Shawnee Park
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Nyttend · Public domainBOutdoors
Outdoors in Salt Lick Township
37% of Salt Lick Township’s land is conserved: 5,005 acres
14 miles of mapped trail cross Salt Lick Township, 0.7 per square mile of land. 5 acres are parks and preserves, 4.8 per 1,000 residents. 35% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 60% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
37%
5,005 acres · of 20.8 sq mi of land
Trails
14 mi
0.7 per sq mi of land
Park land
5 ac
4.8 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
35%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
5
What kind of outdoors town is Salt Lick Township?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Salt Lick Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Salt Lick Township is ahead of 60% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Salt Lick Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land37% of the land · typical OH town 3% · U.S. 4%A+Trails0.7 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (14 mi) · OH 0.2 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land4.8 acres of park per 1,000 residents (5 acres) · OH 15 · U.S. 13CParks close to home35% of residents within a half mile of a park · OH 60% · U.S. 72%C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 60%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to 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
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
5,005 conserved acres
37% of Salt Lick Township’s land. Who manages Salt Lick Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service5,005 ac
National Forest · 5,005 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 5,005 | Open |
Things to do
4 places to go in Salt Lick Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Campgrounds in Salt Lick Township
Creekside Campground
DirectionsOld Stone Church Trailhead Camping
DirectionsSmiley's Campground
DirectionsStone Church Horse CampgroundFee
DirectionsTrails & water
5 named trails and 5 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Horses · 7.2 miUnpaved · 2.1 mi
Stone Church Bribal Path Loop6.6 mi
Wood Thrush Loop Trail2.2 mi
Buckeye Trail1.7 mi
Campground Connector0.5 mi
Tecumsey Lake Loop0.2 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
1Basketball
1Baseball
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 Salt Lick 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.7 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 38 | 42 | 52 | 65 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 83 | 77 | 66 | 53 | 42 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.5 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Salt Lick Township →
Next door
Salt Lick Township and its neighbors
Salt Lick Township has the second most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Monday Creek Township16 miSalt Lick Township14 miCoal Township8.6 miPike Township1.9 miPleasant Township1.5 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lick Township | 37% | 0.7 | 5 | 35% | B |
| Coal Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Pleasant Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Monday Creek Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Pike Township | 1% | 0.1 | 16 | 69% | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Salt Lick Township
How much of Salt Lick Township is conserved land?
37% 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 Salt Lick Township’s trails?
Shawnee Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Salt Lick Township?
72,760 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Salt Lick Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5,038 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Salt Lick Township have?
Ahead of 60% 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 Salt Lick 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 →