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Shakamak State Park
Managed by Indiana Department of Natural Resources
842 acres5.3 mi of trail
Trail 1Trail 5
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Jackson
Jackson, IN parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.1% of Jackson is conserved land, roughly 870 acres. There are about 5.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Shakamak State Park (5.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Jackson, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Jackson outdoors
Conserved land
3.1%
870 of 28,087 acres
Trails
5.9 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
492 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.
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Shakamak Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
42 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Jackson
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Shakamak State Park
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 4.1 mi
- Trail 12.7 mi
- Trail 51.4 mi
- North County Road 400 East0.4 mi
- North County Road 600 East0.1 mi
- East County Road 900 North0.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
870 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 23 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
- Basketball2
- Baseball2
- Pickleball1
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.
State Park 842 acConservation Easement 23 acState Conservation Area 5 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shakamak Prairie Nature PreserveState Park | State parks | 817 | Open |
| Shakamak State ParkState Park | State parks | 26 | Open |
| Minnehana Fish and Wildlife AreaState Conservation Area | State natural resources | 5 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Bethel CemeteryCemetery
Knights of Columbus CemeteryCemetery
Mount Pleasant CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Jackson and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
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 22.4-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.