Howe Town Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Howe
Howe has 1 acre of parks, 0.9 for every 1,000 residents
83% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Howe, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 21% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
1 ac
0.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
83%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Howe?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Howe have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Howe is ahead of 21% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Howe’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical IN town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · IN 0.1 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land0.9 acres of park per 1,000 residents (1 acre) · IN 10 · U.S. 13DParks close to home83% of residents within a half mile of a park · IN 51% · U.S. 72%B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 21%
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Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Howe’s under 1% is ahead of 7% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 54% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Howe. 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
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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.
Things to do
2 places to go in Howe
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Howe
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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
2Basketball
1Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Howe: April and July to September
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) | 9.5 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 35 | 46 | 60 | 71 | 80 | 83 | 81 | 75 | 62 | 48 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
February is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.3 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Howe →
Questions about parks and trails in Howe
How much of Howe 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 Howe’s trails?
Howe Town Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Howe?
1,162 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Howe or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Howe have?
Ahead of 21% 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 Howe 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 →