Summit Lake State Park
Managed by Indiana Department of Natural Resources
46 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Blue River Township
Few parks or trails are on the map in Blue River Township
49 acres are parks and preserves, 39 per 1,000 residents. 4% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
53 acres · of 22.0 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
49 ac
39 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
4%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
4.8 mi
4.8 mi paths
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Blue River Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Blue River Township is ahead of 18% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Blue River Township’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical IN town 2% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · IN 0.1 · U.S. 0.4DPark land39 acres of park per 1,000 residents (49 acres) · IN 10 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home4% of residents within a half mile of a park · IN 51% · U.S. 72%D
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 18%
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Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Blue River Township’s under 1% is ahead of 27% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 6% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Blue River Township. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to C. 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.
Who protects it
53 conserved acres
under 1% of Blue River Township’s land. Who manages Blue River Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State parks53 ac
State Park · 53 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Lake State Park State Park | State parks | 53 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Blue River Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Blue River Township
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Biking & sports
4.8 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
4.8 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
August is the best month for walking in Blue River Township
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 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 34 | 38 | 49 | 62 | 72 | 81 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 65 | 50 | 39 |
| Rain (in) | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.0 |
February is the driest month (2.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 5.2 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Blue River Township →
Next door
Blue River Township and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue River Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 39 | 4% | C− |
| Stoney Creek Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Prairie Township | 7% | 0.1 | 212 | 10% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Blue River Township
How much of Blue River Township is conserved land?
under 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.
Are dogs allowed on Blue River Township’s trails?
Summit Lake State Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Blue River Township?
4.8 miles of bike routes are on the map: 4.8 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Blue River Township?
6,087 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Blue River Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 49 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Blue River Township have?
Ahead of 18% 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 Blue River Township 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 →