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Outdoors in Malaga Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Malaga Township

0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Malaga Township. 7% of Malaga Township’s land is conserved, about 1,333 acres.

Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
7%
1,333 acres · of 29.3 sq mi of land
Trails
0.5 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
3
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Malaga Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Malaga Township is ahead of 12% 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 Malaga Township’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 12%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Malaga 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

1,333 conserved acres

7% of Malaga Township’s land. Who manages Malaga Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State natural resources1,333 ac
State Conservation Area · 1,333 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Monroe Lake Wildlife Area
State Conservation Area
State natural resources1,333Restricted
Trails & water

2 named trails and 3 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Township Highway 20750.2 mi
Township Road 550.2 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out

The best walking months in Malaga Township: April and August

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)374151647380838276655242
Rain (in)3.62.83.64.04.34.64.53.83.73.13.13.5

February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Malaga Township →

Next door

Malaga 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
Malaga Township7%under 0.1under 1under 1%D
Center Township2%0.13542%C+
Seneca Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Wayne Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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

Questions about parks and trails in Malaga Township

How much of Malaga Township is conserved land?

7% 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 Malaga Township?

6,683 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Malaga Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Malaga Township have?

Ahead of 12% 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 Malaga 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 →