Red Cap Park
Managed by Village of Wakeman
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Wakeman
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Wakeman
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 21 acres are parks and preserves, 19 per 1,000 residents. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Wakeman, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 53% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 0.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
21 ac
19 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.8 mi
0.8 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Wakeman?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Wakeman have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Wakeman is ahead of 53% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Wakeman’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical OH town 3% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · OH 0.2 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land19 acres of park per 1,000 residents (21 acres) · OH 15 · U.S. 13BParks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · OH 60% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 53%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C to A−. 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
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Wakeman Community Park
Managed by Village of Wakeman
2 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
Things to do
3 places to go in Wakeman
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Wakeman
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Community gardens in Wakeman
1 community garden without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Biking & sports
0.8 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.8 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
1Baseball
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Wakeman: May and July to 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 34 | 36 | 46 | 59 | 70 | 79 | 83 | 81 | 75 | 63 | 49 | 38 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.2 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Wakeman →
Questions about parks and trails in Wakeman
Where can I hike in Wakeman?
The longest trail networks: Wakeman Community Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Wakeman 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 Wakeman’s trails?
Red Cap Park and Wakeman Community Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Wakeman?
0.8 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.8 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Wakeman?
3,124 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Wakeman or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 21 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Wakeman have?
Ahead of 53% 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 Wakeman 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 →