Centennial Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 3.0DOutdoors
Outdoors in Wheatfield Township
Few parks or trails are on the map in Wheatfield Township
1 acre is park or preserve, 0.3 per 1,000 residents. 21% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2.9 miles of mapped trail cross Wheatfield Township, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns · #495 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
243 acres · of 43.4 sq mi of land
Trails
2.9 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
1 ac
0.3 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
21%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Wheatfield Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Wheatfield Township is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns, #495 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 Wheatfield Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical IN town 2% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · IN 0.1 · U.S. 0.4CPark land0.3 acres of park per 1,000 residents (1 acre) · IN 10 · U.S. 13DParks close to home21% 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 11%
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Indiana towns of 2,500+ (593)Ahead of 17%
Few Indiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Wheatfield Township’s 1% is ahead of 39% of Indiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 36% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Wheatfield Township. 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
243 conserved acres
1% of Wheatfield Township’s land. Who manages Wheatfield Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources238 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)4 ac
State Conservation Area · 238 acConservation Easement · 4 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stoutsburg Savanna Nature Preserve State Conservation Area | State natural resources | 238 | Restricted |
Things to do
28 places to go in Wheatfield Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Wheatfield Township
28 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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
10Baseball
8Tennis
3Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Wheatfield Township: April and September
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 | 37 | 48 | 61 | 72 | 81 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 64 | 49 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
February is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Wheatfield Township →
Next door
Wheatfield Township and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Walker Township20 miPleasant Township6.7 miWheatfield Township2.9 miKankakee Township1.9 miKeener Township1.3 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheatfield Township | 1% | 0.1 | under 1 | 21% | D |
| Keener Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 6 | 37% | C− |
| Kankakee Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Pleasant Township | 1% | 0.1 | 19 | 32% | C |
| Walker Township | 15% | 0.3 | 50 | 4% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Wheatfield Township
How much of Wheatfield Township 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 Wheatfield Township’s trails?
Centennial Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Wheatfield Township?
1,479 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Wheatfield Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Wheatfield Township have?
Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #495 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 Wheatfield 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 →