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Outdoors in Harlem Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Harlem Township

14 acres are parks and preserves, 2.8 per 1,000 residents. 2.0 miles of mapped trail cross Harlem Township, 0.1 per square mile of land. 32% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns · #903 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
16 acres · of 26.6 sq mi of land
Trails
2.0 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
14 ac
2.8 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
32%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.2 mi
0.2 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Harlem Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Harlem Township is ahead of 12% of U.S. towns, #903 of 993 in Ohio. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.

D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Harlem Township’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 12%
LessMore
Ohio towns of 2,500+ (993)Ahead of 9%
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Harlem 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 still be D. 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

16 conserved acres

under 1% of Harlem Township’s land. Who manages Harlem Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city16 ac
Local Park · 16 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Hoover Reservoir Park
Local Park
Town or city16Open
Things to do

3 places to go in Harlem Township

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

Playgrounds in Harlem Township

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

Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports

0.2 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

0.2 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
1Baseball
1Basketball

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 →
John Cook FarmBuilding · listed 1977
About it
When to get out

August is the best month for walking in Harlem Township

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)9.610.611.813.214.415.014.813.712.411.19.99.3
High (°F)364050637381848377655140
Rain (in)3.02.43.44.04.44.74.53.73.53.03.03.1

February is the driest month (2.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Harlem Township →

Next door

Harlem 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
Harlem Townshipunder 1%0.1332%D
Plain Township20%1.315195%A+
Genoa Township30%0.94385%A
Trenton Townshipunder 1%0.2613%D
Monroe Township1%0.4761%C+

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

Questions about parks and trails in Harlem Township

How much of Harlem Township 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.

Where can I bike in Harlem Township?

0.2 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.2 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Harlem Township?

17,976 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Harlem Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 14 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Harlem Township have?

Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #903 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 Harlem 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 →