Welcome to Hellbender Preserve
This 15.43 acre site contains the Buckeye Grove Loop Trail. The sight was named after the state endangered and Ohio’s largest amphibian, the “Eastern Hellbender.” Eastern Hellbenders live in the clean, high-quality waters of Jelloway Creek and the nearby Kokosing State Scenic River. The site, which consists of Jelloway Creek, wildflower and floodplain tree species, is accessed from the Kokosing Gap Trail.
Access to Hellbender Preserve is located at:
The nature trail begins at the bike trail bridge north of the bike trail parking lot and offers streamside access to beaches along Jelloway Creek. Buckeye trees are numerous throughout the site. Excellent birding opportunities abound on the trail as well, with Baltimore Orioles, Belted Kingfishers and Northern Cardinals.
In May, spring wildflowers abound on the site, including Virginia Bluebells, toad trillium, buttercups and wilf-blue phlox. Learn more about our 2021 plant surveys in our Surveys and Newsletters section.
