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Berlin UMC, 17900 Knox LakePhoto: Nyttend · Public domain
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Outdoors in Berlin Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Berlin Township

1% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 6% of Berlin Township’s land is conserved, about 757 acres.

Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
6%
757 acres · of 18.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Berlin Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Berlin Township is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Berlin Township’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 11%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Berlin Township. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to C−. 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.

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

757 conserved acres

6% of Berlin Township’s land. Who manages Berlin Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State natural resources757 ac
State Conservation Area · 757 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Knox Lake Wildlife Area
State Conservation Area
State natural resources757Restricted
Trails & water

2 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out

August is the best month for walking in Berlin Township

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)9.610.611.813.214.415.114.813.812.411.09.99.3
High (°F)343848617280838275635039
Rain (in)3.12.53.33.94.34.74.13.53.33.03.03.0

February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Berlin Township →

Next door

Berlin Township and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Berlin Township6%under 0.1under 11%D
Middlebury Township9%under 0.118210%B−
Pike Townshipunder 1%0.1under 1under 1%D−
Jefferson Townshipunder 1%0.1under 122%D

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

Questions about parks and trails in Berlin Township

How much of Berlin Township is conserved land?

6% 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.

Is there public land near Berlin Township?

6,856 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Berlin Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Berlin Township have?

Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Berlin Township neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →