French Lick Springs Hotel · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFew parks or trails are on the map in French Lick
12% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 3 acres are parks and preserves, 1.5 per 1,000 residents. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross French Lick, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 8% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does French Lick have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, French Lick is ahead of 8% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so French Lick’s under 1% is ahead of 7% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 45% 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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3 places to go in French Lick
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 named trail
0.5 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.
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
August is the best month for walking in French Lick
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) | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 40 | 45 | 55 | 67 | 76 | 84 | 86 | 86 | 80 | 69 | 55 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
February is the driest month (3.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 5.7 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 86 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in French Lick →
Questions about parks and trails in French Lick
How much of French Lick 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 French Lick?
0.5 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.5 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near French Lick?
34,327 acres of parks and open public land lie inside French Lick or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does French Lick have?
Ahead of 8% 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 French Lick 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 →