Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Avilla
1% of Avilla’s land is conserved, about 17 acres. 80% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 16 acres are parks and preserves, 5.4 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Avilla have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Avilla is ahead of 24% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Avilla’s 1% is ahead of 48% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 6% of them.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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17 conserved acres
1% of Avilla’s land. Who manages Avilla’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avilla Park Local Park | Town or city | 26 | Open |
1 places to go in Avilla
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
September is the best month for walking in Avilla
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) | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 36 | 47 | 60 | 71 | 80 | 83 | 81 | 75 | 63 | 48 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
February is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.5 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Avilla →
Questions about parks and trails in Avilla
How much of Avilla is conserved land?
1% 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.
Is there public land near Avilla?
4,820 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Avilla or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 16 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Avilla have?
Ahead of 24% 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 Avilla neighbors.
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 →