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Outdoors in Scioto Township

Scioto Township has 7.7 miles of mapped trails, 0.3 for every square mile of land

OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Scioto Township yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.

Ahead of 8% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 24.5 sq mi of land
Trails
7.7 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
1,083 ft
Sand Hill
Lakes & rivers
2
6 beaches
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Scioto Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Scioto Township is ahead of 8% 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 Scioto Township’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 8%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Scioto 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 D. 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
Things to do

12 places to go in Scioto Township

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

Peaks in Scioto Township
Sand Hill1,083 ft elevation
Directions
Pine Knob1,053 ft elevation
Directions
Goldust Hill787 ft elevation
Directions
Trails & water

2 lakes & rivers

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
1Tennis

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 Scioto 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)9.710.711.813.214.314.914.613.712.411.110.09.4
High (°F)404454677582858579675544
Rain (in)3.23.14.04.04.64.24.43.33.12.92.73.5

November is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.6 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Scioto Township →

Next door

Scioto 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
Scioto Townshipunder 1%0.3under 1under 1%D
Newton Townshipunder 1%0.5under 1under 1%D
Valley Townshipunder 1%0.3918%C−
Camp Creek Townshipunder 1%0.23412%C
Seal Township1%0.41546%C+
Union Townshipunder 1%0.3under 1under 1%D

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

Questions about parks and trails in Scioto Township

How much of Scioto 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.

Is there public land near Scioto Township?

7,518 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Scioto Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Scioto Township have?

Ahead of 8% 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 Scioto 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 →