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Mccordsville, IndianaPhoto: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Outdoors in McCordsville

Few parks or trails are on the map in McCordsville

14% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 27 acres are parks and preserves, 2.6 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 5% of U.S. towns · #562 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 8.6 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
27 ac
2.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
14%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
9.1 mi
9.1 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1
2 boat launches
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does McCordsville have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, McCordsville is ahead of 5% of U.S. towns, #562 of 593 in Indiana. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of McCordsville’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 5%
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Indiana towns of 2,500+ (593)Ahead of 5%

Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so McCordsville’s under 1% is ahead of 7% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 6% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in McCordsville. 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 D. 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

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

McCordsville Sports Park

Park
24 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

McCordsville Play Park

Managed by Town of McCordsville
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Things to do

12 places to go in McCordsville

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

Playgrounds in McCordsville

10 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

9.1 miles of bike routes

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

9.1 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
4Soccer
3Tennis
2Basketball
1Baseball

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

When to get out

August is the best month for walking in McCordsville

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)9.610.611.813.214.415.014.713.712.411.19.99.4
High (°F)354051637382858378655140
Rain (in)2.92.43.34.34.75.14.33.43.43.33.43.0

February is the driest month (2.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 5.1 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in McCordsville →

Next door

McCordsville and its neighbors

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
McCordsvilleunder 1%under 0.1314%D
Vernon Townshipunder 1%under 0.1431%D
Lawrence Township10%0.62356%B+
Indianapolis6%0.51561%B
Fall Creek Township4%0.5653%B−
Fishers6%0.7861%B

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

Questions about parks and trails in McCordsville

How much of McCordsville 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 McCordsville’s trails?

McCordsville Sports Park and McCordsville Play Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in McCordsville?

9.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 9.1 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near McCordsville?

6,512 acres of parks and open public land lie inside McCordsville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 27 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does McCordsville have?

Ahead of 5% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #562 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 McCordsville 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 →