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Outdoors in Ostrander

Few parks or trails are on the map in Ostrander

40% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 9 acres are parks and preserves, 8.5 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 13% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
1 acre · of 0.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
9 ac
8.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
40%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Ostrander have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ostrander is ahead of 13% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.

D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Ostrander’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 13%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Ostrander. 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 conserved acres

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

Town or city1 ac
Local Park · 1 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Horseshoe Park
Local Park
Town or city1Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Ostrander

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

Playgrounds in Ostrander

1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

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

August is the best month for walking in Ostrander

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)9.610.611.813.214.415.014.813.812.411.19.99.3
High (°F)363949637382858377655140
Rain (in)2.72.23.03.84.34.64.23.43.12.82.82.8

February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Ostrander →

Questions about parks and trails in Ostrander

How much of Ostrander 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.

Is there public land near Ostrander?

6,084 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ostrander or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 9 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Ostrander have?

Ahead of 13% 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 Ostrander 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 →