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Culberson Woods State Nature Preserve
Managed by Ohio Department of Natural Resources
337 acres
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Vernon
Vernon, OH parks, trails & bike paths
About 13% of Vernon is conserved land, roughly 2,258 acres. There are about 1.3 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Vernon, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Vernon outdoors
Conserved land
13%
2,258 of 17,848 acres
Trails
1.3 mi
0 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
749 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.
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Beaches in Vernon
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
2,258 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 710 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 12 parcels. 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Vernon
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Park 1,310 acUnknown Easement 714 acState Conservation Area 239 acAgricultural Easement 170 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowan Lake State ParkState Park | State natural resources | 1,310 | Open |
| Culberson Woods Dedicated Nature PreserveState Conservation Area | State natural resources | 239 | Closed |
History
Historic places to visit
Kathryn BaesslerCross
Pansy Methodist Church and School Historic DistrictDistrict
Baptist CemeteryCemetery
Clarksville CemeteryCemetery
Clarksville Independent Order of Odd Fellows CemeteryCemetery
Mount Pleasant CemeteryCemetery
Rehoboth CemeteryCemetery
Sewell CemeteryCemetery
Yeazel CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Vernon and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon | 12.7% | 1.3 mi | 1 |
| Adams | 2.3% | 5.2 mi | 0 |
| Washington | 2.6% | 1.7 mi | 0 |
| Marion | 0.3% | 0.4 mi | 1 |
| Washington | 2.5% | 3.0 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Vernon'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 20.8-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.