Daniel McBean Farmstead · Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Yellow Creek Township
1 acre is park or preserve, 0.6 per 1,000 residents. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Yellow Creek Township. 9% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 5% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Yellow Creek Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Yellow Creek Township is ahead of 5% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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3 lakes & rivers
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Yellow Creek Township: April and August
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) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 36 | 39 | 49 | 62 | 71 | 79 | 83 | 82 | 75 | 63 | 51 | 40 |
| Rain (in) | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Yellow Creek Township →
Yellow Creek Township and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow Creek Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 1 | 9% | D− |
| Madison Township | under 1% | 0.2 | under 1 | 2% | D |
| Wellsville | 2% | under 0.1 | 8 | 41% | C− |
| Washington Township | 12% | under 0.1 | 194 | 7% | B− |
| Saline Township | under 1% | 0.3 | under 1 | 3% | D |
| Liverpool Township | under 1% | 0.1 | 7 | 16% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Yellow Creek Township
How much of Yellow Creek 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 Yellow Creek Township?
11,012 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Yellow Creek Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Yellow Creek Township have?
Ahead of 5% 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 Yellow Creek Township neighbors.
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 →