Fields Memorial Park
Managed by Town of Geneva
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0AOutdoors
Outdoors in Geneva
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Geneva
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 2.4 miles of mapped trail cross Geneva, 2.2 per square mile of land. 35 acres are parks and preserves, 26 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 93% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
5%
34 acres · of 1.1 sq mi of land
Trails
2.4 mi
2.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
35 ac
26 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.4 mi
0.4 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Geneva?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Geneva have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Geneva is ahead of 93% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park ranks highest, conserved land lowest.
A
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Geneva’s overall grade.
Conserved land5% of the land · typical IN town 2% · U.S. 4%BTrails2.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · IN 0.1 · U.S. 0.4APark land26 acres of park per 1,000 residents (35 acres) · IN 10 · U.S. 13B+Parks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · IN 51% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 93%
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Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Geneva’s 5% is ahead of 78% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 99% of them.
Water is 11% of Geneva’s area (0 of 1 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 4%.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from A− to A+. 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Limberlost Swamp Wetlands Preserve
Managed by Indiana Department of Natural Resources
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Limberlost State Historic Site
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
34 conserved acres
5% of Geneva’s land. Water is left out: Geneva has 1.1 square miles of land and 0.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Geneva’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city13 ac
County12 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)6 ac
Other state land2 ac
Local Park · 25 acConservation Easement · 6 acState Historic or Cultural Area · 2 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 6 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limberlost Memorial Local Park | Town or city | 13 | Open |
| Fields Memorial Park Local Park | County | 12 | Open |
| Limberlost State Historic Site State Historic or Cultural Area | Other state land | 2 | Open |
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
0.4 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.4 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
4Baseball
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The walking year in Geneva
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 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 33 | 37 | 48 | 62 | 72 | 81 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 64 | 50 | 38 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Geneva →
Questions about parks and trails in Geneva
How much of Geneva is conserved land?
5% 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 Geneva’s trails?
Fields Memorial Park and Limberlost Swamp Wetlands Preserve don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Geneva?
0.4 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.4 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Geneva?
272 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Geneva or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 35 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Geneva have?
Ahead of 93% 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 Geneva 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 →