Outdoors · Orange
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About 26% of Orange is conserved land, roughly 3,744 acres. There are about 34 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Alum Creek State Park (17.2 mi), Highbanks Metro Park (9 mi), and McCammon Creek Park (2.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Orange, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
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Conserved land
26%
3,744 of 14,491 acres
Trails
34 mi
1.5 mi per sq mi · 30 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
12
94 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
26.7 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 26.7 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.
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Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1 Alum Creek State Park Nature preserve
2,366 acres17.2 mi of trail
Alum Creek Multipurpose Trail Alum Creek Phase 1 Whitetail Run Trail Storybook Trail Park Office Hollenback Trail
🐕 Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
873 acres9 mi of trail
Dripping Rock Trail (2.5 mi) Coyote Run Trail (3.5 mi) Overlook Trail (2.3 mi) Big Meadows Path (1 mi) Dripping Rock Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
3 McCammon Creek Park Managed by Preservation Parks
179 acres2.8 mi of trail
Red Fox Trail Harvest Trail Autumn Trail
🐕 Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
36 acres1.4 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
5 Shale Hollow Park Nature preserve
66 acres1 mi of trail
Great Horned Owl Trail
🐕 Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
6 Edward F. Hutchins Nature Preserve Nature preserve
98 acres0.9 mi of trail
Overlook Trail (2.3 mi) Wetland Spur Trail (0.4 mi)
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
14 acres0.4 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
8 Orange Township Hall Park Park
23 acres0.3 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
All 12 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 12 parks & preserves
🌲 Alum Creek State Park 2,366 acres · 17.2 mi of trail
🌳 Highbanks Metro Park 873 acres · 9 mi of trail
🌳 McCammon Creek Park 179 acres · 2.8 mi of trail · Preservation Parks
🌳 North Orange Park 36 acres · 1.4 mi of trail
🌲 Shale Hollow Park 66 acres · 1 mi of trail
🌲 Edward F. Hutchins Nature Preserve 98 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
🌳 RO Park 14 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
🌳 Orange Township Hall Park 23 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
🌳 Glen Oak Park 21 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
🌳 Walker Wood Park 5 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Orange Show all on map
Showing 1–10 of 36 playgrounds
🛝 Walker Wood Playground In Walker Wood Park
🛝 Unnamed playground in Highbanks Metro Park
🛝 Unnamed playground in Highbanks Metro Park
🛝 Unnamed playground in Highbanks Metro Park
🛝 Unnamed playground in North Orange Park
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 1.6 mi Unpaved 17.5 mi
Showing 1–10 of 19 trails
Alum Creek Multipurpose Trail 3.6 mi Dripping Rock Trail (2.5 mi) 2.4 mi Coyote Run Trail (3.5 mi) 2.3 mi Overlook Trail (2.3 mi) 1.4 mi Red Fox Trail 1.4 mi Alum Creek Phase 1 1.2 mi Great Horned Owl Trail 0.9 mi Whitetail Run Trail 0.8 mi Harvest Trail 0.8 mi Autumn Trail 0.5 mi Water
Lakes & rivers
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Who protects the land
3,744 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Army Corps of Engineers
2,954 ac State natural resources
2,244 ac Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
Painted or protected bike lanes 0.0 mi Off-road bike paths 26.7 mi Shoulders & shared lanes 0.0 mi
Courts & fields Tennis 28 Baseball 22 Soccer 16 Basketball 10 Pickleball 9 Football 9 Softball 2 Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Orange
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Recreation Management Area 2,954 ac State Park 2,244 ac Local Park 790 ac
Place Managed by Acres Public access
Alum Creek Recreation Area Recreation Management Area Army Corps of Engineers 2,954 Open Alum Creek State Park State Park State natural resources 2,244 Open Highbanks Metropark Local Park Regional agency 716 Open Shale Hollow Park Local Park County 65 Open Olentangy Meadows Parkland Local Park Town or city 8 Open Olentangy Trail Local Park Town or city 1 Open
History
Historic places to visit
🏛️ Adena Mound In Highbanks Metro Park · Archaeological site
🏛️ Cole Earthworks In Edward F. Hutchins Nature Preserve · Plaque
🏛️ Gooding House and Tavern House
🪦 Kingwood Memorial Park Cemetery
🪦 Resurrection Cemetery Cemetery
Nearby
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Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
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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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