Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Managed by National Park Service
369 acres0.9 mi of trail
🐕 Dogs usually limited
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
Outdoors in Paxton Township
Parks, trails & the outdoors in Paxton Township
About 1.7% of Paxton Township is conserved land, roughly 344 acres. There are about 38 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hopewell Culture National Historical Park (0.9 mi) and Highlands Nature Sanctuary (0.8 mi).
Conserved land
1.7%
344 of 20,241 acres
Trails
38 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
188 conserved acres per 1,000 people
Bike routes
0.0 mi
Highest peak
1,286 ft
McMechen Hill
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Paxton Township?
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Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
★ What stands out · Things to do
9 places to go in Paxton Township
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Playgrounds in Paxton Township
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Places to walk
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The longest trail network is Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, with 0.9 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Highlands Nature Sanctuary
Managed by Arc of Appalachia
69 acres0.8 mi of trail
Ashy Sunflower Trail
🐕 No dogs
Directionsto the trailheadWebsite ↗
Village Park
Park
10 acres
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Trails & water
1 named trail and 1 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Unpaved · 1.9 mi
Ashy Sunflower Trail0.7 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Who protects it
344 conserved acres
Who manages Paxton Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
National Park Service266 ac
Private owners78 ac
Historic or Cultural Area · 266 acPrivate Park · 78 ac
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Historic or Cultural Area | National Park Service | 266 | Restricted |
| Valley Vista Golf Course Private Park | Private owners | 78 | Open |
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.0 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.0 mi
off-road bike paths
0.0 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
7Baseball
5Basketball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →4 historic sites to visit
Plus 8 cemeteries, often the oldest places in town.
Next door
Paxton Township and its neighbors
Paxton Township has the most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved | Parks |
|---|---|---|
| Paxton Township | 1.7% | 4 |
| Paint Township | 11.7% | 1 |
| Twin Township | 1% | 2 |
| Paint Township | 21% | 2 |
| Perry Township | 8.5% | 0 |
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Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Paxton Township neighbors.
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Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, 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 23.1-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.