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Carey from the airPhoto: Nyttend · Public domain
BOutdoors
Outdoors in Carey

Carey has 70 acres of parks, 19 for every 1,000 residents

92% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2% of Carey’s land is conserved, about 33 acres. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Carey, 0.2 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 60% of U.S. towns · #389 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it

Conserved land
2%
33 acres · of 2.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.5 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
70 ac
19 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
92%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Carey?

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

Parks close to home92% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Carey have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Carey is ahead of 60% of U.S. towns, #389 of 993 in Ohio. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.

B
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Carey’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical OH town 3% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · OH 0.2 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land19 acres of park per 1,000 residents (70 acres) · OH 15 · U.S. 13BParks close to home92% of residents within a half mile of a park · OH 60% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 60%
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Ohio towns of 2,500+ (993)Ahead of 61%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to B+. 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 Memorial Park, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Memorial Park

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

Shrine Park

Park
30 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

33 conserved acres

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

Town or city33 ac
Local Park · 33 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Memorial Park
Local Park
Town or city24Open
Water Works Park
Local Park
Town or city10Open
Things to do

3 places to go in Carey

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

Playgrounds in Carey

3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

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
7Baseball
3Basketball
3Tennis
2Football
2Volleyball
1Soccer

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

History along the way

1 place 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 →
West End Elementary SchoolBuilding · listed 1987
About it
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Carey

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)9.510.611.813.314.515.114.813.812.411.09.89.2
High (°F)343747617281848277645039
Rain (in)2.42.12.53.63.94.03.93.43.12.82.72.5

February is the driest month (2.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Carey →

Questions about parks and trails in Carey

Where can I hike in Carey?

The longest trail networks: Memorial Park, 0.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Carey is conserved land?

2% 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 Carey’s trails?

Memorial Park and Shrine Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Carey?

1,534 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Carey or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 70 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Carey have?

Ahead of 60% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #389 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 Carey 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 →