Warren County is located in the Till Plains ecoregion.

Places to Visit

• 57 species have been documented in Caesar Creek State Park.

• See "Clubtails of the Great Miami" in issue 30-11 of the Ohio Dragon Flier. Includes map and suggested river access points.

• Caesar Creek Lake Wildlife Area. Located off N. Clarksville Road, just north of the visitor center. (See map at caesarcreekparkmap.pdf (ohiodnr.gov)). There are two gravel parking lots with adequate parking. No restroom facilities but there are restrooms at the visitor center, a five-minute drive down the road. This site has a restored prairie with two large, shallow, well-vegetated wetlands. Deer ticks can be bad here, so take precautions against ticks. Spatterdock Darners patrol the wetlands in late May and June, and Flag-tailed Spinylegs can be found here in late summer. Other noteworthy species include Comet Darners, Spangled Skimmers, Banded Pennants, Blue-faced Meadowhawks, and Amber-winged and Sweetflag Spreadwings. The site is attractive to migrants such as gliders and saddlebags.

• Great Miami River access at Franklin – located on Dayton-Oxford Rd. on the west side of the river, at GM mile marker 59.2. (See map at Water Trail - Great Miami River National Water Trail - Great Miami Riverway). There is a large, flat area of river shoreline accessible here, if the river is not too high. Parking is very limited. There is a small parking lot with about half a dozen spots. No restroom facilities. Head north from the parking area, and then follow a short trail down the embankment to the river. There is poison ivy for a short stretch along this embankment, so wearing long pants is recommended. The river bank itself is open and sunny and mostly gravel, with abundant water willow. This area is sometimes mowed by the city, but the vegetation may be quite thick in spots if not recently mowed. There are small numbers of Cobra and Midland Clubtails here in late spring & early summer, and Eastern Ringtails in late summer & early fall.

County Observation Activity

This graph shows the total number of odonata observations for the county in brown, with the average for all Ohio counties in blue. The season is divided into 10 or 11 day segments by Month – basically early-month, mid-month, and late-month.