Few parks or trails are on the map in Niles Township
OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Niles Township yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.
Ahead of 3% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Niles Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Niles Township is ahead of 3% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Niles Township’s 1% is ahead of 31% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 6% 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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98 conserved acres
1% of Niles Township’s land. Who manages Niles Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Golf Club Private Park | Private owners | 98 | Open |
The walking year in Niles 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 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 34 | 38 | 49 | 62 | 73 | 81 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 65 | 50 | 39 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
February is the driest month (2.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Niles Township →
Niles Township and its neighbors
Niles Township has the second most mapped trails of the 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niles Township | 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D− |
| Delaware Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 2 | 48% | D |
| Richland Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 12 | 45% | C− |
| Dunkirk | 3% | under 0.1 | 20 | 51% | C |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Niles Township
How much of Niles 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.
Is there public land near Niles Township?
553 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Niles Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Niles Township have?
Ahead of 3% 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 Niles 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 →