Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Fairmount Township
1.5 miles of mapped trail cross Fairmount Township. 45% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 32 acres are parks and preserves, 8.1 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 19% of U.S. towns · #422 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Fairmount Township?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Fairmount Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fairmount Township is ahead of 19% of U.S. towns, #422 of 593 in Indiana. 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 Fairmount Township’s under 1% is ahead of 23% 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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63 conserved acres
under 1% of Fairmount Township’s land. Who manages Fairmount Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botany Glen State Resource Management Area | Town or city | 43 | Restricted |
| Playacres Park Local Park | Town or city | 19 | Open |
3 places to go in Fairmount Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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 walking year in Fairmount 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.
| 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 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 34 | 38 | 49 | 62 | 73 | 81 | 84 | 83 | 77 | 65 | 51 | 39 |
| Rain (in) | 2.8 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2.6 |
February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Fairmount Township →
Fairmount Township and its neighbors
Fairmount Township has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmount Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 8 | 45% | C− |
| Mill Township | 1% | under 0.1 | 8 | 41% | C− |
| Jefferson Township | under 1% | 0.4 | 10 | 75% | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Fairmount Township
How much of Fairmount 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 Fairmount Township?
514 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fairmount Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 32 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Fairmount Township have?
Ahead of 19% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #422 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 Fairmount 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 →