1
Christmas Rocks Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
556 acres3 mi of trail
Christmas Rocks Blue Loop TrailChristmas Rocks Orange Loop Trail MainChristmas Rocks Orange Loop Trail
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Hocking
Hocking, OH parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.6% of Hocking is conserved land, roughly 536 acres. There are about 9.3 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Christmas Rocks Nature Preserve (3 mi) and Shallenberger State Nature Preserve (1.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Hocking, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Hocking outdoors
Conserved land
2.6%
536 of 20,943 acres
Trails
9.3 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
109 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
Shallenberger State Nature Preserve
Managed by Ohio Department of Natural Resources
87 acres1.4 mi of trail
Shallenberger State Nature Preserve TrailAllen Knob Trail
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
3
Stoney Hill Preserve
Managed by Fairfield County Park District
118 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Cedarlen Park
Park
15 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
536 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 116 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
Courts & fields
- Basketball4
- Baseball3
- Tennis1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Hocking and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Hocking'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 20.5-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.