Photo: John Schanlaub · CC BY 2.0Thorntown has 10 acres of parks, 8.3 for every 1,000 residents
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Thorntown, 0.1 per square mile of land. 71% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 26% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Thorntown have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Thorntown is ahead of 26% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Thorntown’s under 1% is ahead of 7% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 50% 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.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
0.9 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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
August is the best month for walking in Thorntown
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 | 14.8 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 34 | 38 | 50 | 62 | 73 | 81 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 65 | 50 | 39 |
| Rain (in) | 2.8 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.7 |
February is the driest month (2.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 5.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Thorntown →
Questions about parks and trails in Thorntown
How much of Thorntown 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 Thorntown’s trails?
Tom Johnson Memorial Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Thorntown?
0.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.9 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Thorntown?
543 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Thorntown or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 10 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Thorntown have?
Ahead of 26% 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 Thorntown 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 →