Outdoors · Johnson

Johnson, IN parks, trails & bike paths

About 1.7% of Johnson is conserved land, roughly 379 acres. Johnson has 2 named parks and preserves on the map.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Johnson, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Johnson outdoors

Conserved land
1.7%
379 of 22,667 acres
Trails
0.4 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
105 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

12
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.
1

Dallas Lake Park

Park
9 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dallas Lake Park Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
No trailhead mapped yet Website
2

Olin Lake Nature Preserve

Managed by Indiana Department of Natural Resources
267 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Johnson
Unnamed playground
Directions
Trails

Named trails

  • Dallas Lake Park Trail0.3 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Showing 1–10 of 11 places

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Who protects the land

379 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources
303 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
34 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
29 ac
Joint
6 ac
County
4 ac
Other state land
2 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 65 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
Public lands

The biggest protected places in Johnson

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 305 acConservation Easement 40 acAgricultural Easement 25 acState Recreation Area 5 acLocal Park 4 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Olin Lake Nature PreserveState Conservation AreaState natural resources122Restricted
Olin Lake Nature Preserve - Peterman AdditionState Conservation AreaState natural resources80Restricted
Olin Lake Nature Preserve AdditionState Conservation AreaState natural resources62Restricted
Olin Lake Managed AreaState Conservation AreaState natural resources36Open
Martin Lake Nature PreserveState Conservation AreaLand trusts & nonprofits4Closed
Dallas Lake ParkLocal ParkCounty4Open
Atwood Lake Public Access SiteState Recreation AreaOther state land2Open
Oliver Lake Access SiteState Recreation AreaState natural resources2Open
History

Historic places to visit

Lakeside CemeteryCemetery
Oak Hill CemeteryCemetery
Tamarack CemeteryCemetery
Woodland CemeteryCemetery
Woodruff CemeteryCemetery
Woodruff Memorial Gardens CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Johnson and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Johnson1.7%0.4 mi2
Bloomfield12.3%1.8 mi4
Clearspring0.7%4.8 mi3
Orange2.8%6.2 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Johnson'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.

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