Benjamin Schenck Mansion · Photo: Josh South · Public domainFew parks or trails are on the map in Vevay
40 acres are parks and preserves, 23 per 1,000 residents. 78% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 4% of Vevay’s land is conserved, about 39 acres.
Ahead of 65% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Vevay?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Vevay have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Vevay is ahead of 65% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; park acres per resident rank highest, trail miles lowest.
Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Vevay’s 4% is ahead of 75% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 72% of them.
Water is 6% of Vevay’s area (0 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 4%.
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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39 conserved acres
4% of Vevay’s land. Water is left out: Vevay has 1.5 square miles of land and 0.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Vevay’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Ogle Riverfront Park Local Park | Town or city | 39 | Open |
6 places to go in Vevay
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
5 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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.
5 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The walking year in Vevay
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 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 41 | 46 | 56 | 68 | 76 | 84 | 87 | 86 | 80 | 69 | 56 | 45 |
| Rain (in) | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
February is the driest month (3.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.2 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Vevay →
Vevay and its neighbors
Vevay has the second most mapped trails of the 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vevay | 4% | 0.3 | 23 | 78% | B+ |
| Craig 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 Vevay
How much of Vevay is conserved land?
4% 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 Vevay?
1,248 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Vevay or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 40 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Vevay have?
Ahead of 65% 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 Vevay 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 →