Outdoors · Monroe

Monroe, OH parks, trails & bike paths

About 1.1% of Monroe is conserved land, roughly 190 acres. Monroe has 1 named park and preserve on the map.

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

At a glance

Monroe outdoors

Conserved land
1.1%
190 of 16,738 acres
Trails
0.8 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
177 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.5 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.5 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

John Knight Memorial Park

Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Monroe
Top of TappanFee
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Unpaved 0.8 mi
  • Buckeye Trail0.8 mi
Who protects the land

190 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits
190 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths1.5 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands

The biggest protected places in Monroe

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Recreation Area 190 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Tappan LakeState Recreation AreaLand trusts & nonprofits190Closed
History

Historic places to visit

Heller CemeteryCemetery
Longview CemeteryCemetery
Plum Run CemeteryCemetery
Plum Run Hill Top CemeteryCemetery
Tunnel Hill CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Monroe and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Monroe1.1%0.8 mi1
Franklin30.3%8.5 mi0
Orange13.4%2.8 mi0
Mill0.3%0.0 mi4
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Monroe'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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