Photo: dok1 · CC BY 2.0More than half of Elizabeth Township’s land is conserved: 57%
57% of Elizabeth Township’s land is conserved, about 18,834 acres. 62 miles of mapped trail cross Elizabeth Township, 1.2 per square mile of land. 2% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 56% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Elizabeth Township?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Elizabeth Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Elizabeth Township is ahead of 56% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls 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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18,834 conserved acres
57% of Elizabeth Township’s land. Who manages Elizabeth Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 18,834 | Open |
9 places to go in Elizabeth Township
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.
2 boat launches without a name on the map.
24 named trails and 5 lakes & rivers
14 more trails
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.
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.
The best walking months in Elizabeth Township: 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) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 42 | 46 | 56 | 68 | 76 | 83 | 86 | 85 | 79 | 68 | 56 | 46 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.7 |
November is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 4.7 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 86 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Elizabeth Township →
Elizabeth Township and its neighbors
Elizabeth Township has the most mapped trails of the 6 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Township | 57% | 1.2 | 4 | 2% | B |
| Decatur Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Upper Township | 6% | under 0.1 | 2 | 50% | C− |
| Hamilton Township | 42% | 1.4 | 8 | 18% | B+ |
| Vernon Township | 30% | 0.3 | under 1 | under 1% | C |
| Aid Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Elizabeth Township
How much of Elizabeth Township is conserved land?
57% 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 Elizabeth Township?
90,158 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Elizabeth Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 17,972 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Elizabeth Township have?
Ahead of 56% 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 Elizabeth Township 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 →