1
Gibson Woods Nature Preserve
Managed by Lake County Parks & Recreation
119 acres2.3 mi of trail
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Outdoors · Hammond
Hammond, IN parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.8% of Hammond is conserved land, roughly 881 acres. There are about 14 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Gibson Woods Nature Preserve (2.3 mi), Doctor Martin Luther King Park (1.3 mi), and Seidner Dune and Swale Nature Preserve (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Hammond, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Hammond outdoors
Conserved land
5.8%
881 of 15,157 acres
Trails
14 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
39
11 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
33.6 mi
3.8 mi lanes · 29.5 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
Doctor Martin Luther King Park
Managed by Hammond Parks & Recreation
13 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Seidner Dune and Swale Nature Preserve
Managed by Shirley Heinze Land Trust
44 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Hessville Park
Managed by Hammond Parks & Recreation
14 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Lakefront Park
Managed by Hammond Port Authority
25 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Wolf Lake Memorial Park
Managed by Hammond Port Authority
50 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Grand Calumet River Conservation Area
Managed by The Nature Conservancy
53 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Nature Conservancy preserves. Check posted rules
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
8
Columbia Park
Managed by Hammond Parks & Recreation
13 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 39 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 39 parks & preserves
Gibson Woods Nature Preserve119 acres · 2.3 mi of trail · Lake County Parks & Recreation
Doctor Martin Luther King Park13 acres · 1.3 mi of trail · Hammond Parks & Recreation
Seidner Dune and Swale Nature Preserve44 acres · 1.2 mi of trail · Shirley Heinze Land Trust
Hessville Park14 acres · 1 mi of trail · Hammond Parks & Recreation
Lakefront Park25 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · Hammond Port Authority
Wolf Lake Memorial Park50 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Hammond Port Authority
Grand Calumet River Conservation Area53 acres · 0.7 mi of trail · The Nature Conservancy
Columbia Park13 acres · 0.7 mi of trail · Hammond Parks & Recreation
Optimist Youth Sports Complex15 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · Hammond Parks & Recreation
Carlson Oxbow Park50 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Hammond Parks & Recreation
Who protects the land
881 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 9 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 lanes3.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths29.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball34
- Tennis20
- Basketball9
- Football3
- Skate park2
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Hammond and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Hammond'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 22.2-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.