Monon Town Park
Park
34 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Nyttend · Public domainC−Outdoors
Outdoors in Monon
Monon has 36 acres of parks, 17 for every 1,000 residents
81% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 0.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
36 ac
17 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
81%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Monon?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Monon have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Monon is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Monon’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical IN town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · IN 0.1 · U.S. 0.4DPark land17 acres of park per 1,000 residents (36 acres) · IN 10 · U.S. 13BParks close to home81% 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 25%
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Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Monon’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 Monon. 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Things to do
2 places to go in Monon
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Monon
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
6Baseball
4Softball
3Soccer
2Tennis
1Football
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Monon Commercial Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2000
About itWhen to get out
September is the best month for walking in Monon
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 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 33 | 37 | 49 | 62 | 73 | 82 | 84 | 83 | 78 | 65 | 50 | 38 |
| Rain (in) | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
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 →
Questions about parks and trails in Monon
How much of Monon 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 Monon’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?
259 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Monon or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 36 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Monon have?
Ahead of 25% 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 Monon 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 →