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Historic Downtown Hartville, Ohio in the springPhoto: DiscoverHartville · CC BY-SA 4.0
B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Hartville

6% of Hartville’s land is conserved, and virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 6% of Hartville’s land is conserved, about 94 acres. 0.9 miles of mapped trail cross Hartville, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 73% of U.S. towns · #226 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it

Conserved land
6%
94 acres · of 2.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.9 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
41 ac
12 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1

What kind of outdoors town is Hartville?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Hartville have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hartville is ahead of 73% of U.S. towns, #226 of 993 in Ohio. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park ranks highest, park acres per resident lowest.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Hartville’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 73%
LessMore
Ohio towns of 2,500+ (993)Ahead of 77%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B to A−. 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.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Memorial Park, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Memorial Park

Park
10 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Lake Township Community Park

Managed by Lake Township Trustees
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

94 conserved acres

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

Private owners54 ac
Town or city39 ac
Private Park · 54 acLocal Park · 39 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Lakeview Golf Course
Private Park
Private owners28Open
Congress Lake Country Club
Private Park
Private owners26Open
Stan Balliett Fields
Local Park
Town or city16Open
Lake Township Community Park
Local Park
Town or city14Open
Memorial Park
Local Park
Town or city9Open
Things to do

4 places to go in Hartville

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

Playgrounds in Hartville

4 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

0.0 miles of bike routes

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

Courts & fields
6Tennis
6Baseball
2Football
1Basketball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

2 places 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.

History →
Lake Township SchoolBuilding · listed 1976
About it
Hartville HotelBuilding · listed 1980
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Hartville: April, 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)9.510.611.813.314.515.114.813.812.411.09.89.2
High (°F)343847607179838175635039
Rain (in)2.82.33.13.73.94.64.23.63.53.32.92.9

February is the driest month (2.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Hartville →

Questions about parks and trails in Hartville

Where can I hike in Hartville?

The longest trail networks: Memorial Park, 0.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Hartville 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.

Are dogs allowed on Hartville’s trails?

Memorial Park and Lake Township Community Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Hartville?

11,433 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hartville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 41 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Hartville have?

Ahead of 73% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #226 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 Hartville 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 →