Photo: Nyttend · Public domainBoone Township has 1,706 acres of parks, 1,172 for every 1,000 residents
8% of Boone Township’s land is conserved, about 2,549 acres. 7% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 9.8 miles of mapped trail cross Boone Township, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 59% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Boone Township?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Boone Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Boone Township is ahead of 59% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Boone Township’s 8% is ahead of 90% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 60% 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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2,549 conserved acres
8% of Boone Township’s land. Who manages Boone Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 73 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 20 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison County Glades - Mosquito Creek Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 1,088 | Open |
| Harrison County Glades - Ohio River Bluffs Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 903 | Open |
| Mosquito Creek State Conservation Area | State natural resources | 176 | Restricted |
| South Harrison Park Local Park | County | 175 | Open |
| Mosquito Creek Nature Preserve State Conservation Area | State natural resources | 123 | Restricted |
| Klinstiver Glade Site Fee Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 24 | Closed |
| Three-Way Sedge Sinkhole Swamp Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 11 | Restricted |
3 places to go in Boone Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
2 named trails
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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
June is the best month for walking in Boone 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) | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 42 | 47 | 57 | 68 | 77 | 84 | 87 | 87 | 81 | 69 | 57 | 46 |
| Rain (in) | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
August is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.2 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Boone Township →
Boone Township and its neighbors
Boone Township has the second most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boone Township | 8% | 0.2 | 1,172 | 7% | B |
| Taylor Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Harrison Township | 21% | 0.8 | 208 | 16% | A− |
| Heth Township | 1% | 0.1 | 2 | 4% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Boone Township
How much of Boone Township 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.
Is there public land near Boone Township?
18,853 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Boone Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2,155 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Boone Township have?
Ahead of 59% 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 Boone Township 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 →