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B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Plymouth

Plymouth has 151 acres of parks, 14 for every 1,000 residents

The biggest trail networks: Centennial Park (1.3 mi). 77% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2% of Plymouth’s land is conserved, about 113 acres.

Ahead of 54% of U.S. towns · #171 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it

Conserved land
2%
113 acres · of 7.6 sq mi of land
Trails
2.3 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
151 ac
14 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
77%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.0 mi
Lakes & rivers
1

What kind of outdoors town is Plymouth?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Plymouth have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Plymouth is ahead of 54% of U.S. towns, #171 of 593 in Indiana. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.

B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Plymouth’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 54%
LessMore
Indiana towns of 2,500+ (593)Ahead of 71%

Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Plymouth’s 2% is ahead of 59% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 70% of them.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to B. 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.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Centennial Park, with 1.3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Centennial Park

Park
67 acres1.3 mi of trail
Centennial Trails
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Price's Memorial Park

Managed by Plymouth Park Department
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

River Square Park

Park
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Freedom Park

Park
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 10 parks & preserves
Centennial Park67 acres · 1.3 mi of trail
Directions
Gill Park5 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Directions
Price's Memorial Park11 acres · Plymouth Park Department
River Square Park10 acres
Directions
Freedom Park8 acres
Washington School Park6 acres
Directions
Webster Park5 acres
Directions
Magnetic Park5 acres
Webster Center Park2 acres
Directions
Founder's Park1 acres
Who protects it

113 conserved acres

2% of Plymouth’s land. Who manages Plymouth’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city113 ac
Local Park · 113 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Centennial Park
Local Park
Town or city65Open
Magnetic Park
Local Park
Town or city12Open
Price'S Memorial Park
Local Park
Town or city12Open
River Park Square
Local Park
Town or city10Open
Packard Woods Park
Local Park
Town or city9Open
Hand Park
Local Park
Town or city2Open
Gill Park
Local Park
Town or city2Open
Founder'S Park
Local Park
Town or city1Open
Things to do

16 places to go in Plymouth

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Plymouth
Founder's Park PlaygroundIn Founder's Park
Directions
Freedom Park PlaygroundIn Freedom Park
Directions
Magnetic Park PlaygroundIn Magnetic Park
Directions
Menominee Park
Directions
Missionary Church Playground
Directions
Riverside Playground
Directions
Webster Center PlaygroundIn Webster Center Park
Directions
Webster PlaygroundIn Webster Park
Directions

Plus 6 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

3 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Centennial Trails1.4 mi
Greenway Trails0.1 mi
Webster Trails0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports

1.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

1.0 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
10Tennis
8Baseball
5Soccer
3Football
3Basketball
2Softball
1Tracks
1Skate park

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

8 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Plymouth Fire StationBuilding · listed 1981
About it
East Laporte Street FootbridgeSite · listed 1981
About it
Marshall County Court HouseBuilding · listed 1983
About it
Heminger Travel LodgeBuilding · listed 2001
About it
Hoham-Klinghammer-Weckerle House and Brewery SiteBuilding · listed 2012
About it
Plymouth Northside Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2013
About it
Plymouth Southside Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2013
About it
Plymouth Downtown Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2017
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Plymouth: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.510.611.813.314.515.114.913.812.411.09.89.2
High (°F)323647607280838276634837
Rain (in)2.62.22.43.74.44.34.04.03.33.43.02.5

February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Plymouth →

Questions about parks and trails in Plymouth

Where can I hike in Plymouth?

The longest trail networks: Centennial Park, 1.3 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Plymouth is conserved land?

2% 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 Plymouth’s trails?

Centennial Park and Price's Memorial Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Plymouth?

1.0 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.0 of shoulders and shared lanes.

Is there public land near Plymouth?

543 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Plymouth or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 151 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Plymouth have?

Ahead of 54% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #171 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 Plymouth neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →