page_title: Strouds Run State Park
section_title: Adjacent public lands
hierarchical_section_title: Strouds Run State Park / Adjacent public lands
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of part of the waterfront area on Dow Lake at Strouds Run State Park
context_page_description: Strouds Run State Park is an Ohio state park located primarily in Canaan Township, Athens County, Ohio, with a small part in Ames Township. It comprises 2,606 acres, and includes Dow Lake, a 161-acre artificial lake. The lake is stocked on an annual basis with several kinds of fish, including rainbow trout, which cannot survive the winters. The park is almost entirely within the Strouds Run watershed, although it does not include the entire watershed. The park is on the fringes of the city of Athens, Ohio, with park boundaries coinciding with city limits in several places.
context_section_description: The park borders on the city's 325-acre (1.32 km²) Strouds Ridge Preserve Project, which includes the Riddle State Nature Preserve, and with the Athens Conservancy's 75 acre (0.3 km²) Blair Preserve.
  In addition, the 264-acre (1.07 km²) Baker Tract, managed by the Athens Conservancy, is a short drive away, with a public access trailhead on Ohio State Route 690.
caption: Dow Lake waterfront
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