1
Hills & Dales MetroPark
Managed by Five Rivers MetroParks
83 acres2.9 mi of trail
Adirondack TrailInspiration Point TrailNature Play AreaWetlands Boardwalk
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Kettering
Kettering, OH parks, trails & bike paths
About 9.4% of Kettering is conserved land, roughly 1,125 acres. There are about 22 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hills & Dales MetroPark (2.9 mi), Indian Riffle Park (1.4 mi), and Lincoln Park (1.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Kettering, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Kettering outdoors
Conserved land
9.4%
1,125 of 11,935 acres
Trails
22 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 21 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
25
20 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
8.3 mi
2.4 mi lanes · 4.7 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
Indian Riffle Park
Park
123 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Lincoln Park
Managed by City of Kettering
15 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Kennedy Park
Park
21 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Delco Park
Park
68 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Ireland Park
Park
15 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Pondview Park
Park
12 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Oak Creek Park
Park
10 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 25 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 25 parks & preserves
Hills & Dales MetroPark83 acres · 2.9 mi of trail · Five Rivers MetroParks
Indian Riffle Park123 acres · 1.4 mi of trail
Lincoln Park15 acres · 1.4 mi of trail · City of Kettering
Kennedy Park21 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Delco Park68 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Ireland Park15 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Pondview Park12 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Oak Creek Park10 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Oak Park4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · City of Kettering
Gentile Park18 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Who protects the land
1,125 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes2.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths4.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis48
- Baseball39
- Soccer22
- Basketball21
- Pickleball12
- Football7
- Beach volleyball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Kettering and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kettering | 9.4% | 22.3 mi | 25 |
| Oakwood | 4.4% | 1.3 mi | 7 |
| Moraine | 3.4% | 2.5 mi | 7 |
| Dayton | 9.2% | 43.5 mi | 59 |
| Washington | 6.8% | 42.2 mi | 53 |
| Sugarcreek | 5.9% | 28.8 mi | 13 |
| Beavercreek | 10% | 25.7 mi | 37 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Kettering'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.