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Mountain Tea State Forest
Nature preserve
1,001 acres4.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Hamblen
Hamblen, IN parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.4% of Hamblen is conserved land, roughly 2,637 acres. There are about 16 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mountain Tea State Forest (4.8 mi), Hitz-Rhodehamel Woods (3.2 mi), and Youngman Woods (1.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Hamblen, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Hamblen outdoors
Conserved land
6.4%
2,637 of 41,334 acres
Trails
16 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
587 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
Hitz-Rhodehamel Woods
Nature preserve
370 acres3.2 mi of trail
Hitz-Rhodehamel Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Youngman Woods
Nature preserve
328 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Yellowwood State Forest
Managed by Indiana Department of Natural Resources
32 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 Hamblen
Bearwallow Hill1,027 ft elevation
Knob Hill942 ft elevation
Renner Hill932 ft elevation
Zion Hill817 ft elevation
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 1.2 mi
- Hitz-Rhodehamel Loop2.6 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Showing 1–10 of 21 places
Bittersweet LakereservoirBoyd LakereservoirCordry LakereservoirCrain LakereservoirCrestview LakereservoirFowler LakereservoirGreen LakereservoirHeile LakereservoirHidden Valley LakereservoirKimmins Lakereservoir
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
2,637 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 604 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
- Tennis1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Hamblen
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 1,223 acPrivate Conservation 810 acForest Stewardship Easement 724 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whipporwill Woods Nature PreserveState Conservation Area | State natural resources | 892 | Restricted |
| Brown County Hills - Hitz-RhodehamelPrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 379 | Open |
| Yellowwood State ForestState Conservation Area | State natural resources | 330 | Open |
| Brown County Hills - Bear WallowPrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 192 | Restricted |
| Brown County Hills FeePrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 131 | Closed |
| Brown County Hills - Bch Forest BankPrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 108 | Closed |
History
Historic places to visit
Anderson CemeteryCemetery
Calvin CemeteryCemetery
Duncan CemeteryCemetery
Mount Moriah CemeteryCemetery
Taylor CemeteryCemetery
Zion Church CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Hamblen and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamblen | 6.4% | 16.2 mi | 4 |
| Jackson | 19.6% | 20.8 mi | 5 |
| Washington | 49.8% | 137.0 mi | 9 |
| Nineveh | 12.6% | 6.7 mi | 1 |
| Hensley | 1.4% | 6.3 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Hamblen'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 26.3-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.