1
Wicker Memorial Park
Park
216 acres6.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Highland
Highland, IN parks, trails & bike paths
About 12% of Highland is conserved land, roughly 522 acres. There are about 8.2 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wicker Memorial Park (6.4 mi) and Carlson Oxbow Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Highland, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Highland outdoors
Conserved land
12%
522 of 4,431 acres
Trails
8.2 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
24
22 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
9.2 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 9.2 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
Carlson Oxbow Park
Managed by Hammond Parks & Recreation
18 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Homestead Park
Park
42 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Lakeside Park
Park
3 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 24 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 24 parks & preserves
Wicker Memorial Park216 acres · 6.4 mi of trail
Carlson Oxbow Park18 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · Hammond Parks & Recreation
Homestead Park42 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Lakeside Park3 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Sheppard Park17 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Markley Park7 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
White Oak Estates Park2 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Hoosier Prairie State Nature Preserve83 acres · Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Sharp Athletic Complex19 acres
Meadows Park17 acres
Who protects the land
522 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 5 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 18 parcels. 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 paths9.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball21
- Tennis17
- Basketball11
- Soccer8
- Softball7
- Football2
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Highland and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Highland'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 20-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.