Albany Park
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Albany
8% of Albany’s land is conserved: 101 acres
6 acres are parks and preserves, 2.2 per 1,000 residents. 72% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 31% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
8%
101 acres · of 2.0 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
6 ac
2.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
72%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Albany have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Albany is ahead of 31% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Albany’s overall grade.
Conserved land8% of the land · typical IN town 2% · U.S. 4%B+Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · IN 0.1 · U.S. 0.4DPark land2.2 acres of park per 1,000 residents (6 acres) · IN 10 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home72% of residents within a half mile of a park · IN 51% · U.S. 72%B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 31%
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Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Albany’s 8% is ahead of 90% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 6% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B−. 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.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Water Street Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
101 conserved acres
8% of Albany’s land. Who manages Albany’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners101 ac
Private Park · 101 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Golf Club Private Park | Private owners | 101 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Albany
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Albany
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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
1Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The walking year in Albany
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 34 | 38 | 49 | 62 | 73 | 81 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 65 | 51 | 39 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
February is the driest month (2.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Albany →
Questions about parks and trails in Albany
How much of Albany is conserved land?
8% 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 Albany’s trails?
Albany Park and Water Street Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Albany?
313 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Albany or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 6 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Albany have?
Ahead of 31% 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 Albany neighbors.
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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 →