Few parks or trails are on the map in Sparta Township
2 acres are parks and preserves, 0.8 per 1,000 residents. 25% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2.4 miles of mapped trail cross Sparta Township, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 8% of U.S. towns · #521 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it
How much outdoors does Sparta Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Sparta Township is ahead of 8% of U.S. towns, #521 of 593 in Indiana. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Sparta Township’s under 1% is ahead of 7% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 40% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
4 places to go in Sparta Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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.
August is the best month for walking in Sparta 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) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 38 | 43 | 53 | 65 | 74 | 82 | 85 | 84 | 78 | 67 | 54 | 43 |
| Rain (in) | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
February is the driest month (3.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 5.2 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Sparta Township →
Sparta Township and its neighbors
Sparta Township has the second most mapped trails of the 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sparta Township | under 1% | 0.1 | 1 | 25% | D |
| Manchester Township | under 1% | 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D |
| Clay Township | under 1% | 0.1 | 7 | 35% | D |
| Hogan Township | under 1% | 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Sparta Township
How much of Sparta Township 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.
Is there public land near Sparta Township?
6,420 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sparta Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Sparta Township have?
Ahead of 8% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #521 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 Sparta 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 →