Monon Town Park
Park
40 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Nyttend · Public domainC−Outdoors
Outdoors in Monon Township
Few parks or trails are on the map in Monon Township
0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Monon Township. 48% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 40 acres are parks and preserves, 12 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 22% of U.S. towns · #393 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
301 acres · of 63.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
40 ac
12 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
48%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Monon Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Monon Township is ahead of 22% of U.S. towns, #393 of 593 in Indiana. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Monon Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical IN town 2% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · IN 0.1 · U.S. 0.4DPark land12 acres of park per 1,000 residents (40 acres) · IN 10 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home48% of residents within a half mile of a park · IN 51% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 22%
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Indiana towns of 2,500+ (593)Ahead of 34%
Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Monon Township’s 1% is ahead of 35% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 12% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Monon 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 C− 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
301 conserved acres
1% of Monon Township’s land. Who manages Monon Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other state land301 ac
Conservation Easement · 301 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 301 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 3 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
Things to do
2 places to go in Monon Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Monon Township
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
2 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
6Baseball
4Softball
3Soccer
2Tennis
2Basketball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
September is the best month for walking in Monon 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 33 | 37 | 49 | 62 | 73 | 82 | 84 | 83 | 77 | 65 | 50 | 38 |
| Rain (in) | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
February is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 5.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Monon Township →
Next door
Monon Township and its neighbors
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Milroy Township3.1 miUnion Township2.4 miPrinceton Township1.4 miMonon Township0.2 miHoney Creek Township0.1 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monon Township | 1% | under 0.1 | 12 | 48% | C− |
| Honey Creek Township | 1% | under 0.1 | 27 | 1% | C− |
| Princeton Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 12 | 56% | C− |
| Union Township | under 1% | 0.1 | 7 | 61% | C− |
| Milroy 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 Monon Township
How much of Monon 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.
Are dogs allowed on Monon Township’s trails?
Monon Town Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Monon Township?
371 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Monon Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 40 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Monon Township have?
Ahead of 22% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #393 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 Monon 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 →