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How much parkland is here?

The USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, Ohio package): every park, forest, wildlife area, reservoir recreation area and preserve whose owner reports open public access, from city parks to Wayne National Forest, with proclamation boundaries, closed easements, farmland easements and military land left out. The map shows the share of each ZIP's area (land plus inland water) inside those areas; the card lists the largest units by acres inside the ZIP and the straight-line distance to the nearest state park run by the Department of Natural Resources. PAD-US inherits local inventories of uneven quality, so a golf course or a school field can appear as a park and a new metropark can be missing. ODNR's facility layers add the nearest boat ramp, fishing access, swim area and campground on state lands. ODNR's statewide trails inventory lists the named trails and state bike routes crossing the ZIP. The USGS Protected Areas Database gives the share of the ZIP that is public or permanently protected land, by manager.

1,233 of 1,233 ZIPs have data; median 1%.

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Under 0.5% of the area · 514 0.5 to 2% · 186 2 to 5% · 196 5 to 15% · 247 15% or more public land · 90

Highest and lowest

Highest

  1. 43436 · Put-In-Bay Township and Isle Saint George98%
  2. 43144 · Murray City94%
  3. 45688 · Symmes Township and Waterloo67%
  4. 44264 · Cuyahoga Falls and Peninsula61%
  5. 45503 · Springfield59%
  6. 45111 · Symmes Township and Camp Dennison57%
  7. 45698 · Zaleski57%
  8. 45659 · Elizabeth Township and Pedro56%
  9. 43766 · New Straitsville56%
  10. 45764 · Nelsonville54%
  11. 45663 · Washington Township and West Portsmouth51%
  12. 43782 · Shawnee48%
  13. 43035 · Orange Township and Lewis Center45%
  14. 45789 · Liberty Township and Wingett Run42%
  15. 44429 · Milton Township and Lake Milton42%

Lowest

  1. 43005 · Jackson Township and Bladensburg0%
  2. 43007 · Taylor Township and Broadway0%
  3. 43010 · Catawba0%
  4. 43027 · Burlington Township and Homer0%
  5. 43029 · Pike Township and Irwin0%
  6. 43030 · Licking Township and Jacksontown0%
  7. 43032 · Brown Township and Kilbourne0%
  8. 43033 · Kirkersville0%
  9. 43037 · Clay Township and Martinsburg0%
  10. 43045 · Milford Center0%
  11. 43047 · Wayne Township and Mingo0%
  12. 43070 · Adams Township and Rosewood0%
  13. 43077 · Unionville Center0%
  14. 43080 · Utica0%
  15. 43084 · Rush Township and Woodstock0%

Source

USGS Protected Areas Database 4.1 (Ohio state package, flattened combined layer, open-access fee, designation and easement polygons plus the six ODNR state parks PAD-US codes closed by default: Buckeye Lake, Forked Run, Hueston Woods, Lake Hope, Lake Logan, Tar Hollow); overlay on ZCTA polygons in Albers equal-area; nearest ODNR state park (state-park polygons of 50 acres or more, or an ODNR facility point where PAD-US lacks the park) from each ZIP's population-weighted center; ODNR facility point layers (boat ramps, fishing access, swim areas and campgrounds on state parks, wildlife areas and forests); ODNR Office of Coastal Management Lake Erie public access inventory (616 sites, swim-beach flag); ODNR statewide trails and state bike routes (OIT_Services/ODNR_Trails); USGS Protected Areas Database 4.1 fee-managed lands (Fee_Managers_PADUS) by ZIP overlay

USGS PAD-US · ODNR GIS services

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Quick answers

Which Ohio ZIP code has the highest share of parkland?

ZIP code 43436 (Put-In-Bay Township and Isle Saint George, 98%) ranks highest, followed by 43144 (Murray City, 94%) and 45688 (Symmes Township and Waterloo, 67%). The USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, Ohio package): every park, forest, wildlife area, reservoir recreation area and preserve whose owner reports open public access, from city parks to Wayne National Forest, with proclamation boundaries, closed easements, farmland easements and military land left out.

Which Ohio ZIP code has the lowest share of parkland?

ZIP code 43005 (Jackson Township and Bladensburg, 0%) ranks lowest, followed by 43007 (Taylor Township and Broadway, 0%) and 43010 (Catawba, 0%). The USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, Ohio package): every park, forest, wildlife area, reservoir recreation area and preserve whose owner reports open public access, from city parks to Wayne National Forest, with proclamation boundaries, closed easements, farmland easements and military land left out.

What is the typical share of parkland in Ohio?

Across Ohio ZIP codes: 1,233 of 1,233 ZIPs have data; median 1%. The USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, Ohio package): every park, forest, wildlife area, reservoir recreation area and preserve whose owner reports open public access, from city parks to Wayne National Forest, with proclamation boundaries, closed easements, farmland easements and military land left out.

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