Kingsbury Fish and Wildlife Area
Managed by Indiana Department of Natural Resources
660 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto Parking 4CWebsite ↗
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Lincoln Township
8% of Lincoln Township’s land is conserved: 1,386 acres
1% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Lincoln Township. 4 acres are parks and preserves, 3.0 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
8%
1,386 acres · of 27.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
4 ac
3.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
7
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Lincoln Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lincoln Township is ahead of 18% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Lincoln Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land8% of the land · typical IN town 2% · U.S. 4%B+Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · IN 0.1 · U.S. 0.4DPark land3.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (4 acres) · IN 10 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home1% of residents within a half mile of a park · IN 51% · U.S. 72%D
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 18%
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Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Lincoln Township’s 8% is ahead of 89% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 15% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Lincoln 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
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
1,386 conserved acres
8% of Lincoln Township’s land. Who manages Lincoln Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife689 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)642 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits51 ac
County3 ac
Joint1 ac
State Conservation Area · 689 acConservation Easement · 643 acPrivate Conservation · 51 acLocal Park · 3 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 643 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsbury Fish And Wildlife Area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 458 | Restricted |
| Fish Lake Wetland Conservation Area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 231 | Restricted |
| Fish Creek Fen Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 51 | Closed |
| Place Trail Marsh County Park Local Park | County | 3 | Open |
Trails & water
7 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
1Baseball
1Basketball
1Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Lincoln Township: April and 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 | 36 | 47 | 60 | 71 | 80 | 83 | 81 | 76 | 63 | 48 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Lincoln Township →
Next door
Lincoln Township and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Liberty Township30 miOlive Township25 miGreene Township17 miWashington Township14 miWills Township3.2 miPleasant Township2.4 miLincoln Township0.2 miJohnson Township0.0 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Township | 8% | under 0.1 | 3 | 1% | C− |
| Liberty Township | 18% | 0.7 | 1,119 | 45% | A |
| Pleasant Township | 1% | 0.1 | 2 | 38% | C− |
| Wills Township | under 1% | 0.1 | 37 | 2% | C− |
| Washington Township | 24% | 0.5 | 3 | 14% | B− |
| Olive Township | 1% | 0.4 | 119 | 35% | B− |
| Johnson Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Greene Township | 1% | 0.5 | under 1 | 4% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Lincoln Township
How much of Lincoln Township is conserved land?
8% 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 Lincoln Township’s trails?
Kingsbury Fish and Wildlife Area doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Lincoln Township?
5,638 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lincoln Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Lincoln Township have?
Ahead of 18% 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 Lincoln 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 →