Outdoors · American

American, OH parks, trails & bike paths

About 1.2% of American is conserved land, roughly 182 acres. There are about 2.6 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hermon Woodlands (1.6 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in American, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

American outdoors

Conserved land
1.2%
182 of 15,386 acres
Trails
2.6 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
13 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 mi off-road paths

Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Parks & preserves with trails

Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
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Hermon Woodlands

Nature preserve
141 acres1.6 mi of trail
North TrailWest TrailSouth TrailImagiNature Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land

182 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners
110 ac
Regional agency
72 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis16
  • Baseball10
  • Soccer8
  • Beach volleyball3
  • Football2
  • Basketball2

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Nearby

American and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
American1.2%2.6 mi1
Lima3.3%2.0 mi10
Shawnee2.3%3.3 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about American's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.

Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.

How we measure"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.

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