Kamama Prairie Arc of Appalachia Preserve

Kamama Prairie Arc of Appalachia Preserve

778 Steam Furnace Road Peebles, Ohio 45660

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About this Location

Kamama Prairie is a 192-acre preserve with diverse habitats - xeric short grass prairies, recovering pastures, juniper-oak woodlands, exposed limestone boulders, cliff edges, and seeps, springs, ponds, and streams. Hiking is open sunrise to sunset. It shelters 27 state-listed rare and endangered plant species and 67 species that were previously state-listed. 

Arc of Appalachia is a conservation organization whose goal is to save the beauty, balance, and biodiversity of the Eastern Hardwood Forest in Appalachian Ohio.

Notable Trails

Andy’s Trail - .4 mile loop - primarily winds through the prairie-influenced woodlands that border a small stream dissecting the preserve. Along the section of the trail closest to the trailhead, the trail traverses a native prairie opening.

Kamama Prairie Trail - 2 miles - leads hikers through a variety of wooded and prairie habitats. Of special note is its passing through an intact prairie at the top of a knoll which is one of the best representatives of an alkaline shortgrass prairie community in the world.

Prairie Fire Trail - .5 mile - loops off Kamama Prairie Trail and leads through the largest prairie remnant in the preserve.

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Last updated May 14, 2024