Outdoors · Chardon

Chardon, OH parks, trails & bike paths

About 6.7% of Chardon is conserved land, roughly 190 acres. Chardon has 1 named park and preserve on the map.

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

At a glance

Chardon outdoors

Conserved land
6.7%
190 of 2,818 acres
Trails
0.6 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
36 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.4 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.4 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.
1

Bass Lake Preserve

Nature preserve
23 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Chardon
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Water

Lakes & rivers

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Who protects the land

190 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners
132 ac
Town or city
47 ac
County
8 ac
Regional agency
2 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths2.4 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Baseball7
  • Tennis4
  • Multi-sport2
  • Basketball2
  • Football1
  • Skate park1
  • Volleyball1

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Chardon

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Private Park 132 acLocal Park 35 acLocal Recreation Area 21 acLocal Other or Unknown 2 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Chardon Lakes Golf CoursePrivate ParkPrivate owners132Open
Chardon ParkLocal ParkTown or city35Open
Mel Harder ParkLocal Recreation AreaTown or city13Open
Maple Highlands Bike TrailLocal Recreation AreaCounty8Open
UnknownLocal Other or UnknownRegional agency2Open
History

Historic places to visit

Chardon Courthouse Square Historic DistrictDistrict
Chardon Municipal CemetaryCemetery
Rider CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Chardon and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Chardon6.7%0.6 mi1
Chardon20.3%8.6 mi5
Munson15%2.8 mi11
Hambden11.2%1.0 mi4
Bass Lake5.5%0.0 mi3
Claridon11.7%3.2 mi4
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Chardon'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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