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Outdoors in Madison Township

Madison Township has 53 acres of parks, 57 for every 1,000 residents

12% of Madison Township’s land is conserved, about 2,634 acres. 6% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.5 miles of mapped trail cross Madison Township.

Ahead of 46% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
12%
2,634 acres · of 35.4 sq mi of land
Trails
1.5 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
53 ac
57 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
6%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Madison Township?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Madison Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Madison Township is ahead of 46% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Madison Township’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 46%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B+. 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

2,634 conserved acres

12% of Madison Township’s land. Who manages Madison Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Army Corps of Engineers2,581 ac
State natural resources53 ac
Recreation Management Area · 2,581 acState Conservation Area · 53 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Deer Creek Recreation Area
Recreation Management Area
Army Corps of Engineers2,581Open
Wildlife Production Area 15
State Conservation Area
State natural resources53Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Madison Township

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

Campgrounds in Madison Township
Group Camping Area
Directions
Trails & water

1 named trail

Named trails
Horses · 0.5 mi
Bridle Trail0.4 mi
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
2Baseball

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 →
McCafferty, William, FarmhouseBuilding · listed 1987
About it
When to get out

August is the best month for walking in Madison 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)9.710.611.813.214.315.014.713.712.411.19.99.4
High (°F)374151647481848378665241
Rain (in)3.02.43.54.14.44.64.23.22.92.82.93.0

February is the driest month (2.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Madison Township →

Next door

Madison 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
Madison Township12%under 0.1576%B−
Paint Townshipunder 1%under 0.1under 1under 1%D−
Range Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Monroe Township9%0.31018%B
Perry Township10%0.1under 1under 1%C−

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

Questions about parks and trails in Madison Township

How much of Madison Township is conserved land?

12% 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 Madison Township?

7,454 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Madison Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2,526 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Madison Township have?

Ahead of 46% 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 Madison 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 →