Few parks or trails are on the map in Cass Township
1.8 miles of mapped trail cross Cass Township. 34% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 9 acres are parks and preserves, 6.1 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns. What drives it
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 12% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
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 32% 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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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Hunt Park
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.
The best walking months in Cass Township: April and September
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) | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 36 | 47 | 60 | 71 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 63 | 49 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
February is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Cass Township →
Cass Township and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 6 | 34% | D |
| Morgan Township | under 1% | 0.1 | under 1 | 1% | D |
| Dewey Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Pleasant Township | 1% | 0.1 | 19 | 32% | 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.
Are dogs allowed on Cass Township’s trails?
Lions Park and Hunt Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Cass Township?
1,717 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cass Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 9 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Cass Township have?
Ahead of 12% 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.
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 →