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Northview Church Open Space
Park
52 acres2.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Clay
Clay, IN parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.1% of Clay is conserved land, roughly 1,617 acres. There are about 28 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 Clay, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Clay outdoors
Conserved land
5.1%
1,617 of 31,953 acres
Trails
28 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 17 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
67
16 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
220.8 mi
4.0 mi lanes · 216.8 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
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
159 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
River Heritage Park
Park
44 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
The Flowing Well
Managed by Carmel Clay Parks and Recreation
20 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
West Park
Park
76 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
114 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 67 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 67 parks & preserves
Northview Church Open Space52 acres · 2.6 mi of trail
Central Park159 acres · 1.6 mi of trail
River Heritage Park44 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
The Flowing Well20 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · Carmel Clay Parks and Recreation
West Park76 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Barker's Canopy Nature Preserve10 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Prairie Meadow Park7 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Coxhall Gardens114 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Lawrence W. Inlow Park14 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · Carmel Clay Parks and Recreation
Meadowlark Park18 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Who protects the land
1,617 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2 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 paths216.8 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.
Nearby
Clay and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clay | 5.1% | 27.5 mi | 67 |
| Carmel | 5% | 27.3 mi | 65 |
| Delaware | 5.8% | 9.5 mi | 14 |
| Fishers | 5.5% | 24.2 mi | 29 |
| Zionsville | 1.6% | 20.4 mi | 17 |
| Westfield Washington | 1.9% | 25.5 mi | 15 |
| Washington | 4.6% | 24.7 mi | 29 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Clay'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 24.7-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.