West Union Bridge · Photo: Jacob Hilt · CC BY-SA 4.0Reserve Township has 9.0 miles of mapped trails, 0.4 for every square mile of land
1 acre is park or preserve, 0.7 per 1,000 residents. 42% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1% of Reserve Township’s land is conserved, about 168 acres.
Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Reserve Township?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Reserve Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Reserve Township is ahead of 24% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Reserve Township’s 1% is ahead of 42% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 74% 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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168 conserved acres
1% of Reserve Township’s land. Who manages Reserve Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 167 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montezuma / Wabash R. Public Access Site State Recreation Area | State natural resources | 1 | Open |
3 places to go in Reserve Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Plus 1 picnic area 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.
3 places on the National Register, one a National Historic Landmark
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.
August is the best month for walking in Reserve 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 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 36 | 41 | 52 | 65 | 75 | 83 | 86 | 85 | 79 | 67 | 52 | 40 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.8 |
February is the driest month (2.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 5.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Reserve Township →
Reserve Township and its neighbors
Reserve 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reserve Township | 1% | 0.4 | 1 | 42% | C− |
| Vermillion Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Penn Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Helt Township | 2% | under 0.1 | 11 | 32% | C |
| Adams Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 18 | 28% | C− |
| Liberty Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Reserve Township
How much of Reserve 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 Reserve Township?
2,537 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Reserve Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Reserve Township have?
Ahead of 24% 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 Reserve 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 →