Green Island Wildlife Area

Green Island Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Ottawa, Ohio. Green Island Wildlife Area is situated nearby to the neighborhood Victory Park, as well as near Wildwood.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Green Island and Put in Bay Airport.

Green Island

Islet

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Green Island is a small 17-acre island of the U.S. state of Ohio, in Lake Erie. It is located approximately three miles southwest of Put-in-Bay. It is part of Put-in-Bay Township, in Ottawa County.

Put in Bay Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Put-in-Bay Airport is a public airport located in Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island in Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The approach to Runway 21 is complicated by Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial, which is almost exactly in line with the runway; pilots are asked to respect special procedures to avoid the monument.

United States Coast Guard Station Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

South Bass Island Light is a lighthouse on the southern end of its eponymous island in Lake Erie. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on April 5, 1990 and is thought to be the only lighthouse in the United States owned by a university - Ohio State.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Put-in-Bay and Middle Bass.

Put-in-Bay

Photo: Alvintrusty, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Put-in-Bay is a resort village 3 mi offshore of mainland Ohio on Lake Erie. Put-in-Bay is a village on South Bass Island, but the name commonly is used to refer to the entire island.

Middle Bass

Hamlet

Middle Bass is an unincorporated community in Put-in-Bay Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. It is the only community on Middle Bass Island in Lake Erie. It has a post office with the ZIP code 43446.

Green Island Wildlife Area

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Ottawa, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.6458° or 41° 38′ 45″ north

Longitude

-82.8656° or 82° 51′ 56″ west

Operator

Ohio Department of Natural Resources

Open location code

86HVJ4WM+8Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1019869677

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Satellite Map

Discover Green Island Wildlife Area from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Victory Park and Wildwood.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Coil’s Cave and Green Island Lighthouse.

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