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A−Outdoors
Outdoors in Huber Heights

Huber Heights has 23 miles of mapped trails, 1.0 for every square mile of land

10% of Huber Heights’ land is conserved, about 1,421 acres. The biggest trail networks: Thomas A. Cloud Memorial Park (4.7 mi), Gary Sherman Park (0.7 mi), Cottonwood Park (0.6 mi). 1,431 acres are parks and preserves, 33 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 84% of U.S. towns · #105 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it

Conserved land
10%
1,421 acres · of 22.7 sq mi of land
Trails
23 mi
1.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
1,431 ac
33 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
73%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.5 mi
0.5 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
3

What kind of outdoors town is Huber Heights?

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

A trail town1.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, more than 81% of U.S. towns.Land that stays wild10% of the land is conserved; a typical Ohio town, 3%.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Huber Heights have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Huber Heights is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns, #105 of 993 in Ohio. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; trail miles rank highest, the share of residents near a park lowest.

A−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Huber Heights’ overall grade.
Conserved land10% of the land · typical OH town 3% · U.S. 4%A−Trails1.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (23 mi) · OH 0.2 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land33 acres of park per 1,000 residents (1,431 acres) · OH 15 · U.S. 13B+Parks close to home73% of residents within a half mile of a park · OH 60% · U.S. 72%B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 84%
LessMore
Ohio towns of 2,500+ (993)Ahead of 90%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from A− 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 Thomas A. Cloud Memorial Park, with 4.7 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Thomas A. Cloud Memorial Park

Park
124 acres4.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Gary Sherman Park

Park
12 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Cottonwood Park

Park
6 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Shullgate Park

Park
10 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Herbert C. Huber Community Park

Park
18 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
All 6 parks & preserves
Thomas A. Cloud Memorial Park124 acres · 4.7 mi of trail
Directions
Gary Sherman Park12 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Directions
Cottonwood Park6 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Directions
Shullgate Park10 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Herbert C. Huber Community Park18 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Directions
Leston Park2 acres
Who protects it

1,421 conserved acres

10% of Huber Heights’ land. Who manages Huber Heights’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city1,347 ac
Private owners56 ac
Regional agency22 ac
Local Park · 1,355 acLocal Recreation Area · 54 acRecreation or Education Easement · 15 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 11 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Carriage Hill Metropark And Farm
Local Park
Town or city833Open
Taylorsville Metropark
Local Park
Town or city259Open
Thomas Cloud Park
Local Park
Town or city122Open
Hilltop Concrete - Fairborn Quarry
Local Park
Private owners56Open
Kroger Acquatic Center
Local Recreation Area
Town or city36Open
Community Park
Local Park
Town or city19Open
Bosma Soccer Field
Local Recreation Area
Town or city18Open
Wildview Park
Local Park
Town or city11Open
Shullgate Park
Local Park
Town or city10Open
Canal Lock Park
Local Park
Town or city9Open

5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.

Things to do

22 places to go in Huber Heights

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

Campgrounds in Huber Heights
Redbud - Lower
Directions
Redbud - Upper
Directions
Trails & water

14 named trails and 3 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Horses · 7.3 miUnpaved · 1.7 mi
Orange Trail2.6 mi
Red Bridle Trail2.3 mi
Red Trail2.1 mi
Yellow Loop1.7 mi
Yellow Trail1.5 mi
Green Trail0.5 mi
Orange and Yellow Trails0.5 mi
Blue Bridle Trail0.4 mi
Dam Connector0.4 mi
Yellow and Orange Trails0.3 mi
4 more trails
Red - Yellow
0.3 mi
Green Bridle Trail
0.3 mi
Yellow
0.2 mi
Green and Yellow Trails
0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Cedar LakelakeLake LawdongNorth Woods Pondpond
Biking & sports

0.5 miles of bike routes

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

0.5 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
30Soccer
25Baseball
15Tennis
12Basketball
3Football
1Pickleball
1Volleyball
1Equestrian

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

History along the way

4 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Ausenbaugh-McElhenny HouseBuilding · listed 1975
About it
Arnold HomesteadBuilding · listed 1977
About it
Taylorsville Canal InnBuilding · listed 1977
About it
Miami-Erie Canal Lock No. 70Site · listed 1982
About it
When to get out

August is the best month for walking in Huber Heights

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)9.610.611.813.214.415.014.713.712.411.19.99.4
High (°F)364050647382858478655241
Rain (in)3.12.33.44.24.64.44.23.13.22.93.13.0

February is the driest month (2.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.6 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Huber Heights →

Next door

Huber Heights and its neighbors

Huber Heights has the second most mapped trails of the 8 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Dayton44 miHuber Heights23 miVandalia13 miWright-Patterson AFB11 miBethel Township7.8 miBethel Township4.9 miRiverside3.6 miHarrison Township0.6 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Huber Heights10%1.03373%A−
Dayton9%0.82295%A
Bethel Township6%0.216530%B
Vandalia17%1.18194%A+
Riverside3%0.41694%B+
Harrison Township4%0.11063%C+
Bethel Township5%0.16969%B
Wright-Patterson AFBunder 1%1.117897%A−

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

Questions about parks and trails in Huber Heights

Where can I hike in Huber Heights?

The longest trail networks: Thomas A. Cloud Memorial Park, 4.7 miles; Gary Sherman Park, 0.7 miles; Cottonwood Park, 0.6 miles; Shullgate Park, 0.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Huber Heights is conserved land?

10% 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 Huber Heights’ trails?

Thomas A. Cloud Memorial Park and Gary Sherman Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Huber Heights?

0.5 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.5 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Huber Heights?

18,586 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Huber Heights or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,431 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Huber Heights have?

Ahead of 84% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #105 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 Huber Heights neighbors.

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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 →