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C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Newton Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Newton Township

13% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Newton Township. 21 acres are parks and preserves, 6.4 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 19% of U.S. towns · #834 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it

Conserved land
3%
425 acres · of 23.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.7 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
21 ac
6.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
13%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Newton Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Newton Township is ahead of 19% of U.S. towns, #834 of 993 in Ohio. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Newton Township’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 19%
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Ohio towns of 2,500+ (993)Ahead of 16%
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Newton 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

425 conserved acres

3% of Newton Township’s land. Who manages Newton Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Regional Water Districts280 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)160 ac
Other state land122 ac
Town or city21 ac
Agricultural Easement · 439 acUnknown Easement · 122 acLocal Park · 21 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 405 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
St Louisville Municipal Park
Local Park
Town or city21Open
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
4Baseball

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 →
Upland FarmBuilding · listed 1978
About it
When to get out

August is the best month for walking in Newton 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)9.610.611.813.214.415.014.813.712.411.19.99.3
High (°F)364050637381848276655241
Rain (in)2.92.43.53.94.24.44.43.73.32.92.93.1

February is the driest month (2.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Newton Township →

Next door

Newton 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
Newton Township3%under 0.1613%C−
Newark6%0.21577%B
Washington Townshipunder 1%0.1237%D
Newark Township2%0.1440%C−

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

Questions about parks and trails in Newton Township

How much of Newton Township is conserved land?

3% 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 Newton Township?

6,495 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Newton Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 21 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Newton Township have?

Ahead of 19% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #834 of 993 in Ohio. 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 Newton 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 →