Outdoors · Nelsonville

Nelsonville, OH parks, trails & bike paths

About 21% of Nelsonville is conserved land, roughly 636 acres. There are about 1.1 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Nelsonville outdoors

Conserved land
21%
636 of 3,049 acres
Trails
1.1 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
149 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.2 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.9 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

Brick Kiln Park

Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Nelsonville
Unnamed playground
Directions
Unnamed playground
Directions
Who protects the land

636 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service
617 ac
Town or city
20 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.9 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes2.3 mi

Courts & fields

  • Basketball3
  • Tennis2
  • Football2
  • Baseball2

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Nelsonville

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Forest 617 acLocal Park 20 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Wayne National ForestNational ForestU.S. Forest Service617Open
Unknown ParkLocal ParkTown or city13Open
Unknown Ball ParkLocal ParkTown or city6Open
Nelson Commons ParkLocal ParkTown or city1Open
History

Historic places to visit

Central School BellMonument
Fort Street CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Nelsonville and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Nelsonville20.9%1.1 mi1
York41.5%13.1 mi7
Ward83.1%33.4 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Nelsonville'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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