Ohio: Photos, Posters, and Prints

Ohio boasts more than 44,000 miles of rivers and streams flowing either south into the Ohio River or north into Lake Erie. The Ohio River flows more than 450 miles along Ohio's southern borders. Lake Erie covers over 3,400 square miles with the International Line of the United States and Canada stretching about 20 miles north of the Ohio shore.Forests encompass about a fourth of Ohio's landmass with the majority of the forest being comprised of hardwoods including black walnuts, maples, ash and oak. Common shrubs included the colorful dogwood and azalea. Common wildflowers include blazing stars, anemones, blue sages, Indian pipes, and wild indigos. White-tailed deer are the dominant large wild animal of Ohio. Raccoons, red foxes, skunks, muskrats, and opossums have significant numbers. Several hundred bird species inhabit, nest or migrate in the midwestern state. Native fish species include bluegill, walleye, pike, perch, catfish, muskie, and bass.

Ohio's public lands support camping, hiking, backpacking, horseback riding and picnicking among other pursuits. Its lakes and rivers offer excellent fishing, boating and swimming to visitors and residents alike.

Ohio, birthplace of eight US Presidents, is located in the heart of the Midwest. The sandy shores of Lake Erie mark the State’s northern border and the long and winding Ohio River marks its southern border. The State’s expanse of fertile farmland is dotted with industrial centres, but also embraces the rolling hills overlooking the Scioto River Valley in the north, which become wilder and steeper as they reach the foothills of the Appalachian mountain chain, and the thick forest lands full of waterfalls and sandstone cliffs in the south, which include Hockings Hills State Park and the vast Wayne National Forest. The Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation area in the northeast near Cleveland has rugged terrain with river valleys and steep, forested hills. The State also has 40,869km (25,543 miles) of waterways, including the Mohican and Tuscarawas rivers. Columbus is Ohio’s capital and is the largest city in both area and population – it is the 15th-largest city in the USA.