Otterbein Town Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
COutdoors
Outdoors in Otterbein
95% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Otterbein
4 acres are parks and preserves, 2.5 per 1,000 residents. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Otterbein, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 27% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.3 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
4 ac
2.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
95%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.9 mi
0.9 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Otterbein?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Otterbein have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Otterbein is ahead of 27% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Otterbein’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical IN town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · IN 0.1 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land2.5 acres of park per 1,000 residents (4 acres) · IN 10 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home95% of residents within a half mile of a park · IN 51% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 27%
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Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Otterbein’s under 1% is ahead of 7% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 53% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Otterbein. 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 D 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Things to do
1 places to go in Otterbein
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Otterbein
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Biking & sports
0.9 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.9 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The walking year in Otterbein
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) | 33 | 38 | 50 | 63 | 74 | 82 | 84 | 83 | 78 | 65 | 50 | 38 |
| Rain (in) | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.4 |
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 Otterbein →
Questions about parks and trails in Otterbein
How much of Otterbein 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 Otterbein’s trails?
Otterbein Town Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Otterbein?
0.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.9 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Otterbein?
2,024 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Otterbein or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Otterbein have?
Ahead of 27% 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 Otterbein 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 →