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Oberlin Arboretum
Park
47 acres2.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Oberlin
Oberlin, OH parks, trails & bike paths
About 7% of Oberlin is conserved land, roughly 221 acres. There are about 5.1 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Oberlin Arboretum (2.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Oberlin, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Oberlin outdoors
Conserved land
7%
221 of 3,156 acres
Trails
5.1 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
6
27 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 3.3 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
Tappan Square
Park
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Park Street Park
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Prospect Park
Managed by City of Oberlin
4 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.
Playgrounds in Oberlin
The Child Garden Playground
Unnamed playground in Prospect Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Park Street Park
Unnamed playground
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 1.0 mi
- Buttonbush Bridge0.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Conservatory Koi PondFarmer PondpondGreen PondpondHeiser PondpondIsland PondpondMeadow PondpondOberlin Reservoir - 011reservoirOld ReservoirTriangular PondpondWoodland Pondpond
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
221 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths3.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Soccer14
- Baseball11
- Tennis10
- Football4
- Basketball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Oberlin
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Private Park 132 acLocal Recreation Area 60 acLocal Park 29 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oberlin Golf ClubPrivate Park | Private owners | 132 | Open |
| Oberlin Recreation ComplexLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 60 | Open |
| Tappan SquareLocal Park | Other state land | 14 | Open |
| ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Unknown ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Depot ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Wright Memorial ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Jewett HouseHouse
Memorial ArchIn Tappan Square · Memorial
Oberlin and the Underground RailroadPlaque
Underground Railroad MonumentSculpture · 1977
Westwood CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Oberlin and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oberlin | 7% | 5.1 mi | 6 |
| New Russia | 1.2% | 2.7 mi | 0 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Oberlin'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.