Ohio County Fairgrounds
Park
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Rising Sun Historic District · Photo: Calvin Beale · Public domainCOutdoors
Outdoors in Rising Sun
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Rising Sun
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Rising Sun, 0.1 per square mile of land. 17 acres are parks and preserves, 6.7 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 32% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
17 ac
6.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Rising Sun?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Rising Sun have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Rising Sun is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Rising Sun’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical IN town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · IN 0.1 · U.S. 0.4CPark land6.7 acres of park per 1,000 residents (17 acres) · IN 10 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · IN 51% · U.S. 72%A
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 32%
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Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Rising Sun’s under 1% is ahead of 7% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 36% of them.
Water is 8% of Rising Sun’s area (0 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Rising Sun. 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 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.
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
3 places to go in Rising Sun
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Rising Sun
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Boat launches in Rising Sun
1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
5Baseball
4Soccer
3Basketball
2Tennis
2Equestrian
1Beach volleyball
1Football
1Skate park
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
August is the best month for walking in Rising Sun
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 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 40 | 45 | 55 | 67 | 76 | 84 | 87 | 86 | 80 | 68 | 55 | 45 |
| Rain (in) | 3.3 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
February is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.0 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Rising Sun →
Next door
Rising Sun and its neighbors
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Sun | under 1% | 0.1 | 7 | 99%+ | C |
| Randolph Township | under 1% | 0.1 | 6 | 53% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Rising Sun
How much of Rising Sun 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 Rising Sun’s trails?
Ohio County Fairgrounds doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Rising Sun?
3,467 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Rising Sun or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 17 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Rising Sun have?
Ahead of 32% 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 Rising Sun 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 →