Outdoors · Union

Union, OH parks, trails & bike paths

About 5.6% of Union is conserved land, roughly 2,392 acres. There are about 16 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hopewell Culture National Historical Park (2.4 mi).

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

At a glance

Union outdoors

Conserved land
5.6%
2,392 of 42,493 acres
Trails
16 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
190 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 6.6 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

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park

Managed by National Park Service
442 acres2.4 mi of trail
Interpretive Trail
Dogs usually limitedNational parks restrict dogs on most trails. Check posted rules
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
2

Pleasant Valley State Wildlife Area

Managed by Division of Wildlife, Ohio Department of Natural Resources
1,460 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
Who protects the land

2,392 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources
1,468 ac
National Park Service
438 ac
County
189 ac
Private owners
162 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
136 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 136 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 paths6.6 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Basketball14
  • Baseball10
  • Volleyball7
  • Equestrian2
  • Football1
  • Tennis1

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

Nearby

Union and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Union5.6%16.1 mi2
Twin1%6.5 mi2
Green3.1%10.7 mi1
Concord0.2%4.5 mi0
Pickaway0.7%6.6 mi5
Deerfield0.3%1.1 mi0
Springfield14.2%45.1 mi3
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Union'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 31.4-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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