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Hoosier National Forest
Managed by United States Forest Service
906 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors · Jackson
Jackson, IN parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.9% of Jackson is conserved land, roughly 1,340 acres. There are about 3.6 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Jackson, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Jackson outdoors
Conserved land
4.9%
1,340 of 27,102 acres
Trails
3.6 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
Bike routes
6.4 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 6.4 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.
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in Jackson
Jackson Ramp
North Ramp
Osbourne SRA
Painter Creek SRA
Walls Lake Ramp
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 0.9 miUnpaved 0.6 mi
- Patoka Lake Nature Center Trail Two0.9 mi
- Garden Rock Loop Trail (Trail #4)0.7 mi
- Patoka Lake Nature Center Trail One0.6 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
1,340 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths6.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Jackson
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Forest 909 acState Conservation Area 431 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoosier National ForestNational Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 909 | Open |
| Orange Co. (Jordan) Game Management AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 431 | Restricted |
History
Historic places to visit
Cane Creek CemeteryCemetery
Patoka Memorial CemeteryCemetery
Swift CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Jackson and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson | 4.9% | 3.6 mi | 1 |
| Greenfield | 34.3% | 21.9 mi | 1 |
| French Lick | 1.9% | 11.5 mi | 1 |
| Patoka | 2.4% | 6.3 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Jackson'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 21.2-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.