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C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Sharon Township

Sharon Township has 488 acres of parks, 81 for every 1,000 residents

0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Sharon Township. 24% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 5% of Sharon Township’s land is conserved, about 852 acres.

Ahead of 42% of U.S. towns · #606 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it

Conserved land
5%
852 acres · of 25.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
488 ac
81 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
24%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
3

What kind of outdoors town is Sharon Township?

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

Room to roam81 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Sharon Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Sharon Township is ahead of 42% of U.S. towns, #606 of 993 in Ohio. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Sharon Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land5% of the land · typical OH town 3% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · OH 0.2 · U.S. 0.4DPark land81 acres of park per 1,000 residents (488 acres) · OH 15 · U.S. 13AParks close to home24% 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 42%
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Ohio towns of 2,500+ (993)Ahead of 39%
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.

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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.

Alderfer-Oenslager Wildlife Sanctuary

Managed by Medina County Park District
252 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗

Wolf Creek and Oenslager Nature Center

Managed by Medina County Park District
251 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Sharon Preserve - Medina County Park District - Undeveloped Site

Park
145 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Green Leaf Park

Managed by Medina County Park District
66 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
All 6 parks & preserves
Sharon Center Public Square1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Directions
Alderfer-Oenslager Wildlife Sanctuary252 acres · Medina County Park District
Wolf Creek and Oenslager Nature Center251 acres · Medina County Park District
Directions
Sharon Preserve - Medina County Park District - Undeveloped Site145 acres
Green Leaf Park66 acres · Medina County Park District
Directions
Sharron Community park7 acres
Directions
Who protects it

852 conserved acres

5% of Sharon Township’s land. Who manages Sharon Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Private owners382 ac
County292 ac
Regional agency117 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits64 ac
Town or city8 ac
Private Park · 382 acLocal Park · 301 acOther Easement · 117 acUnknown Easement · 54 acState Recreation Area · 10 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 160 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Alderfer/oenslager Park
Local Park
County248Open
Sharon Golf Club
Private Park
Private owners236Open
Western Reserve Golf Course
Private Park
Private owners126Open
Green Leaf Park
Local Park
County45Open
Pine Valley Golf Course
Private Park
Private owners20Open
Medina Summit Land Conservancy
State Recreation Area
Land trusts & nonprofits10Open
Sharon Community Park
Local Park
Town or city8Open
Trails & water

3 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Deep Water PondpondOsage LakereservoirValley View Lakelake
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
2Baseball
1Tennis
1Basketball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

2 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Matthew Chandler HouseBuilding · listed 1978
About it
Sharon Center Public Square Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1980
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Sharon Township: April, August and September

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)343747607179838175635039
Rain (in)2.52.12.93.63.94.33.93.63.53.22.82.6

February is the driest month (2.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Sharon Township →

Next door

Sharon Township and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Granger Township10 miMontville Township9.1 miWadsworth3.7 miCopley Township2.1 miWadsworth Township2.0 miSharon Township0.1 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Sharon Township5%under 0.18124%C+
Wadsworth3%0.31181%B
Montville Township4%0.46468%B+
Wadsworth Township3%0.14619%C+
Granger Township3%0.412723%B
Copley Township2%0.1947%C

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

Questions about parks and trails in Sharon Township

How much of Sharon Township is conserved land?

5% 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 Sharon Township’s trails?

Alderfer-Oenslager Wildlife Sanctuary and Wolf Creek and Oenslager Nature Center don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Sharon Township?

26,180 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sharon Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 488 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Sharon Township have?

Ahead of 42% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #606 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 Sharon 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 →