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Outdoors in Johnson Township

Johnson Township has 12 miles of mapped trails, 0.2 for every square mile of land

OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Johnson Township yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.

Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
1%
307 acres · of 50.3 sq mi of land
Trails
12 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Johnson Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Johnson Township is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Johnson Township’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 10%
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Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Johnson Township’s 1% is ahead of 39% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 64% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Johnson Township. 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
Who protects it

307 conserved acres

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

USDA easements (NRCS)307 ac
Conservation Easement · 307 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 307 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

When to get out

The walking year in Johnson Township

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)9.710.711.813.214.314.814.613.712.411.110.09.5
High (°F)394555677685888781695544
Rain (in)3.42.84.05.05.34.74.33.23.73.54.03.5

February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 5.3 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Johnson Township →

Next door

Johnson Township and its neighbors

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TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Johnson Township1%0.2under 1under 1%D
Washington Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Decker Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Vincennes Township2%0.52071%B
White River Township3%0.4under 1under 1%C−
Harrison Township2%0.4under 1under 1%C−
Clay Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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

Questions about parks and trails in Johnson Township

How much of Johnson Township is conserved land?

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.

Is there public land near Johnson Township?

1,135 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Johnson Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Johnson Township have?

Ahead of 10% 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 Johnson Township 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 →