison ivy EVERYWHERE, even in the middle of the trails. We had to trailblaze through a lot of active spider webs in the woods too. The closest lookout point was neat but the one at the north west corner was a tiny little access point and the slats in the wooden lookout were only adult height with no other way to see around to the water. My kiddos were disappointed they couldn't even see the pond without being held up (it's hardly visible from the trail). Saw lots of wildlife though, and that was neat. A nice place but not a good choice for our family in this season.
Read the rules...you can't breathe wrong at this place
We concur with another reviewer who noted poison ivy rampant on the trail and numerous cobwebs. My gallant husband, who went first, had to pick spiders off his jacket. Also, he loves to take pictures but there wasn't much to see. It was so flat that my Fitbit only registered 1 flight in our 3-mile hike. From the bird blind, we did not see birds or ducks. We could see beautiful, flowering bushes across the lake but the trail never brought us close enough to see them when we got to the other side.
Very quiet place, except the birds. Just the way you want a nature part. Brown creepers, woodpeckers, golden-crowned kinglets, wood ducks, blue herons, nuthatch, cardinals even a white tailed deer. Not bad for only an hour on a chilly evening. Thank you to the park ranger for taking time to show us where to find wildflowers and some invasive plant species.
Peaceful place for walking and to see all sorts of creatures like deer.
Stage S Pond State Nature Preserve is a US Park based in Ashville, Ohio. Stage S Pond State Nature Preserve is located at 4792 Hagerty Rd, Ashville, OH 43103, USA.
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