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B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Greensburg

Greensburg has 5.2 miles of mapped trails, 0.6 for every square mile of land

2% of Greensburg’s land is conserved, about 90 acres. 116 acres are parks and preserves, 9.5 per 1,000 residents. 66% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 48% of U.S. towns · #209 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it

Conserved land
2%
90 acres · of 9.4 sq mi of land
Trails
5.2 mi
0.6 per sq mi of land
Park land
116 ac
9.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
66%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.7 mi
1.7 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
2
2 boat launches

What kind of outdoors town is Greensburg?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Greensburg have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Greensburg is ahead of 48% of U.S. towns, #209 of 593 in Indiana. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.

B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Greensburg’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 48%
LessMore
Indiana towns of 2,500+ (593)Ahead of 65%

Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Greensburg’s 2% is ahead of 48% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 84% of them.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B. 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.

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

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Greensburg City Park, with 0.3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Greensburg City Park

Park
28 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Oddfellows-Rebekah Park

Park
21 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

North Park

Park
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Courthouse Square

Park
2 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
All 5 parks & preserves
Greensburg City Park28 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Directions
Oddfellows-Rebekah Park21 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Directions
Courthouse Square2 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Directions
Decatur County Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Directions
North Park6 acres
Directions
Who protects it

90 conserved acres

2% of Greensburg’s land. Who manages Greensburg’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

County85 ac
Town or city5 ac
Local Park · 90 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Greensburg City Park
Local Park
County85Open
North Park
Local Park
Town or city5Open
Things to do

19 places to go in Greensburg

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

Dog parks in Greensburg
Tree City Bark Park (Large Dog)In Oddfellows-Rebekah Park
Directions
Tree City Bark Park (Small Dog)In Oddfellows-Rebekah Park
Directions
Trails & water

2 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports

1.7 miles of bike routes

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

1.7 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
9Tennis
7Baseball
4Basketball
4Football
3Pickleball
3Soccer
3Tracks

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

History along the way

7 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 3 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Decatur County CourthouseBuilding · listed 1973
About it
Knights of Pythias Building and TheatreBuilding · listed 1978
About it
Bromwell Wire WorksBuilding · listed 1990
About it
Greensburg Carnegie Public LibraryBuilding · listed 1995
About it
Greensburg Downtown Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1995
About it
Bright B. Harris HouseBuilding · listed 2000
About it
Jerman SchoolBuilding · listed 2005
About it
When to get out

August is the best month for walking in Greensburg

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)9.710.711.813.214.314.914.713.712.411.110.09.4
High (°F)374152647482858478665241
Rain (in)3.42.73.74.95.15.14.43.63.33.43.53.5

February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 5.1 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Greensburg →

Next door

Greensburg and its neighbors

Greensburg has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Greensburg2%0.6966%B−
Washington Townshipunder 1%0.11459%C

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Greensburg

Where can I hike in Greensburg?

The longest trail networks: Greensburg City Park, 0.3 miles; Oddfellows-Rebekah Park, 0.2 miles; Courthouse Square, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Greensburg 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.

Are dogs allowed on Greensburg’s trails?

Greensburg City Park and Oddfellows-Rebekah Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Greensburg?

1.7 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.7 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Greensburg?

198 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Greensburg or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 116 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Greensburg have?

Ahead of 48% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #209 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 Greensburg 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 →