Outdoors · Elk

Elk, OH parks, trails & bike paths

About 3.1% of Elk is conserved land, roughly 751 acres. Elk has 1 named park and preserve on the map.

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

At a glance

Elk outdoors

Conserved land
3.1%
751 of 24,230 acres
Trails
0.5 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
233 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.
1

Vinton County Fairgrounds

Park
43 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land

751 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources
751 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

  • Tennis6
  • Baseball4
  • Football2
  • Basketball2
  • Softball1
  • Beach volleyball1
  • Equestrian1

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

Nearby

Elk and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Elk3.1%0.5 mi1
Madison64.8%9.2 mi0
Clinton23%4.4 mi3
Richland0.8%0.1 mi1
Swan9.2%1.9 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Elk'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 21.2-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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