Native Cactus in Adams County
We recently made a couple of trips to Adams County. We've written about a few of the sites we visited and will discuss many more in the future. On our trip we briefly stopped at Sandy Springs Cemetery near the Ohio River to view native Ohio cactus.
Regular readers of TrekOhio will recall that we previously wrote about cactus at Kitty Todd Nature Preserve near Toledo. Cactus are also found in Adams County. I was about to write an article about the Adams County native cactus when I read Kyle Brooks Read more ➜
It's the end of another year and time to reflect on Ohio parks and preserves we've visited and some of the interesting sights we've seen.
Best Hike of the Year
We're going to give the annual Hocking Hills Winter Hike a lifetime achievement award. It's a great hike and has been great fun for us every year we've participated. Beyond this annual hike, below are our favorites for this year.
Deb: I really enjoyed hiking within the maze-like crevasses at Nelson-Kennedy Ledges State Park
Bob: 
The TrekOhio Guide is designed to help you find interesting, natural sites in Ohio. We wanted to create a place online where you could learn about sites that were in the same geographical region regardless of whether the park, nature preserve or trail was managed by the federal government, the state government, a county government, or a non-governmental agency. In addition we wanted the information to be accessible via your cellphone or other mobile device, so it would be easy to adjust your 
I had no idea how to tell whether a green frog was male or female, but now I do. And if you check out one of the off-site posts below, you'll know too. 🙂
See either:
https://naturallycuriouswithmaryholland.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/a-frogs-tympanum/, orhttps://sillyfrogsusan.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/nature-knowledge-frog-gender-id/