1
Charles Alley Nature Park
Managed by City of Lancaster
297 acres6.7 mi of trail
Alley TrailBackhand TrailBuck Run TrailRidge TrailTwin Lakes Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Berne
Berne, OH parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.1% of Berne is conserved land, roughly 882 acres. There are about 12 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Charles Alley Nature Park (6.7 mi), Wahkeena Nature Preserve (1.5 mi), and Rhododendron Cove State Nature Preserve (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Berne, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Berne outdoors
Conserved land
3.1%
882 of 28,244 acres
Trails
12 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 10 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
173 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.6 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
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.
2
Wahkeena Nature Preserve
Managed by Fairfield County Park District
147 acres1.5 mi of trail
Rhododendron Cove Blue Loop TrailPond Loop
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
3
Rhododendron Cove State Nature Preserve
Managed by Ohio Department of Natural Resources
75 acres1.2 mi of trail
Rhododendron Cove Orange Loop TrailRhododendron Cove Blue Loop Trail
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
4
Hintz Hollow Preserve
Managed by Appalachia Ohio Alliance
171 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 10 parks & preserves
Charles Alley Nature Park297 acres · 6.7 mi of trail · City of Lancaster
Wahkeena Nature Preserve147 acres · 1.5 mi of trail · Fairfield County Park District
Rhododendron Cove State Nature Preserve75 acres · 1.2 mi of trail · Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Hintz Hollow Preserve171 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Appalachia Ohio Alliance
Stone Canyon Preserve145 acres · Appalachia Ohio Alliance
Mercer Woods Preserve50 acres · Appalachia Ohio Alliance
Clear Creek37 acres
Kleinmaier State Nature Preserve31 acres · Appalachia Ohio Alliace
Flight of the Hawk Sculpture Park7 acres
Hocking Canal Lock No. 81 acres · Appalachia Ohio Alliance
Who protects the land
882 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 365 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 14 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes3.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball5
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Berne and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Berne'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 24.4-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.