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Old Marathon Filling Station, Ohio, Illinois 8-27-2012Photo: Wayne Wilkinson · CC BY 2.0
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Outdoors in Ohio

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Ohio

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 2% of Ohio’s land is conserved, about 6 acres. 7 acres are parks and preserves, 12 per 1,000 residents.

Conserved land
2%
6 acres · of 0.6 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
7 ac
12 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

6 conserved acres

2% of Ohio’s land. Who manages Ohio’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city6 ac
Local Park · 6 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Park
Local Park
Town or city6Open
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
2Baseball
2Tennis
1Beach volleyball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The best walking months in Ohio: April and September

NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.510.511.813.314.515.214.913.812.411.09.89.2
High (°F)293447617281838276634835
Rain (in)1.81.82.53.74.85.04.13.93.63.12.52.1

January is the driest month (1.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 5.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Ohio →

Questions about parks and trails in Ohio

Is there public land near Ohio?

3,066 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ohio or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Ohio neighbors.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →