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Wayne Township, Wayne County, Ohio Town Hall and garagePhoto: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Outdoors in Wayne Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Wayne Township

2 acres are parks and preserves, 0.6 per 1,000 residents. 8% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 4.6 miles of mapped trail cross Wayne Township, 0.2 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 8% of U.S. towns · #938 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
8 acres · of 26.0 sq mi of land
Trails
4.6 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
2 ac
0.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
8%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.1 mi
0.1 mi paths
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Wayne Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Wayne Township is ahead of 8% of U.S. towns, #938 of 993 in Ohio. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Wayne Township’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 8%
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Ohio towns of 2,500+ (993)Ahead of 6%
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Wayne 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 still be 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.

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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.

Oak Hill Park

Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

8 conserved acres

under 1% of Wayne Township’s land. Who manages Wayne Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Private owners7 ac
Town or city1 ac
Private Park · 7 acLocal Park · 1 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Spruce Tree Golf Course
Private Park
Private owners7Open
Oakhill Park
Local Park
Town or city1Open
Things to do

5 places to go in Wayne Township

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

Peaks in Wayne Township
Hide 'n Slide Hill
Directions
Biking & sports

0.1 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

0.1 mi
off-road bike paths
When to get out

The best walking months in Wayne 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)9.510.611.813.214.415.114.813.812.411.09.89.3
High (°F)343847617180838175635039
Rain (in)2.72.23.13.74.14.64.13.63.53.22.82.7

February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Wayne Township →

Next door

Wayne 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
Wayne Townshipunder 1%0.218%D
Wooster5%0.41781%B+
Canaan Township100%5.0620%B+
Chester Townshipunder 1%0.210711%C
Green Township1%under 0.11159%C
Wooster Township6%0.11818%C+

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

Questions about parks and trails in Wayne Township

How much of Wayne 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 Wayne Township’s trails?

Oak Hill Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Wayne Township?

0.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.1 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Wayne Township?

3,517 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Wayne Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Wayne Township have?

Ahead of 8% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #938 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 Wayne 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 →