Photo: Evking22 · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Monroe Township
77 acres are parks and preserves, 50 per 1,000 residents. 10% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Monroe Township.
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Monroe Township?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Monroe Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Monroe Township is ahead of 23% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Monroe Township’s under 1% is ahead of 30% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 18% of them.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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112 conserved acres
under 1% of Monroe Township’s land. Who manages Monroe Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Walnut Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 76 | Open |
| Big Walnut Addition Nature Preserve State Conservation Area | State natural resources | 35 | Restricted |
| Big Walnut Natural Area State Conservation Area | State natural resources | 1 | Restricted |
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
August is the best month for walking in Monroe 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) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 35 | 39 | 50 | 63 | 73 | 81 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 65 | 51 | 39 |
| Rain (in) | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.0 |
February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 5.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Monroe Township →
Monroe Township and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 50 | 10% | C− |
| Greencastle Township | 1% | 0.4 | 71 | 62% | B |
| Floyd Township | 6% | under 0.1 | 5 | 40% | C |
| Clinton Township | 1% | under 0.1 | 2 | 37% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Monroe Township
How much of Monroe Township 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.
Is there public land near Monroe Township?
4,607 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Monroe Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 77 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Monroe Township have?
Ahead of 23% 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 Monroe Township neighbors.
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 →