Outdoors · Jackson

Jackson, OH parks, trails & bike paths

About 29% of Jackson is conserved land, roughly 5,944 acres. There are about 2.6 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Lake Park (0.5 mi).

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

At a glance

Jackson outdoors

Conserved land
29%
5,944 of 20,245 acres
Trails
2.6 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
4,483 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

Lake Park

Park
33 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Woodbury Wildlife Area

Nature preserve
5,941 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

React Memorial Park

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

5,944 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources
5,942 ac
Joint
2 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

  • Baseball1

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Jackson

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 5,942 acLocal Park 2 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Woodbury Wildlife AreaState Conservation AreaState natural resources5,942Restricted
Coshocton Lake ParkLocal ParkJoint2Open
History

Historic places to visit

Antioch CemeteryCemetery
Blooming Grove CemeteryCemetery
Branch Methodist Episcopal CemeteryCemetery
Pleasant Hill Baptist CemeteryCemetery
Warner Methodist CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Jackson and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Jackson29.4%2.6 mi3
Coshocton2.8%1.9 mi6
Tuscarawas4.3%2.4 mi1
Bedford36.2%0.3 mi1
Virginia39.9%0.0 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Jackson'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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