1
Joe Swarts Sports Complex
Park
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Upper
Upper, OH parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.6% of Upper is conserved land, roughly 881 acres. Upper has 4 named parks and preserves on the map.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Upper, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Upper outdoors
Conserved land
5.6%
881 of 15,811 acres
Trails
0.2 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
4
63 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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
Paul Porter Park
Park
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Beechwood Park
Park
2 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
9th Street Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Beaches in Upper
Unnamed beach
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
881 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball10
- Pickleball6
- Tennis5
- Basketball4
- Soccer3
- Football2
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Upper
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Forest 866 acLocal Park 8 acLocal Recreation Area 7 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne National ForestNational Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 866 | Open |
| Unknonw Ball FieldsLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 7 | Open |
| Paul Porter ParkLocal Park | County | 6 | Open |
| Unknown ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Showing 1–10 of 13 places
Fifth and Lawrence Streets Residential Historic DistrictDistrict
Rankin Historic DistrictDistrict
Calvary CemeteryCemetery
Hecla CemeteryCemetery
Kelly CemeteryCemetery
La Grange CemeteryCemetery
Newton CemeteryCemetery
Pigeon Hollow CemeteryCemetery
Sacred Heart CemeteryCemetery
Sugar Creek CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Upper and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper | 5.6% | 0.2 mi | 4 |
| Ironton | 0.3% | 0.2 mi | 2 |
| Hamilton | 39.9% | 15.6 mi | 0 |
| Coal Grove | 0.5% | 0.0 mi | 2 |
| Elizabeth | 56.5% | 62.0 mi | 0 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Upper'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 20.5-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.