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North Baltimore, Ohio as viewed from Main Street-026866Photo: Photo by and ©2010 Dustin M. Ramsey (Kralizec!) · CC BY-SA 2.5
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Outdoors in North Baltimore

Few parks or trails are on the map in North Baltimore

81% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.9 miles of mapped trail cross North Baltimore, 0.4 per square mile of land. 4% of North Baltimore’s land is conserved, about 58 acres.

Ahead of 60% of U.S. towns · #400 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it

Conserved land
4%
58 acres · of 2.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.9 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
47 ac
13 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
81%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.5 mi
0.5 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1

What kind of outdoors town is North Baltimore?

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

Parks close to home81% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does North Baltimore have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, North Baltimore is ahead of 60% of U.S. towns, #400 of 993 in Ohio. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park ranks highest, park acres per resident lowest.

B
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of North Baltimore’s overall grade.
Conserved land4% of the land · typical OH town 3% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · OH 0.2 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land13 acres of park per 1,000 residents (47 acres) · OH 15 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home81% 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 60%
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Ohio towns of 2,500+ (993)Ahead of 60%
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in North Baltimore. 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 still be 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

58 conserved acres

4% of North Baltimore’s land. Who manages North Baltimore’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city40 ac
Private owners15 ac
Regional agency3 ac
Local Park · 40 acPrivate Park · 15 acLocal Recreation Area · 3 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Village Park
Local Park
Town or city40Open
Briar Hill Golf Course
Private Park
Private owners15Open
Slippery Elm Trail
Local Recreation Area
Regional agency3Open
Things to do

5 places to go in North Baltimore

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

Playgrounds in North Baltimore

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

Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
North Baltimore Reservoirreservoir
Biking & sports

0.5 miles of bike routes

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

0.5 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
7Baseball
3Basketball
2Football

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 →
North Baltimore Town HallBuilding · listed 1981
About it
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in North Baltimore

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)9.510.611.813.314.515.114.913.812.411.09.89.2
High (°F)343747617281858377645038
Rain (in)2.32.02.43.53.93.83.93.53.02.72.62.4

February is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 3.9 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in North Baltimore →

Questions about parks and trails in North Baltimore

How much of North Baltimore is conserved land?

4% 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.

Where can I bike in North Baltimore?

0.5 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.5 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near North Baltimore?

2,169 acres of parks and open public land lie inside North Baltimore or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 47 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does North Baltimore have?

Ahead of 60% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #400 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 North Baltimore 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 →