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Willow Slough Fish and Wildlife Area
Managed by Indiana Department of Natural Resources
5,465 acres6.7 mi of trail
County Road 500 West
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Beaver
Beaver, IN parks, trails & bike paths
About 21% of Beaver is conserved land, roughly 5,682 acres. There are about 14 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Willow Slough Fish and Wildlife Area (6.7 mi) and Sam Rice Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Beaver, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Beaver outdoors
Conserved land
21%
5,682 of 26,909 acres
Trails
14 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
3,663 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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.
2
Sam Rice Park
Park
10 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Wetlands Reserve Program
Nature preserve
88 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Carlson Gamebird Habitat Area
Nature preserve
38 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.
Playgrounds in Beaver
Unnamed playground in Recher Park
Unnamed playground in Recher Park
Unnamed playground
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 0.7 mi
- County Road 500 West0.8 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
5,682 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 84 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball2
- Baseball1
- Softball1
- Tennis1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Beaver
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 5,521 acConservation Easement 84 acPrivate Conservation 79 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Slough Fish And Wildlife AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 5,283 | Restricted |
| Barnes (Bill) Nature PreserveState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 198 | Restricted |
| Kankakee Sands - Freter-Hauke-RixPrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 78 | Restricted |
| Carlson Gamebird Habitat AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 39 | Restricted |
| Grand Kankakee Marsh National Wildlife Refuge - Iroquois CountyPrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Newton County Historical Blann CabinBuilding
Scott-Lucas HouseBuilding
Veterans MemorialIn Recher Park · War memorial
Beaver City CemeteryCemetery
Murphy CemeteryCemetery
Oakland CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Beaver and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver | 21.1% | 13.5 mi | 5 |
| McClellan | 45.4% | 8.6 mi | 3 |
| Washington | 0.3% | 5.4 mi | 0 |
| Jackson | 0.3% | 1.9 mi | 2 |
| Beaverville | 13.4% | 22.6 mi | 4 |
| Beaver | 0.2% | 0.3 mi | 1 |
| Colfax | 0.2% | 4.5 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Beaver'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 20.9-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.