1
Northview Church Open Space
Park
54 acres2.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Carmel
Carmel, IN parks, trails & bike paths
About 5% of Carmel is conserved land, roughly 1,610 acres. There are about 27 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Northview Church Open Space (2.6 mi), Central Park (1.6 mi), and River Heritage Park (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Carmel, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Carmel outdoors
Conserved land
5%
1,610 of 31,914 acres
Trails
27 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 17 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
65
16 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
215.6 mi
4.0 mi lanes · 211.6 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
Central Park
Park
162 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
River Heritage Park
Park
45 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
The Flowing Well
Managed by Carmel Clay Parks and Recreation
19 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
West Park
Park
80 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Barker's Canopy Nature Preserve
Park
10 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Prairie Meadow Park
Park
7 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Coxhall Gardens
Park
117 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 60 parks & preserves
- Lawrence W. Inlow Park15 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Meadowlark Park18 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Mark Badger Park30 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Kawachinagano Japanese Garden6 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Hoosier Hero Common4 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Founders Park40 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Carey Grove Park6 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Victoria Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Pershing Green1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Hazel Landing Park95 ac · Directions
- Prather Park62 ac · Directions
- Thomas Marcuccilli Nature Park59 ac · Directions
- Claybourne Fields35 ac · Directions
- Harrison Park31 ac · Directions
- Bear Creek Park28 ac
- Gray Road Park22 ac · Directions
- Parks at Spring Mill21 ac · Directions
- Cherry Tree Park13 ac
- The Groves at West Park11 ac
- Pleasant Grove Park9 ac
- Provost Park9 ac · Directions
- Lenape Trace Park7 ac · Directions
- Mark Herrmann Athletic Facility6 ac · Directions
- Webster Park6 ac · Directions
- Goldwater Park5 ac · Directions
- American Legion Park4 ac · Directions
- Greyhound Park4 ac · Directions
- Reading Tree Park4 ac
- Carmel Clay Veterans Memorial Freedom Park4 ac · Directions
- Prayer Path3 ac
- White River Greenway3 ac
- University Green3 ac · Directions
- Ronald Reagan Green2 ac · Directions
- Hidden Park2 ac · Directions
- Rohrer Road Monon Entrance2 ac · Directions
- Marshall Common2 ac
- Jennings Green2 ac · Directions
- Fairingdon Common2 ac
- 96th Street Monon Trailhead South2 ac · Directions
- Fishers White River Park1 ac
- Leighton Green1 ac
- Deerstyne Green1 ac · Directions
- Blisland Commons1 ac
- Clay Terrace Park1 ac · Directions
- Fairbanks Park1 ac
- Carter Green1 ac · Directions
- Truman Green1 ac · Directions
- Roosevelt Green1 ac
- Broughton Green1 ac
- Milford Green1 ac
- Gadsen Park1 ac
- Meeting House Green1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,610 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1 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 lanes4.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths211.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis132
- Baseball39
- Basketball37
- Soccer33
- Pickleball31
- Beach volleyball7
- Multi-sport7
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Carmel and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel | 5% | 27.3 mi | 65 |
| Clay | 5.1% | 27.5 mi | 67 |
| Delaware | 5.8% | 9.5 mi | 14 |
| Fishers | 5.5% | 24.2 mi | 29 |
| Zionsville | 1.6% | 20.4 mi | 17 |
| Washington | 4.6% | 24.7 mi | 29 |
| Indianapolis | 5.5% | 165.9 mi | 208 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Carmel'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 25.2-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.