1
Brittlebank Park
Park
54 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Black
Black, IN parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.6% of Black is conserved land, roughly 896 acres. There are about 21 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Black, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Black outdoors
Conserved land
1.6%
896 of 56,673 acres
Trails
21 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
101 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.4 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.4 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
Riverbend Park
Park
8 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
3
Kimball Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Sherburne Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Black
Showing 1–10 of 11 playgrounds
Hedges Playground
Imagination Station
Unnamed playground in Brittlebank Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Sherburne Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
896 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 755 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 paths0.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis14
- Basketball6
- Baseball5
- Football3
- Pickleball2
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Black
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 755 acLocal Park 78 acPrivate Conservation 62 acState Recreation Area 1 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goose Pond Cypress SloughPrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 62 | Open |
| Brittlebank ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 60 | Open |
| Riverbend ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 9 | Open |
| Kiwanis ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Fairview ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Dogtown Ferry (Wabash R.) Public Access SiteState Recreation Area | State fish & wildlife | 1 | Open |
| Sherburne ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Alldredge CemeteryCemetery
Belle Fontaine CemeteryCemetery
Black CemeteryCemetery
Dunn CemeteryCemetery
Gill CemeteryCemetery
Moore CemeteryCemetery
Saint Matthews CemeteryCemetery
Weiss CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Black and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 1.6% | 20.6 mi | 4 |
| Emma | 7.6% | 24.9 mi | 0 |
| Marrs | 0.3% | 5.7 mi | 1 |
| Lynn | 14.4% | 24.3 mi | 1 |
| Mount Vernon | 4.1% | 0.1 mi | 3 |
| Point | 32.9% | 2.4 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Black'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 36.8-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.