Pymatuning State Park (Ohio)
The Pymatuning State Park is located east of Andover in Ashtabula County of the U.S. state of Ohio. Together with the same Pymatuning State Park in Pennsylvania includes the state park a the pent-up waters of Pymatuning Reservoir since 1934 and the extended riparian areas. The area ratios are 26.8 km ² land and 13.65 km ² water surface at an altitude of 305 meters.
The glaciers that dominated the area about 14,000 years ago, left behind a hilly landscape with dozens of milled depressions in which water collected and lakes, ponds, pools or marshes formed. The state park with the reservoir was marshland with marsh zones, riparian, open water surfaces and the corresponding species diversity, which included bears, wolves, eagles, many water birds and larger stocks of Weymouth pine.
At times, the area was inhabited by Moundbuilders the Monongahelas who left the area for unknown reasons. Two of their mounds are below the current Pymatuning Reservoir. The first European settlers were trappers seemed on the hunt for beaver skins and loggers who were the strong straight stems of the Weymouth pine trees that were suitable for use as ship masts for sailing ships.
1933 a dam was built around the inflow for the Shenango River and to regulate the Beaver River. 1935 made further purchases of land on the west bank of the dammed reservoirs Pymatuning, 1950 Pymatuning State Park by the Division of Parks and Recreation has been implemented. The recreational activities range from fishing, fishing and hunting go on the boat, swimming, watching to hiking, biking and nature.