Covington City Park & Wabash Heritage Trail
Park
36 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Photo: Daniel Schwen · CC BY-SA 4.0BOutdoors
Outdoors in Covington
Few parks or trails are on the map in Covington
1.4 miles of mapped trail cross Covington, 0.9 per square mile of land. The biggest trail networks: Covington City Park & Wabash Heritage Trail (0.5 mi). 48% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 59% of U.S. towns · #131 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it
Conserved land
4%
38 acres · of 1.5 sq mi of land
Trails
1.4 mi
0.9 per sq mi of land
Park land
38 ac
12 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
48%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.9 mi
0.9 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Covington?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Covington have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Covington is ahead of 59% of U.S. towns, #131 of 593 in Indiana. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Covington’s overall grade.
Conserved land4% of the land · typical IN town 2% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.9 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · IN 0.1 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land12 acres of park per 1,000 residents (38 acres) · IN 10 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home48% of residents within a half mile of a park · IN 51% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 59%
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Indiana towns of 2,500+ (593)Ahead of 78%
Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Covington’s 4% is ahead of 73% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 94% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to B+. 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
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Covington City Park & Wabash Heritage Trail, with 0.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
38 conserved acres
4% of Covington’s land. Who manages Covington’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city38 ac
Local Park · 38 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covington Park Local Park | Town or city | 38 | Open |
Things to do
10 places to go in Covington
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Covington
10 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Biking & sports
0.9 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.9 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
8Baseball
7Tennis
6Basketball
4Soccer
2Pickleball
1Football
1Softball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →6 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
William C. B. Sewell HouseBuilding · listed 1984
About itCarnegie Library of CovingtonBuilding · listed 1989
About itFountain County Clerk's BuildingBuilding · listed 2002
About itFountain County CourthouseBuilding · listed 2008
About itCovington Courthouse Square Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2015
About itCovington Residential Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2015
About itWhen to get out
August is the best month for walking in Covington
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) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 35 | 40 | 51 | 64 | 75 | 83 | 85 | 84 | 79 | 66 | 52 | 39 |
| Rain (in) | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.5 |
February is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Covington →
Questions about parks and trails in Covington
Where can I hike in Covington?
The longest trail networks: Covington City Park & Wabash Heritage Trail, 0.5 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Covington is conserved land?
4% 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 Covington’s trails?
Covington City Park & Wabash Heritage Trail doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Covington?
0.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.9 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Covington?
636 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Covington or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 38 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Covington have?
Ahead of 59% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #131 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 Covington 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 →