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Mill Hollow Bacon Woods Park
Park
329 acres3.7 mi of trail
Coopers TrailBacon Woods TrailBluebird TrailHillside TrailSycamore Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
Outdoors · Brownhelm
Brownhelm, OH parks, trails & bike paths
About 11% of Brownhelm is conserved land, roughly 1,460 acres. There are about 9.6 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mill Hollow Bacon Woods Park (3.7 mi), Vermilion River Reservation (0.9 mi), and Showse Park (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Brownhelm, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Brownhelm outdoors
Conserved land
11%
1,460 of 13,100 acres
Trails
9.6 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
182 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
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
Vermilion River Reservation
Park
93 acres0.9 mi of trail
Riverside Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Showse Park
Park
17 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Brownhelm
Riverview RV Park and Marina
Timber Ridge Campground
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 2.9 mi
- Coopers Trail1.1 mi
- Sassafras Trail1.0 mi
- Bacon Woods Trail0.9 mi
- Bluebird Trail0.6 mi
- Riverside Trail0.6 mi
- Sunnyside Loop0.4 mi
- Highbridge Connector Trail0.2 mi
- Hillside Trail0.1 mi
- Sycamore Trail0.1 mi
- Parkside Connector Trail0.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
1,460 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 51 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. 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 lanes0.0 mi
- Coopers Trail (bike route)1.2 mi
- Bacon Woods Tratil (bike route)0.9 mi
- Bluebird Trail (bike route)0.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis7
- Baseball4
- Basketball3
- Soccer2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Brownhelm
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 1,344 acLocal Recreation Area 97 acAgricultural Easement 51 acPrivate Recreation or Education 43 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Hollow - Bacon Woods ParkLocal Park | County | 1,340 | Open |
| Vermilion River ReservationLocal Recreation Area | County | 85 | Open |
| Swift ResortPrivate Recreation or Education | Private owners | 43 | Closed |
| Showse ParkLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 12 | Open |
| Edison Village ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Brownhelm CemeteryCemetery
Rugby CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Brownhelm and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Brownhelm'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.