Outdoors · Adams

Adams, IN parks, trails & bike paths

About 4% of Adams is conserved land, roughly 850 acres. There are about 7.0 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Kreager Park (2.2 mi) and McMillen Park (1.1 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Adams, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Adams outdoors

Conserved land
4%
850 of 21,086 acres
Trails
7.0 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
24 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
14.4 mi
1.6 mi lanes · 12.8 mi off-road paths

Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Parks & preserves with trails

Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1

Kreager Park

Park
163 acres2.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

McMillen Park

Park
156 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Werling Park

Park
7 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4

Jury Park

Park
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Public pools in Adams
McMillen Diving poolIn McMillen Park
Directions
McMillen Kiddie PoolIn McMillen Park
Directions
McMillen PoolIn McMillen Park
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Open to bikes 2.4 mi
  • Maumee Pathway0.2 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

850 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city
466 ac
Private owners
270 ac
Other state land
79 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
37 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 117 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 18 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes1.6 mi
  • Off-road bike paths12.8 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis29
  • Baseball18
  • Pickleball12
  • Soccer10
  • Basketball7
  • Football1
  • Softball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Adams

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 466 acPrivate Park 270 acConservation Easement 117 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Kreager ParkLocal ParkTown or city218Open
Lakeside Golf CoursePrivate ParkPrivate owners157Open
McMillen ParkLocal ParkTown or city157Open
Maumee Valley Golf ClubPrivate ParkPrivate owners113Open
Havenhurst ParkLocal ParkTown or city27Open
Maumee PathwayLocal ParkTown or city13Open
Klotz ParkLocal ParkTown or city12Open
Jury ParkLocal ParkTown or city11Open
Moser ParkLocal ParkTown or city8Open
Daryl B Cobin MemorialLocal ParkTown or city6Open
History

Historic places to visit

Catholic CemeteryCemetery
Concordia Gardens CemeteryCemetery
Saint John CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Adams and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Adams4%7.0 mi5
St. Joseph2.8%13.8 mi13
Wayne6.3%32.5 mi48
Marion0%3.0 mi0
New Haven3.5%1.6 mi2
Milan0.2%1.2 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Adams's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.

Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.

How we measure"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.

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