Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Fairmount has 32 acres of parks, 12 for every 1,000 residents
1.1 miles of mapped trail cross Fairmount, 0.7 per square mile of land. 2% of Fairmount’s land is conserved, about 21 acres. 65% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 55% of U.S. towns · #156 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Fairmount?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Fairmount have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fairmount is ahead of 55% of U.S. towns, #156 of 593 in Indiana. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Fairmount’s 2% is ahead of 57% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 89% 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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21 conserved acres
2% of Fairmount’s land. Who manages Fairmount’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Playacres Park Local Park | Town or city | 21 | Open |
3 places to go in Fairmount
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.
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The walking year in Fairmount
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 | 82 | 77 | 65 | 51 | 39 |
| Rain (in) | 2.8 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2.6 |
February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Fairmount →
Questions about parks and trails in Fairmount
How much of Fairmount is conserved land?
2% 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?
344 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fairmount or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 32 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Fairmount have?
Ahead of 55% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #156 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 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 →