Shawnee State Park is a 1,095-acre public recreation area in southern Ohio, within the far larger Shawnee State Forest in the Appalachian foothills near the Ohio River. Once a hunting ground for the Shawnee people, the area opened in 1922 as the Theodore Roosevelt State Game Preserve and was expanded in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps. After the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and its Division of Parks and Recreation were created in 1949, it became a state park and forest. Known for its rugged, wooded setting, it offers lake, river, and forest recreation including fishing, swimming, hiking, boating, and marina access.