Photo: John Howard · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Choctaw Lake
11 acres are parks and preserves, 5.5 per 1,000 residents. 69% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Choctaw Lake have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Choctaw Lake is ahead of 14% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Water is 28% of Choctaw Lake’s area (0 of 1 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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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2 places to go in Choctaw Lake
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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.
August is the best month for walking in Choctaw Lake
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 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 35 | 39 | 49 | 63 | 73 | 81 | 84 | 83 | 77 | 65 | 51 | 40 |
| Rain (in) | 2.9 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
February is the driest month (2.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.6 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Choctaw Lake →
Questions about parks and trails in Choctaw Lake
How much of Choctaw Lake is conserved land?
under 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 Choctaw Lake?
904 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Choctaw Lake or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 11 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Choctaw Lake have?
Ahead of 14% 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 Choctaw Lake 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 →