A. W. Marion State Park
A. W. Marion State Park is a 310-acre (130 ha) public recreation area located four miles (6.4 km) northeast of Circleville, Ohio.The state park encircles 145-acre (59 ha) Hargus Lake and offers hiking, fishing, and boating.The property became a state park under the administration of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources in 1950.It was renamed A. W. Marion State Park in honor of the first director of the Department of Natural Resources, who was a Pickaway County native, in 1962.[2][3] Wildlife indigenous to the area includes fox squirrel, ring-neck pheasant, a variety of songbird, a variety of waterfowl including mallard and the occasional loon, great blue heron, black racer snake, red fox, and white-tailed deer.
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