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Mary Jane Thurston State Park
Managed by Ohio Department of Natural Resources
52 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Damascus
Damascus, OH parks, trails & bike paths
There are about 1.4 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Damascus, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Damascus outdoors
Conserved land
0.3%
63 of 19,585 acres
Trails
1.4 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
35 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.
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in Damascus
Unnamed boat launch
Unnamed boat launch
Unnamed boat launch
Unnamed boat launch in Mary Jane Thurston State Park
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 0.6 mi
- Township Road Q20.6 mi
Who protects the land
63 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
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
- Baseball2
- Pickleball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Damascus
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Park 53 acLocal Park 8 acState Conservation Area 1 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Jane Thurston State ParkState Park | State natural resources | 53 | Open |
| Big Creek ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| Turkeyfoot Creek Wildlife AreaState Conservation Area | State natural resources | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Hockman CemeteryCemetery
North CemeteryCemetery
Olive Branch CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Damascus and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Damascus | 0.3% | 1.4 mi | 1 |
| Washington | 8% | 5.9 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Damascus'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.