Noble County Jail and Sheriff's Office · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFew parks or trails are on the map in Caldwell
0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Caldwell, 0.9 per square mile of land. 79% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 7 acres are parks and preserves, 4.1 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 49% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Caldwell?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Caldwell have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Caldwell is ahead of 49% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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7 conserved acres
1% of Caldwell’s land. Who manages Caldwell’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soccer Complex Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 7 | Open |
1 lakes & rivers
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Caldwell: April and August
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 39 | 43 | 53 | 66 | 74 | 82 | 85 | 84 | 78 | 66 | 54 | 43 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
February is the driest month (2.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Caldwell →
Caldwell and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caldwell | 1% | 0.9 | 4 | 79% | B− |
| Olive Township | under 1% | 0.1 | 10 | 29% | C− |
| Noble Township | 6% | 0.2 | 518 | 30% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Caldwell
How much of Caldwell is conserved land?
1% 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 Caldwell?
1,199 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Caldwell or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Caldwell have?
Ahead of 49% 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 Caldwell neighbors.
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 →