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D−Outdoors
Outdoors in Cass Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Cass Township

1.8 miles of mapped trail cross Cass Township.

Ahead of 3% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 38.5 sq mi of land
Trails
1.8 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
4
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Cass Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Cass Township is ahead of 3% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.

D−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Cass Township’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 3%
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Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Cass Township’s under 1% is ahead of 7% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 31% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Cass 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 still be 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
Things to do

3 places to go in Cass Township

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

Playgrounds in Cass Township

3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

2 named trails and 4 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 1.8 mi
Irene Bartelt Lakeside Trail1.0 mi
Irene Bartelt Dutch Trail0.7 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
2Baseball
1Basketball
1Tennis
1Volleyball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Zoar Public School, Zoar Methodist Church, Zoar CemeteryBuilding · listed 2023
About it
When to get out

The walking year in Cass 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)9.810.711.813.114.214.814.613.612.411.110.09.5
High (°F)414656687785878681695645
Rain (in)3.53.24.65.25.64.74.33.13.63.64.24.0

August is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.6 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Cass Township →

Next door

Cass 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
Cass Townshipunder 1%under 0.1under 1under 1%D−
Patoka Township1%0.11575%C+
Ferdinand Township5%0.21151%B−
Lockhart Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Pigeon Township2%under 0.1under 11%D
Carter Townshipunder 1%0.11265%C

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

Questions about parks and trails in Cass Township

How much of Cass 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.

Is there public land near Cass Township?

10,371 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cass Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Cass Township have?

Ahead of 3% 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 Cass Township neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →