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Northam Road Park
Park
16 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Upper Arlington
Upper Arlington, OH parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.4% of Upper Arlington is conserved land, roughly 340 acres. There are about 4.6 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Northam Road Park (0.6 mi) and Thompson Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Upper Arlington, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Upper Arlington outdoors
Conserved land
5.4%
340 of 6,259 acres
Trails
4.6 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
25
9 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
11.4 mi
0.7 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
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
Thompson Park
Park
50 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Fancyburg Park
Park
26 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Northwest Kiwanis Park
Park
19 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Smith Nature Park
Park
3 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 25 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 25 parks & preserves
Northam Road Park16 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Thompson Park50 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Fancyburg Park26 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Northwest Kiwanis Park19 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Smith Nature Park3 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Mallway1 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Litchford Plaza1 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Reed Road Park15 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Sunny 95 Park15 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Cardiff Woods Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Who protects the land
340 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.7 mi
- Off-road bike paths2.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes8.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis78
- Baseball21
- Soccer15
- Pickleball10
- Basketball6
- Football6
- Field hockey3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Upper Arlington and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Arlington | 5.4% | 4.6 mi | 25 |
| Norwich | 6% | 13.4 mi | 15 |
| Perry | 30.8% | 8.3 mi | 1 |
| Marble Cliff | 8.8% | 0.7 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Upper Arlington'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.