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Outdoors in Georgetown

Georgetown has 9 acres of parks, 2.3 for every 1,000 residents

54% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns · #490 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
3 acres · of 2.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
9 ac
2.3 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
54%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Georgetown have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Georgetown is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns, #490 of 593 in Indiana. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.

D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Georgetown’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 11%
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Indiana towns of 2,500+ (593)Ahead of 17%

Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Georgetown’s under 1% is ahead of 21% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 6% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Georgetown. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C−. 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.

1
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Who protects it

3 conserved acres

under 1% of Georgetown’s land. Who manages Georgetown’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city3 ac
Local Park · 3 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Town Park
Local Park
Town or city3Open
Things to do

2 places to go in Georgetown

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Georgetown

2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
6Baseball
3Basketball
2Softball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Georgetown Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2013
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Georgetown: June and August

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.810.711.813.114.214.814.613.612.411.110.09.5
High (°F)414656677684878680695545
Rain (in)3.63.54.75.25.34.54.23.63.83.63.74.2

February is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.3 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Georgetown →

Questions about parks and trails in Georgetown

How much of Georgetown 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.

Are dogs allowed on Georgetown’s trails?

Georgetown Softball Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Georgetown?

2,722 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Georgetown or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 9 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Georgetown have?

Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #490 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 Georgetown neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →