Photo: ONUnicorn · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Sweetser
4 acres are parks and preserves, 3.9 per 1,000 residents. 69% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Sweetser have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Sweetser is ahead of 17% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Sweetser’s 1% is ahead of 32% 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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4 conserved acres
1% of Sweetser’s land. Who manages Sweetser’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
2.9 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.
The walking year in Sweetser
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 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 33 | 38 | 49 | 62 | 73 | 81 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 64 | 50 | 38 |
| Rain (in) | 2.8 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
February is the driest month (2.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Sweetser →
Questions about parks and trails in Sweetser
How much of Sweetser 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.
Where can I bike in Sweetser?
2.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.9 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Sweetser?
8,809 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sweetser or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Sweetser have?
Ahead of 17% 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 Sweetser 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 →