Outdoors · Richland

Richland, OH parks, trails & bike paths

About 1.1% of Richland is conserved land, roughly 306 acres. There are about 7.4 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bluffton Nature Preserve (3.2 mi), Motter Metro Park (1.5 mi), and Bluffton Village Park (0.6 mi).

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

At a glance

Richland outdoors

Conserved land
1.1%
306 of 26,689 acres
Trails
7.4 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
52 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.5 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.5 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

Bluffton Nature Preserve

Nature preserve
151 acres3.2 mi of trail
Boehr Meadow TrailGreen TrailEast Woods LoopLake/Flood Plain TrailSouth Woods Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Motter Metro Park

Managed by Johnny Appleseed Metro Park District
52 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
3

Bluffton Village Park

Park
53 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4

Buckeye Park

Park
17 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land

306 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners
132 ac
Town or city
79 ac
Regional agency
54 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
41 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 41 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths2.5 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Soccer10
  • Tennis9
  • Basketball6
  • Baseball6
  • Football5
  • Tracks2
  • Beach volleyball1

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

Nearby

Richland and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Richland1.1%7.4 mi5
Monroe0%0.0 mi1
Jackson1.5%9.6 mi1
Riley0%1.6 mi0
Pleasant0%1.9 mi2
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Richland'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 21-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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