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Eagle Creek Park
Managed by Indy Parks
4,723 acres42.9 mi of trail
Red TrailOrange TrailBlue TrailRed & Blue TrailWestview Hospital Fitness Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.5% of Indianapolis is conserved land, roughly 12,964 acres. There are about 166 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Eagle Creek Park (42.9 mi), Southwestway Park (9.4 mi), and Town Run Trail Park (6.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Indianapolis, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Indianapolis outdoors
Conserved land
5.5%
12,964 of 237,319 acres
Trails
166 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 131 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
208
14 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
322.1 mi
94.5 mi lanes · 195.3 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
Southwestway Park
Managed by Indy Parks and Recreation
558 acres9.4 mi of trail
Lenape (Mountain Bike Trail)Mann Hill LoopHidden Lakes LoopCockrumWinding River
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Town Run Trail Park
Park
127 acres6.2 mi of trail
Town Run TrailSkills Loop
Dog rules not recorded
4
White River State Park
Park
220 acres3.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Holliday Park
Managed by Indy Parks
96 acres3.3 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
6
The Viginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park
Park
100 acres3.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
7
Garfield Park
Park
126 acres2.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
8
Marott Park and Nature Preserve
Managed by Indy Parks
97 acres2.9 mi of trail
Roaring Brook Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
All 208 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 208 parks & preserves
Eagle Creek Park4,723 acres · 42.9 mi of trail · Indy Parks
Southwestway Park558 acres · 9.4 mi of trail · Indy Parks and Recreation
Town Run Trail Park127 acres · 6.2 mi of trail
White River State Park220 acres · 3.6 mi of trail
Holliday Park96 acres · 3.3 mi of trail · Indy Parks
The Viginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park100 acres · 3.1 mi of trail
Garfield Park126 acres · 2.9 mi of trail
Marott Park and Nature Preserve97 acres · 2.9 mi of trail · Indy Parks
Nina Mason Pulliam EcoLab72 acres · 2.5 mi of trail
Riverside Adventure Park140 acres · 2.1 mi of trail · Indy Parks and Recreation
Who protects the land
12,964 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 154 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 271 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes94.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths195.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes32.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis566
- Baseball262
- Basketball203
- Soccer121
- Football66
- Pickleball65
- Beach volleyball20
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Indianapolis and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Indianapolis'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 66.1-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.