Photo: Warren LeMay · CC BY-SA 2.0Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Brookville
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 46 acres are parks and preserves, 17 per 1,000 residents. 0.6 miles of mapped trail cross Brookville, 0.4 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 59% of U.S. towns · #125 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Brookville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Brookville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Brookville is ahead of 59% of U.S. towns, #125 of 593 in Indiana. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Brookville’s under 1% is ahead of 20% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 78% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Brookville Town Park, with 0.2 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Brookville Lake
2 conserved acres
under 1% of Brookville’s land. Who manages Brookville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookville Recreation Area Recreation Management Area | Army Corps of Engineers | 2 | Open |
11 places to go in Brookville
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
11 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 named trail and 1 lakes & rivers
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.
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
August is the best month for walking in Brookville
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) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 37 | 42 | 52 | 65 | 75 | 82 | 86 | 85 | 79 | 67 | 53 | 42 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 5.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Brookville →
Questions about parks and trails in Brookville
Where can I hike in Brookville?
The longest trail networks: Brookville Town Park, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Brookville 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 Brookville’s trails?
Brookville Town Park and Brookville Lake don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Brookville?
10,016 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Brookville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 48 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Brookville have?
Ahead of 59% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #125 of 593 in Indiana. 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 Brookville 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 →