Glen Helen Nature Preserve — Attraction in Miami Township

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Best place in Ohio.

Update: 🤣I can’t help but laugh at the reviews from out-of-towners complaining about the parking fee. It’s a private park with costs - including staff, maintenance, education resources, etc. You already pay for John Bryan, but that comes from taxes. Antioch used to own the Glen but they can hardly maintain their own stuff. If you’re broke like Antioch and don’t have properties to sell off like a riveting game of monopoly gone south, just park at the Bryan Center and walk over. If you want to support the Glen, that’s your good karma.

Also, saw people getting indignant about rangers telling folks to stop swimming in the blue hole. Kids have died goofing off in the blue hole. Beyond that, all the locals know that water is downstream from a pig farm so consider that the rangers are saving you from pink eye. We all have fond memories of swimming there in the 90s, but the rangers are just trying to keep folks from getting hurt. Don’t take it personally.

Update: Maybe use some of that parking funding to clean up the spraypaint on the rock near the bentinos not-an-entrance where all the stoner kids toke up. Better yet, post a Ranger there around 9pm-11pm in the summer months, catch those lovable rascals in the act, and make them clean it up. (This is why I dropped a star ⭐️ from the best place in...

In years past when I lived in Kettering, I had many occasions to visit Antioch College for th Shakespeare Festival, film festivals, etc., but I had never visited Glen Helen, owned by the college until recently. I have donated during the drive to purchase the reserve from the college and subsequently so being in the area I decided to make a visit, even though in winter it's less lush. I walked most of the 1.5mi trail down into the gorge and along the Birch creek, though I did not get over to the cascades. I nearly tripped over a fawn that was browsing near the trail and was completely unconcerned with my presence. Heard and saw some birds and walked along the section of the creek where a beaver had been active by evidence of some tree stumps and one in-progress. Seeing the town namesake Yellow Springs was a treat after all these years. Talked with a local mushroom hunter who told me about the Edina ancient indigenous mound builders and the local lore. Only a handful of other walkers on the trails. Crossed the bridge and returned via the high trail near the western edge of the gorge. A $5 parking fee for nonmembers. The raptor center was not open. There is also an classroom education center during...