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Outdoors in Akron

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Akron

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 3.2 miles of mapped trail cross Akron, 6.0 per square mile of land. 36 acres are parks and preserves, 38 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 94% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
4%
13 acres · of 0.5 sq mi of land
Trails
3.2 mi
6.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
36 ac
38 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Akron?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Parks close to homeVirtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park.A trail town6.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, among the top 1% of U.S. towns.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Akron have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Akron is ahead of 94% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; trail miles rank highest, conserved land lowest.

A
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Akron’s overall grade.
Conserved land4% of the land · typical IN town 2% · U.S. 4%B−Trails6.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · IN 0.1 · U.S. 0.4A+Park land38 acres of park per 1,000 residents (36 acres) · IN 10 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · IN 51% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 94%
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Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Akron’s 4% is ahead of 71% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 100% of them.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from A to A+. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.

PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →

The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

12
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Cutshall Park, with 1.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Cutshall Park

Park
17 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Pike Memorial Park

Park
13 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

13 conserved acres

4% of Akron’s land. Who manages Akron’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city13 ac
Local Park · 13 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Akron Park
Local Park
Town or city13Open
Things to do

5 places to go in Akron

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Akron

4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
4Baseball
3Basketball
1Skate park
1Tennis

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Akron Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2024
About it
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Akron

NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.510.611.813.314.515.114.813.812.411.09.89.2
High (°F)323748617281848276644937
Rain (in)2.62.22.63.84.44.74.24.03.23.12.92.4

February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Akron →

Questions about parks and trails in Akron

Where can I hike in Akron?

The longest trail networks: Cutshall Park, 1.5 miles; Pike Memorial Park, 0.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Akron is conserved land?

4% of its land, against a typical 2% for an Indiana town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.

Are dogs allowed on Akron’s trails?

Cutshall Park and Pike Memorial Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Akron?

581 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Akron or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 36 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Akron have?

Ahead of 94% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Akron neighbors.

Town Square →
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Sources

Where this page comes from

Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →