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C−Outdoors
Outdoors in New Waterford

New Waterford has 7 acres of parks, 6.9 for every 1,000 residents

59% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 19% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
1%
6 acres · of 0.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
7 ac
6.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
59%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does New Waterford have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, New Waterford is ahead of 19% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.

C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of New Waterford’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 19%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in New Waterford. 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 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.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

New Waterford Park

Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

6 conserved acres

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

Town or city6 ac
Local Park · 6 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
New Waterford Village Park
Local Park
Town or city6Open
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
1Basketball

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

When to get out

The best walking months in New Waterford: April, May, August and September

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)9.510.611.813.214.415.114.813.812.411.09.89.3
High (°F)353848617179838275635040
Rain (in)3.02.43.23.83.94.64.33.73.73.22.82.9

February is the driest month (2.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in New Waterford →

Questions about parks and trails in New Waterford

How much of New Waterford is conserved land?

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 New Waterford’s trails?

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

Is there public land near New Waterford?

6,200 acres of parks and open public land lie inside New Waterford or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does New Waterford have?

Ahead of 19% 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 New Waterford 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 →