*Entrance to Penney Nature Center is off of Aschpacher Road

storybook trail at
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Upcoming Improvements

Be on the lookout for a new walking bridge and a storybook trail at Penney Nature Center. These improvements are expected to take place in the spring of 2025.

Did you know that Defiance County was gifted ground from the Penney family just outside the city of Defiance for a nature preserve? Penney Nature Center is located at 08855 Ashpacher Road, Defiance, Ohio 43512. It is open to the public from dawn to dusk. Penney is comprised of 78 acres of wetlands, prairie lands, and woodlands. The Defiance SWCD has made many improvements recently and hope to continue doing so. Some of these improvements include the construction of a covered bridge, a new walking bridge, trail signs and markers, and an improved driveway and parking lot.