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C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Clinton Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Clinton Township

12 acres are parks and preserves, 3.7 per 1,000 residents. 6% of Clinton Township’s land is conserved, about 990 acres. 51% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns · #775 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it

Conserved land
6%
990 acres · of 27.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
12 ac
3.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
51%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Clinton Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Clinton Township is ahead of 24% of U.S. towns, #775 of 993 in Ohio. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Clinton Township’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 24%
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Ohio towns of 2,500+ (993)Ahead of 22%
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Clinton 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

990 conserved acres

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

State natural resources599 ac
Other state land124 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits101 ac
County80 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)74 ac
Town or city11 ac
State Conservation Area · 599 acUnknown Easement · 124 acPrivate Conservation · 101 acAgricultural Easement · 80 acConservation Easement · 74 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 278 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 10 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Killbuck Marsh Wildlife Area
State Conservation Area
State natural resources373Restricted
Shreve Lake Wildlife Area
State Conservation Area
State natural resources226Restricted
Brown'S Lake Bog Fee
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits101Unknown
Harold Miller Memorial Park
Local Park
Town or city6Open
Shreve Community Park
Local Park
Town or city5Open
Things to do

2 places to go in Clinton Township

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

Playgrounds in Clinton Township

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

Trails & water

2 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
4Baseball
1Basketball
1Tennis

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).

History →
Kister MillBuilding · listed 1974
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Clinton Township: August and 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)9.610.611.813.214.415.114.813.812.411.09.89.3
High (°F)353848617280848276645140
Rain (in)2.92.43.23.84.24.64.13.63.43.22.92.9

February is the driest month (2.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Clinton Township →

Next door

Clinton 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
Clinton Township6%under 0.1451%C−
Plain Township6%0.13511%C+
Ripley Township2%under 0.129%D
Franklin Township17%under 0.1under 1under 1%C−
Lake Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Wooster Township6%0.11818%C+

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

Questions about parks and trails in Clinton Township

How much of Clinton 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 Clinton Township?

5,342 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Clinton Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 12 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Clinton Township have?

Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #775 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 Clinton 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 →