Outdoors · Jackson

Jackson, OH parks, trails & bike paths

About 1.3% of Jackson is conserved land, roughly 356 acres. There are about 2.2 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Jackson outdoors

Conserved land
1.3%
356 of 27,065 acres
Trails
2.2 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
named on the map
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

123
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

Gunning Preserve

Managed by Appalachia Ohio Alliance
274 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

Lamb Preserve

Managed by Appalachia Ohio Alliance
66 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Jackson Township Park

Park
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

356 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources
244 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
113 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 113 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

  • Equestrian1

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 240 acConservation Easement 113 acState Recreation Area 4 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
The Trump Wildlife AreaState Conservation AreaState natural resources128Restricted
Wildlife Production Area 4State Conservation AreaState natural resources111Open
Elmon Richards Scioto RiverState Recreation AreaState natural resources4Open
History

Historic places to visit

Herrenstine CemeteryCemetery
Hulse Farm CemeteryCemetery
Jackson Township CemeteryCemetery
Renick CemeteryCemetery
Rife Farm CemeteryCemetery
Shortridge Farm CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Jackson and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Jackson1.3%2.2 mi3
Circleville2.2%1.7 mi4
Walnut2.2%5.6 mi4
Harrison5.1%11.9 mi7
Wayne1.4%4.7 mi2
Muhlenberg0.4%0.8 mi4
Scioto1.7%5.8 mi5
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 25.2-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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