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Elam Jones Public HousePhoto: Nyttend · Public domain
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Hartford Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Hartford Township

1% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Hartford Township. 6% of Hartford Township’s land is conserved, about 1,022 acres.

Ahead of 19% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
6%
1,022 acres · of 26.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
11 ac
5.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
1%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Hartford Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hartford Township is ahead of 19% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Hartford Township’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 19%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Hartford 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

1,022 conserved acres

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

Joint547 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)315 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits117 ac
State natural resources51 ac
Agricultural Easement · 547 acConservation Easement · 432 acState Conservation Area · 51 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 972 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Shenango Wildlife Area
State Conservation Area
State natural resources51Restricted
Things to do

1 places to go in Hartford Township

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

Playgrounds in Hartford Township

1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

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
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 →
Jones, Elam, Public HouseBuilding · listed 2003
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Hartford Township: April, May, 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)9.510.611.813.314.515.114.913.812.411.09.89.2
High (°F)343847607179838175635039
Rain (in)3.02.43.23.94.04.54.43.83.93.63.13.2

February is the driest month (2.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Hartford Township →

Next door

Hartford 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
Hartford Township6%under 0.151%C−
Fowler Townshipunder 1%0.144%D
Brookfield Township1%0.4318%C−

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

Questions about parks and trails in Hartford Township

How much of Hartford 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 Hartford Township?

4,691 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hartford Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 11 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Hartford Township have?

Ahead of 19% 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 Hartford 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 →