1
Dawes Arboretum
Park
502 acres8.8 mi of trail
Lake TrailDawn Redwood TrailBuckeye Collection TrailDaweswood TrailAzalea Glen Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Licking
Licking, OH parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.5% of Licking is conserved land, roughly 768 acres. There are about 35 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Dawes Arboretum (8.8 mi), Dawes Arboretum North (6.6 mi), and Dawes Arboretum East (3.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Licking, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Licking outdoors
Conserved land
4.5%
768 of 16,924 acres
Trails
35 mi
1.3 mi per sq mi · 12 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
156 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.7 mi
4.0 mi lanes · 3.6 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
Dawes Arboretum North
Park
301 acres6.6 mi of trail
Black Duck TrailDutch Fork Wetlands TrailOak Savanna TrailRed Barn Reserve TrailRed Maple Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Dawes Arboretum East
Park
221 acres3.2 mi of trail
Timber Run TrailGorge Overlook TrailScout Pond Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
768 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 162 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 lanes4.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths3.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis3
- Baseball3
- Basketball2
- Pickleball1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Licking and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licking | 4.5% | 34.9 mi | 3 |
| Union | 3.3% | 13.0 mi | 4 |
| Heath | 3.3% | 5.5 mi | 4 |
| Franklin | 5.8% | 9.7 mi | 2 |
| Hebron | 2% | 1.4 mi | 1 |
| Harbor Hills | 3.9% | 15.0 mi | 0 |
| Buckeye Lake | 1.3% | 1.1 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Licking'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.