Brush Creek Wildlife Area
Managed by Ohio Department of Natural Resources
54 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors in Saline Township
Saline Township has 6.2 miles of mapped trails, 0.3 for every square mile of land
3% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
10 acres · of 21.1 sq mi of land
Trails
6.2 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Near a park
3%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
4
1 boat launch
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Saline Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Saline Township is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Saline Township’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical OH town 3% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (6 mi) · OH 0.2 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land0.3 acres of park per 1,000 residents (0 acres) · OH 15 · U.S. 13DParks close to home3% of residents within a half mile of a park · OH 60% · U.S. 72%D
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 11%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Saline 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
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
10 conserved acres
under 1% of Saline Township’s land. Who manages Saline Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources10 ac
State Conservation Area · 10 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brush Creek Wildlife Area State Conservation Area | State natural resources | 10 | Restricted |
Things to do
2 places to go in Saline Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Boat launches in Saline Township
1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Campgrounds in Saline Township
1 campground without a name on the map.
Trails & water
2 named trails and 4 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Unpaved · 2.6 mi
Township Highway 3072.8 mi
Township Highway 217 A1.9 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
1Football
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Saline Township: April and August
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 36 | 40 | 49 | 62 | 72 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 64 | 51 | 41 |
| Rain (in) | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Saline Township →
Next door
Saline Township and its neighbors
Saline Township has the most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saline Township | under 1% | 0.3 | under 1 | 3% | D |
| Knox Township | under 1% | 0.1 | 7 | 59% | C− |
| Brush Creek Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Ross Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Saline Township
How much of Saline Township 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 Saline Township’s trails?
Brush Creek Wildlife Area doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Saline Township?
10,960 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Saline Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Saline Township have?
Ahead of 11% 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 Saline Township 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 →