Photo: Daniel Schwen · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Rockville
12 acres are parks and preserves, 4.8 per 1,000 residents. 1% of Rockville’s land is conserved, about 13 acres. 49% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns · #446 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Rockville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Rockville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Rockville is ahead of 16% of U.S. towns, #446 of 593 in Indiana. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Rockville’s 1% is ahead of 46% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 6% 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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13 conserved acres
1% of Rockville’s land. Who manages Rockville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beechwood Park Local Park | Town or city | 13 | Open |
1 places to go in Rockville
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
August is the best month for walking in Rockville
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) | 35 | 40 | 51 | 64 | 74 | 83 | 85 | 84 | 79 | 66 | 52 | 40 |
| Rain (in) | 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.9 |
February is the driest month (2.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 5.2 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Rockville →
Questions about parks and trails in Rockville
How much of Rockville 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 Rockville?
4,254 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Rockville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 12 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Rockville have?
Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #446 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 Rockville 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 →