Tri-Lakes Community Park
Managed by Whitley County Government
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
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Outdoors in Tri-Lakes
Few parks or trails are on the map in Tri-Lakes
32% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 5 acres are parks and preserves, 5.0 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
19 acres · of 3.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
5 ac
5.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
32%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
6
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Tri-Lakes have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Tri-Lakes is ahead of 12% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Tri-Lakes’ overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical IN town 2% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · IN 0.1 · U.S. 0.4DPark land5.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (5 acres) · IN 10 · U.S. 13CParks close to home32% of residents within a half mile of a park · IN 51% · U.S. 72%C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 12%
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Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Tri-Lakes’ 1% is ahead of 38% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 6% of them.
Water is 15% of Tri-Lakes’ area (1 of 4 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 1%.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Tri-Lakes. 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 C−. 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.
Who protects it
19 conserved acres
1% of Tri-Lakes’ land. Water is left out: Tri-Lakes has 3.4 square miles of land and 0.6 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Tri-Lakes’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife19 ac
State Other or Unknown · 19 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-lakes State Fish Hatchery State Other or Unknown | State fish & wildlife | 19 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Tri-Lakes
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Tri-Lakes
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
6 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
September is the best month for walking in Tri-Lakes
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) | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 36 | 47 | 60 | 71 | 80 | 83 | 81 | 75 | 63 | 48 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.4 |
February is the driest month (1.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Tri-Lakes →
Next door
Tri-Lakes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-Lakes | 1% | under 0.1 | 5 | 32% | D |
| Thorncreek Township | 2% | 0.1 | 76 | 20% | C+ |
| Noble Township | 4% | 0.2 | 4 | 28% | C |
| Smith Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 8 | 29% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Tri-Lakes
How much of Tri-Lakes 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.
Are dogs allowed on Tri-Lakes’ trails?
Tri-Lakes Community Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Tri-Lakes?
3,604 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Tri-Lakes or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 19 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Tri-Lakes have?
Ahead of 12% 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 Tri-Lakes 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 →