Photo: Quentin Melson · CC BY-SA 4.0Orleans has 3 acres of parks, 1.2 for every 1,000 residents
80% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Orleans, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Orleans?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Orleans have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Orleans is ahead of 23% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Orleans’ under 1% is ahead of 7% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 64% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Congress Square, with 0.3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
7 places to go in Orleans
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Plus 6 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1.2 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 Orleans
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) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 40 | 45 | 55 | 66 | 75 | 83 | 86 | 86 | 80 | 68 | 55 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
February is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 5.5 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 86 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Orleans →
Questions about parks and trails in Orleans
Where can I hike in Orleans?
The longest trail networks: Congress Square, 0.3 miles; Sulphur Well Park, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Orleans 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 Orleans’ trails?
Congress Square and Sulphur Well Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Orleans?
1.2 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.2 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Orleans?
15,689 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Orleans or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Orleans 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 Orleans 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 →