Covington City Park & Wabash Heritage Trail
Park
36 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
COutdoors
Outdoors in Troy Township
Few parks or trails are on the map in Troy Township
The biggest trail networks: Covington City Park & Wabash Heritage Trail (0.5 mi). 4.0 miles of mapped trail cross Troy Township, 0.1 per square mile of land. 35% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 30% of U.S. towns · #334 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it
Conserved land
3%
733 acres · of 43.9 sq mi of land
Trails
4.0 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
38 ac
10 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
35%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
5.0 mi
5.0 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Troy Township?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Troy Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Troy Township is ahead of 30% of U.S. towns, #334 of 593 in Indiana. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Troy Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land3% of the land · typical IN town 2% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (4 mi) · IN 0.1 · U.S. 0.4CPark land10 acres of park per 1,000 residents (38 acres) · IN 10 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home35% 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 30%
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Indiana towns of 2,500+ (593)Ahead of 44%
Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Troy Township’s 3% is ahead of 62% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 41% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C 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
The longest trail network is Covington City Park & Wabash Heritage Trail, with 0.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Portland Arch Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
733 conserved acres
3% of Troy Township’s land. Who manages Troy Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
USDA easements (NRCS)689 ac
Town or city37 ac
State natural resources8 ac
Conservation Easement · 689 acLocal Park · 37 acState Conservation Area · 8 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 689 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covington Park Local Park | Town or city | 37 | Open |
| Portland Arch Nature Preserve (Original) State Conservation Area | State natural resources | 8 | Restricted |
Things to do
11 places to go in Troy Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Troy Township
10 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Boat launches in Troy Township
1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Biking & sports
5.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
5.0 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
8Baseball
7Tennis
6Basketball
4Soccer
2Pickleball
1Football
1Softball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
August is the best month for walking in Troy 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) | 9.6 | 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 | 39 | 51 | 64 | 74 | 83 | 85 | 83 | 78 | 66 | 51 | 39 |
| Rain (in) | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.5 |
February is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Troy Township →
Next door
Troy Township and its neighbors
Troy Township has the second most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Highland Township10 miTroy Township4.0 miShawnee Township1.9 miWabash Township1.7 miVan Buren Township0.6 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Township | 3% | 0.1 | 10 | 35% | C |
| Highland Township | 2% | 0.2 | 3 | 22% | C− |
| Wabash Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Van Buren Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 1 | 2% | D− |
| Shawnee Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Troy Township
Where can I hike in Troy Township?
The longest trail networks: Covington City Park & Wabash Heritage Trail, 0.5 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Troy Township is conserved land?
3% 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 Troy Township’s trails?
Covington City Park & Wabash Heritage Trail and Portland Arch Nature Preserve don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Troy Township?
5.0 miles of bike routes are on the map: 5.0 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Troy Township?
2,267 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Troy Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 38 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Troy Township have?
Ahead of 30% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #334 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 Troy Township 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 →