Outdoors · Sharon
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About 19% of Sharon is conserved land, roughly 1,047 acres. There are about 14 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Sharon Woods Metro Park (3 mi), Rush Run Parkland (1.7 mi), and Olentangy River Parklands (1.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sharon, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
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Conserved land
19%
1,047 of 5,524 acres
Trails
14 mi
1.6 mi per sq mi · 11 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
30
62 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
17.3 mi
0.9 mi lanes · 14.7 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.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
🛝 Evening Street Playground 🛝 Highgate Playground 🛝 Whitney Playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Linworth Park 🛝 Unnamed playground in Shaker Square Park 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Wilson Hill Park 🛝 Unnamed playground in Pingree Park 🛝 Unnamed playground in East Granville Park 🛝 Unnamed playground in Selby Park 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Indianola Park 🛝 Unnamed playground in Indianola Park 🛝 Unnamed playground in Indianola Park 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Heischman Park 🛝 Unnamed playground in McCord Park 🛝 Unnamed playground in McCord Park 🛝 Unnamed playground in Sharon Woods Metro Park 🛝 Unnamed playground in Sharon Woods Metro Park 🛝 Unnamed playground in Apple Ridge Picnc Area 🛝 Unnamed playground in Apple Ridge Picnc Area 🛝 Unnamed playground in Sharon Woods Metro Park 🔭 Unnamed scenic view in Island View Park 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Olentangy River Parklands 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Park Boulevard Park 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Olentangy River Parklands 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Olentangy River Parklands 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Olentangy River Parklands 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Sharon Woods Metro Park 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Sharon Woods Metro Park 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Sharon Woods Metro Park 🏕️ Camp Mary-Orton 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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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 Sharon Woods Metro Park Park
748 acres3 mi of trail
Spring Creek Trail Connector Trail Edward S Thomas Trail Sledding Hill Return Oak Openings Trail
🐕 Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
2 Rush Run Parkland Nature preserve
36 acres1.7 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
3 Olentangy River Parklands Park
212 acres1.6 mi of trail
Olentangy Trail Footpath
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
4 Edward S. Thomas Nature Preserve Nature preserve
368 acres1.1 mi of trail
Edward S Thomas Trail Oak Openings Trail
🐕 No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
13 acres0.6 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
19 acres0.5 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
10 acres0.5 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
8 Island View Park Nature preserve
13 acres0.4 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
All 30 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 30 parks & preserves
🌳 Sharon Woods Metro Park 748 acres · 3 mi of trail
🌲 Rush Run Parkland 36 acres · 1.7 mi of trail
🌳 Olentangy River Parklands 212 acres · 1.6 mi of trail
🌲 Edward S. Thomas Nature Preserve 368 acres · 1.1 mi of trail
🌳 Linworth Park 13 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
🌳 Perry Park 19 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
🌳 East Granville Park 10 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
🌲 Island View Park 13 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
🌳 Snouffer Road Park 22 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
🌳 Park Boulevard Park 8 acres · 0.2 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 Sharon Show all on map
Showing 1–10 of 34 playgrounds
🛝 Evening Street Playground
🛝 Highgate Playground In Olentangy River Parklands
🛝 Whitney Playground In Olentangy River Parklands
🛝 Unnamed playground in Linworth Park
🛝 Unnamed playground in Shaker Square Park
🛝 Unnamed playground in Wilson Hill Park
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 0.5 mi Unpaved 9.3 mi
Showing 1–10 of 11 trails
Spring Creek Trail 1.4 mi Cardinal Cross-Country Course 1.2 mi Edward S Thomas Trail 1.1 mi Olentangy Trail Footpath 0.9 mi Connector Trail 0.3 mi Cardinal Cross-Country Course: John Galipault Loop 0.3 mi Oak Openings Trail 0.2 mi Abolition Alley 0.2 mi Fox Lane Floodplain Dog Path 0.2 mi Sledding Hill Return 0.1 mi Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
1,047 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources
6 ac Land trusts & nonprofits
2 ac Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 29 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
Painted or protected bike lanes 0.9 mi Off-road bike paths 14.7 mi Shoulders & shared lanes 1.8 mi
Courts & fields Baseball 21 Tennis 21 Soccer 15 Basketball 14 Football 7 Pickleball 7 Beach volleyball 2 Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Sharon
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 1,042 ac Unknown Easement 4 ac State Conservation Area 2 ac Local Historic or Cultural Area 2 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
Place Managed by Acres Public access
Sharon Woods Metropark Local Park Regional agency 747 Open Olentangy River Parklands Local Park Town or city 67 Open Perry Park Local Park Town or city 45 Open Rush Run Parkland Local Park Town or city 38 Open Antrim Park North Local Park Town or city 27 Open Walnut Grove Local Park Town or city 22 Open Mccord Park Local Park Town or city 18 Open Linworth Park Local Park Town or city 13 Open Island View Parkland Local Park Town or city 10 Open Olentangy Trail Local Park Town or city 8 Open
History
Historic places to visit
Showing 1–10 of 25 places
🏛️ Jeffers Mound Archaeological site
🏛️ John Snow House Building
🏛️ Knights of Columbus Crucifixation Grotto Stone
🏛️ Saint Michael Subdues Satan Statue
🏛️ The Ripley House Building
🏛️ Worthington Masonic Museum Building
Nearby
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Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Sharon'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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