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D−Outdoors
Outdoors in Busseron Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Busseron Township

OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Busseron Township yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.

Ahead of 4% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
1%
208 acres · of 51.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
522 ft
Wolf Hill
Lakes & rivers
2
2 beaches · 1 boat launch
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Busseron Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Busseron Township is ahead of 4% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.

D−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Busseron Township’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 4%
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Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Busseron Township’s 1% is ahead of 33% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 6% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Busseron 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 D. 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
Who protects it

208 conserved acres

1% of Busseron Township’s land. Who manages Busseron Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

USDA easements (NRCS)208 ac
Conservation Easement · 208 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 208 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

Things to do

4 places to go in Busseron Township

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Peaks in Busseron Township
Wolf Hill522 ft elevation
Directions
Trails & water

2 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out

The walking year in Busseron 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.710.711.813.214.314.914.613.712.411.110.09.5
High (°F)394454667685878681695443
Rain (in)3.22.63.64.95.24.84.23.33.63.63.83.2

February is the driest month (2.6 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 Busseron Township →

Next door

Busseron Township and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Busseron Township1%under 0.1under 1under 1%D−
Washington Township2%under 0.18013%C
Haddon Townshipunder 1%under 0.1217%D

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Busseron Township

How much of Busseron Township 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 Busseron Township?

1,073 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Busseron Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Busseron Township have?

Ahead of 4% 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 Busseron 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 →