Outdoors · Franklin

Franklin, OH parks, trails & bike paths

About 3.9% of Franklin is conserved land, roughly 238 acres. There are about 2.3 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Franklin outdoors

Conserved land
3.9%
238 of 6,116 acres
Trails
2.3 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
4
20 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 5.9 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

Hazel Woods Park

Park
81 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Franklin Lions Club Municipal Park

Park
52 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Harmon Park

Managed by City of Franklin
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4

Clearcreek Park

Park
1 acres0.1 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.
Peaks in Franklin
Little Mount938 ft elevation
Directions
Who protects the land

238 conserved acres

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

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths5.9 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.7 mi

Courts & fields

  • Soccer15
  • Tennis8
  • Basketball7
  • Football6
  • Baseball4
  • Field hockey1
  • Multi-sport1

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Franklin

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 88 acState Conservation Area 84 acPrivate Park 65 acLocal Conservation Area 14 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Miami Conservancy DistrictState Conservation AreaTown or city84Open
Franklin Community ParkLocal ParkTown or city71Open
Franklin Golf ClubPrivate ParkPrivate owners65Open
Chautauqua ReservoirLocal Conservation AreaRegional agency16Open
Riverside ParkLocal ParkTown or city8Open
Laynecrest ParkLocal ParkTown or city5Open
Harmon Field ParkLocal ParkTown or city2Open
Nearby

Franklin and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Franklin3.9%2.3 mi4
Carlisle3.3%1.3 mi3
Springboro6.2%9.1 mi8
Clear Creek2.6%17.0 mi12
Franklin6.7%11.3 mi10
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Franklin'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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