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Lakeview Ohio AerialPhoto: Nyttend · Public domain
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Outdoors in Lakeview

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Lakeview

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 22 acres are parks and preserves, 18 per 1,000 residents. 5% of Lakeview’s land is conserved, about 22 acres.

Ahead of 58% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
5%
22 acres · of 0.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
22 ac
18 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Lakeview?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Lakeview have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lakeview is ahead of 58% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Lakeview’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 58%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Lakeview. 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 C+ 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.

Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

22 conserved acres

5% of Lakeview’s land. Who manages Lakeview’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city22 ac
Local Park · 22 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Lakeview Park
Local Park
Town or city11Open
Davis Memorial Park
Local Park
Town or city10Open
Things to do

2 places to go in Lakeview

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

Playgrounds in Lakeview

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

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
5Baseball
4Soccer
1Basketball

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

When to get out

August is the best month for walking in Lakeview

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)9.610.611.813.214.415.014.813.812.411.09.99.3
High (°F)343848627281848276645039
Rain (in)2.92.33.04.14.34.54.43.63.22.93.12.9

February is the driest month (2.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Lakeview →

Questions about parks and trails in Lakeview

How much of Lakeview is conserved land?

5% 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 Lakeview?

1,421 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lakeview or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 22 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Lakeview have?

Ahead of 58% 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 Lakeview 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 →