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Ohio Landmarks Map

A free printable illustrated map of Ohio for kids. It shows 8 landmarks and natural places and 3 industries where they really are, along with the state symbols, 6 cities and a box of key facts. It comes in color and in ink-saving black and white, sized for US Letter paper.

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Color or black and white.

Both are free, sized for US Letter paper, and come as a PDF to print or a PNG image for slides.

Illustrated map of Ohio in color

Color

The full-color map, for a wall display or a color printer.

Black and white illustrated map of Ohio

Black and white

The same map with no color or shading. Prints cleanly on a classroom printer and saves ink.

What is on the Ohio map

Every picture sits at its real location in Ohio, with a one-line fact beside it. Columbus, the capital, is marked with a star.

Landmarks and natural places

  • Lake Erie: It is the shallowest of the five Great Lakes.
  • Hocking Hills: Famous for deep gorges and sandstone cliffs.
  • Ohio River: This 981-mile river forms the southern border.
  • Serpent Mound: A prehistoric mound over 1,300 feet long.
  • Birthplace of Aviation: The Wright brothers built their airplane in Dayton.
  • Schoenbrunn Village: Ohio’s first Christian settlement, built 1772.
  • Perry’s Monument: A 352-foot column honoring a War of 1812 battle.
  • Johnny Appleseed: He planted apple nurseries across Ohio.

What Ohio makes and grows

  • Tomato Farming: Ohio is a top producer of processing tomatoes.
  • Coal Mining: Coal has been mined in eastern Ohio since 1800.
  • Steel Mills: Cleveland and Youngstown built historic mills.

State symbols

  • Northern Cardinal: Both male and female cardinals can sing.
  • Scarlet Carnation: Chosen in 1904 to honor President McKinley.
  • Ohio Buckeye: Its brown nuts look like the eye of a deer.
  • Spotted Salamander: This official state amphibian can regrow limbs.
  • Ohio Flint: Native people used this colorful gem for tools.

Ohio key facts

From the box on the map

Nickname
The Buckeye State
Capital
Columbus
Largest city
Columbus
Became a state
March 1, 1803 (17th)
State bird
Northern Cardinal
State flower
Scarlet Carnation
State tree
Ohio Buckeye
Motto
With God, all things are possible

Cities shown

  • Columbus (capital)
  • Cleveland
  • Cincinnati
  • Toledo
  • Akron
  • Dayton

The outline, rivers and cities are drawn from map data. Pictures of crops and industries are placed in a part of the state where each is typical.

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