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A−Outdoors
Outdoors in Bath Township

Bath Township has 1,165 acres of parks, 117 for every 1,000 residents

10% of Bath Township’s land is conserved, about 1,489 acres. The biggest trail networks: Bath Nature Preserve (4.8 mi), Cuyahoga Valley National Park (2.6 mi), O'Neil Woods Metropark (2.3 mi). 12 miles of mapped trail cross Bath Township, 0.5 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 76% of U.S. towns · #193 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it

Conserved land
10%
1,489 acres · of 22.3 sq mi of land
Trails
12 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
1,165 ac
117 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
44%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.4 mi
0.4 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
11

What kind of outdoors town is Bath Township?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Room to roam117 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.Land that stays wild10% of the land is conserved; a typical Ohio town, 3%.History along the way26 places on the National Register.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Bath Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bath Township is ahead of 76% of U.S. towns, #193 of 993 in Ohio. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

A−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Bath Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land10% of the land · typical OH town 3% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.5 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (12 mi) · OH 0.2 · U.S. 0.4BPark land117 acres of park per 1,000 residents (1,165 acres) · OH 15 · U.S. 13AParks close to home44% of residents within a half mile of a park · OH 60% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 76%
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Ohio towns of 2,500+ (993)Ahead of 81%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B to A. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.

PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →

The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Bath Nature Preserve, with 4.8 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Bath Nature Preserve

Managed by Bath Township Parks Department
407 acres4.8 mi of trail
Bridle TrailBath Pond PathCreekside TrailBeefys Trail+1
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Managed by National Park Service
1,126 acres2.6 mi of trail
Perkins / Riding Run TrailBuckeye Trail
Dogs usually limited
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗

O'Neil Woods Metropark

Park
266 acres2.3 mi of trail
Deer Run TrailBuckeye Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Bath Hills Park

Park
11 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Bath Community Park

Managed by Bath Township Parks Department
41 acres0.3 mi of trail
North Fork Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗

Bath Baseball Park

Park
32 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 8 parks & preserves
Bath Nature Preserve407 acres · 4.8 mi of trail · Bath Township Parks Department
Directions
Cuyahoga Valley National Park1,126 acres · 2.6 mi of trail · National Park Service
Directions
O'Neil Woods Metropark266 acres · 2.3 mi of trail
Directions
Bath Hills Park11 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Directions
Bath Community Park41 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Bath Township Parks Department
Directions
Bath Baseball Park32 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Heritage Corridors of Bath Wayside Exhibit2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Directions
Our Lady of the Elms Athletic Complex25 acres
Who protects it

1,489 conserved acres

10% of Bath Township’s land. Who manages Bath Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

National Park Service529 ac
Town or city492 ac
County182 ac
Private owners149 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits138 ac
Other or Unknown Federal Land81 ac
State Conservation Area · 467 acNational Park · 449 acLocal Park · 206 acConservation Easement · 161 acPrivate Recreation or Education · 149 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 123 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Bath Nature Preserve
State Conservation Area
Town or city467Restricted
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park
National Park Service449Open
Riding Run Metropark
Local Park
County181Open
Camp Christopher
Private Recreation or Education
Private owners149Open
Hale Farm and Village
Private Historic or Cultural
Land trusts & nonprofits95Restricted
Bath Hill Park
Local Park
Town or city16Open
O'neil Woods Metro Park
Local Park
Town or city8Open
Sand Run Metro Park
Local Park
County1Open
Ira Road Cemetery
Local Historic or Cultural Area
Town or city1Open
Things to do

14 places to go in Bath Township

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Campgrounds in Bath Township
Camp Christopher
Directions
Trails & water

12 named trails and 11 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Horses · 5.1 miUnpaved · 8.9 mi
Deer Run Trail2.1 mi
Bridle Trail1.3 mi
Bath Pond Path0.8 mi
Perkins / Riding Run Trail0.8 mi
Creekside Trail0.6 mi
Buckeye Trail0.6 mi
Beefys Trail0.5 mi
South Woods Trail0.4 mi
Tamarack Trail0.3 mi
West Ridge Trail0.3 mi
2 more trails
North Fork Trail
0.3 mi
Hillside Trail
0.2 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Bath PondpondCrystal LakelakeGarden BowlpondGarden PondpondGreisin PondpondHidden PondpondLily Hill LakelakeLily Pad PondpondRound PondpondVesper LakelakeVon Gunten Pondreservoir
Biking & sports

0.4 miles of bike routes

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

0.4 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
27Tennis
16Baseball
10Equestrian
5Basketball
4Pickleball
4Soccer
4Football
1Multi-sport

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

History along the way

26 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Jonathan Hale HomesteadBuilding · listed 1973
About it
Bath Township HallBuilding · listed 1979
About it
Bath Township SchoolBuilding · listed 1979
About it
Dustin Johnson ResidenceBuilding · listed 1979
About it
Edward Heller ResidenceBuilding · listed 1979
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Harvey Miller ResidenceBuilding · listed 1979
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J. Kent ResidenceBuilding · listed 1979
About it
J. Ligget ResidenceBuilding · listed 1979
About it
John Harshey ResidenceBuilding · listed 1979
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John Richard ResidenceBuilding · listed 1979
About it
Manville Thorp ResidenceBuilding · listed 1979
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Roswell Hopkins ResidenceBuilding · listed 1979
About it

14 more on the History page.

When to get out

The best walking months in Bath Township: April, May and July to 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)9.510.611.813.314.515.114.913.812.411.09.89.2
High (°F)343747607179838175635039
Rain (in)2.52.12.83.63.94.23.93.73.63.32.92.7

February is the driest month (2.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.2 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Bath Township →

Next door

Bath Township and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Akron69 miRichfield Township21 miCuyahoga Falls19 miBath Township12 miGranger Township10 miFairlawn4.7 miCopley Township2.1 miMontrose-Ghent0.2 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Bath Township10%0.511744%A−
Montrose-Ghentunder 1%under 0.1122%D
Fairlawn13%1.02287%A
Akron11%1.12594%A
Granger Township3%0.412723%B
Copley Township2%0.1947%C
Cuyahoga Falls24%0.77990%A
Richfield Township20%0.851771%A

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Bath Township

Where can I hike in Bath Township?

The longest trail networks: Bath Nature Preserve, 4.8 miles; Cuyahoga Valley National Park, 2.6 miles; O'Neil Woods Metropark, 2.3 miles; Bath Hills Park, 0.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Bath Township is conserved land?

10% of its land, against a typical 3% for an Ohio town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.

Are dogs allowed on Bath Township’s trails?

Bath Nature Preserve and Cuyahoga Valley National Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Bath Township?

0.4 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.4 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Bath Township?

35,314 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bath Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,165 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Bath Township have?

Ahead of 76% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #193 of 993 in Ohio. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Bath Township 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 →