Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 3.0Morgan Township has 5.6 miles of mapped trails, 0.1 for every square mile of land
1% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 8% of U.S. towns · #528 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it
How much outdoors does Morgan Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Morgan Township is ahead of 8% of U.S. towns, #528 of 593 in Indiana. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Morgan Township’s under 1% is ahead of 22% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 47% 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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97 conserved acres
under 1% of Morgan Township’s land. Who manages Morgan Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 97 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
2 places to go in Morgan Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 community garden without a name on the map.
1 named trail and 1 lakes & rivers
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.
The best walking months in Morgan 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 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 36 | 47 | 60 | 71 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 64 | 49 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
February is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Morgan Township →
Morgan Township and its neighbors
Morgan Township has the second most mapped trails of the 6 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Township | under 1% | 0.1 | under 1 | 1% | D |
| Cass Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 6 | 34% | D |
| Porter Township | under 1% | 0.1 | 3 | 38% | D |
| Pleasant Township | 1% | 0.1 | 19 | 32% | C |
| Washington Township | under 1% | 0.1 | 14 | 6% | C− |
| Boone Township | 2% | under 0.1 | 1 | 63% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Morgan Township
How much of Morgan 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 Morgan Township?
3,806 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Morgan Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Morgan Township have?
Ahead of 8% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #528 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 Morgan 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 →