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Aurora Sports Park
Park
13 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Aurora
Aurora, IN parks, trails & bike paths
About 12% of Aurora is conserved land, roughly 259 acres. There are about 1.8 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Aurora Sports Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Aurora, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Aurora outdoors
Conserved land
12%
259 of 2,249 acres
Trails
1.8 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
6
71 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.3 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
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.
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Lesko Park
Managed by City of Aurora Parks & Recreation
13 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Aurora Park
Park
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Lions Club Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Peaks in Aurora
Cobb Hill692 ft elevation
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
259 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths2.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball4
- Basketball1
- Football1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Aurora
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Private Other or Unknown 189 acLocal Park 35 acLocal Recreation Area 34 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Electric Power - Tanners CreekPrivate Other or Unknown | Private owners | 189 | Open |
| Aurora Sports ComplexLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 29 | Open |
| Unknown ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 13 | Open |
| Hogan Creek ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Lesko ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 7 | Open |
| Waterways ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Largent FieldLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Aurora Dog ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Levi Stevens HouseHouse
Lewis Hurlbert Sr. HouseHouse
Nearby
Aurora and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | 11.5% | 1.8 mi | 6 |
| Center | 3.6% | 3.9 mi | 5 |
| Petersburg | 0.7% | 0.6 mi | 2 |
| Lawrenceburg | 22.7% | 4.1 mi | 6 |
| Lawrenceburg | 7.6% | 11.3 mi | 13 |
| Hogan | 0% | 1.5 mi | 0 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Aurora'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.