1
French Creek Reservation
Managed by Lorain County Metro Parks
336 acres4 mi of trail
Big Woods TrailNature Center TrailSugar Creek Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Sheffield
Sheffield, OH parks, trails & bike paths
About 11% of Sheffield is conserved land, roughly 722 acres. There are about 4.4 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in French Creek Reservation (4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sheffield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Sheffield outdoors
Conserved land
11%
722 of 6,900 acres
Trails
4.4 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
165 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
James Day Park
Park
13 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Black River Reservation
Managed by Lorain County Metro Parks
171 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Volunteer Field
Park
17 acres0.1 mi of trail
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.
Picnic areas in Sheffield
Pine Tree Picnic AreaIn French Creek Reservation
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 3.8 mi
- Big Woods Trail2.2 mi
- Nature Center Trail0.6 mi
- Sugar Creek Trail0.4 mi
Who protects the land
722 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
- Baseball8
- Football2
- Tennis1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Sheffield
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 674 acLocal Recreation Area 61 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| French Creek ReservationLocal Park | County | 436 | Restricted |
| Black River ReservationLocal Park | County | 187 | Restricted |
| Cromwell ParkLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 47 | Open |
| Freedom ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 19 | Open |
| James Day ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 19 | Open |
| Volunteer FieldLocal Recreation Area | Private owners | 14 | Open |
| Bur OakLocal Park | County | 14 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Day CemeteryCemetery
Garfield CemeteryCemetery
Saint Teresa CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Sheffield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Sheffield'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.