1
Hocking State Forest
Managed by Ohio Department of Natural Resources
4,676 acres26.2 mi of trail
Orange TrailBuckeye TrailRed TrailPink TrailSilver Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Laurel
Laurel, OH parks, trails & bike paths
About 24% of Laurel is conserved land, roughly 5,763 acres. There are about 33 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hocking State Forest (26.2 mi), Hocking Hills State Park (1.9 mi), and Conkles Hollow State Nature Preserve (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Laurel, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Laurel outdoors
Conserved land
24%
5,763 of 24,405 acres
Trails
33 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 30 on conserved land
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
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
Hocking Hills State Park
Nature preserve
361 acres1.9 mi of trail
Cantwell Rim TrailRock House Gorge TrailRock House Rim TrailCantwell Gorge Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Conkles Hollow State Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
27 acres1 mi of trail
Conkles Hollow Rim TrailOrange Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
5,763 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 254 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
- Tennis1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Laurel and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Laurel'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 21.1-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.