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C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Maria Stein

Maria Stein has 43 acres of parks, 33 for every 1,000 residents

The biggest trail networks: Marion Heritage Park (0.6 mi). 0.6 miles of mapped trail cross Maria Stein, 0.1 per square mile of land. 59% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
4 acres · of 5.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.6 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
43 ac
33 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
59%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.9 mi
0.9 mi paths

What kind of outdoors town is Maria Stein?

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

History along the way3 places on the National Register.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Maria Stein have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Maria Stein is ahead of 36% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.

C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Maria Stein’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical OH town 3% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · OH 0.2 · U.S. 0.4CPark land33 acres of park per 1,000 residents (43 acres) · OH 15 · U.S. 13B+Parks close to home59% 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 36%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Maria Stein. 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 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.

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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 Marion Heritage Park, with 0.6 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Marion Heritage Park

Park
38 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

4 conserved acres

under 1% of Maria Stein’s land. Who manages Maria Stein’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city4 ac
Local Park · 4 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Marion Township Community Park
Local Park
Town or city4Open
Things to do

6 places to go in Maria Stein

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

Playgrounds in Maria Stein

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

Biking & sports

0.9 miles of bike routes

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

0.9 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
12Baseball
3Football
2Beach volleyball

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 Maria Stein

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)343848627281848277645038
Rain (in)2.72.23.03.84.34.54.23.43.02.93.02.6

February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Maria Stein →

Questions about parks and trails in Maria Stein

Where can I hike in Maria Stein?

The longest trail networks: Marion Heritage Park, 0.6 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Maria Stein is conserved land?

under 1% 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 Maria Stein’s trails?

Marion Heritage Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Maria Stein?

0.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.9 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Maria Stein?

5,865 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Maria Stein or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 43 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Maria Stein have?

Ahead of 36% 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 Maria Stein 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 →