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D−Outdoors
Outdoors in Clark Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Clark Township

22% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 5% of U.S. towns · #565 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
29 acres · of 34.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
22%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.5 mi
0.5 mi paths
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Clark Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Clark Township is ahead of 5% of U.S. towns, #565 of 593 in Indiana. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.

D−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Clark Township’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 5%
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Indiana towns of 2,500+ (593)Ahead of 5%

Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Clark Township’s under 1% is ahead of 14% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 6% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Clark 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

29 conserved acres

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

Land trusts & nonprofits29 ac
Agricultural Easement · 29 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 29 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 1 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

Biking & sports

0.5 miles of bike routes

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

0.5 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
4Baseball
1Tennis

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

When to get out

August is the best month for walking in Clark 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)9.710.611.813.214.315.014.713.712.411.19.99.4
High (°F)364151647482858478665240
Rain (in)3.02.53.44.64.85.04.23.43.13.33.43.1

February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 5.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Clark Township →

Next door

Clark 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
Clark Townshipunder 1%under 0.1under 122%D−
Pleasant Township1%0.3581%C+
Needham Townshipunder 1%0.4under 16%D
Franklin Township2%0.1852%C
Indianapolis6%0.51561%B
Sugar Creek Townshipunder 1%under 0.11115%D
Greenwood2%0.3582%C+

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

Questions about parks and trails in Clark Township

How much of Clark 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.

Where can I bike in Clark Township?

0.5 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.5 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Clark Township?

2,697 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Clark Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Clark Township have?

Ahead of 5% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #565 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 Clark 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 →