1
Fort Harrison State Park
Managed by Indiana Department of Natural Resources
1,725 acres13.4 mi of trail
Lawrence Creek TrailSchoen Creek TrailFall Creek TrailCamp Glenn TrailCamp Creek Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Lawrence
Lawrence, IN parks, trails & bike paths
About 18% of Lawrence is conserved land, roughly 2,367 acres. There are about 22 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Fort Harrison State Park (13.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Lawrence, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Lawrence outdoors
Conserved land
18%
2,367 of 12,881 acres
Trails
22 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 19 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
8
48 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
13.5 mi
1.4 mi lanes · 12.1 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
Lee Road Park
Park
29 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Lawrence Community Park
Park
147 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Oaklandon Youth Organization, Veterans Memorial Park
Park
45 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.
Campgrounds in Lawrence
Camp Belzer
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 0.9 miHorses 2.2 miUnpaved 11.7 mi
- Lawrence Creek Trail3.6 mi
- Schoen Creek Trail2.9 mi
- Horizon Cross Country Course1.3 mi
- Upper Fall Creek Loop Trail0.9 mi
- Fall Creek Trail0.5 mi
- Camp Glenn Trail0.5 mi
- Camp Creek Trail0.3 mi
- Lawrence Creek Connector0.1 mi
- Upper Fall Creek Trail0.1 mi
- Schoen Creek Connector0.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
2,367 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 6 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 23 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths12.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis38
- Baseball33
- Soccer8
- Basketball6
- Football3
- Skate park1
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Lawrence
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Park 975 acState Conservation Area 700 acLocal Park 295 acPrivate Park 279 acPrivate Recreation or Education 113 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Benjamin Harrison State ParkState Park | State parks | 969 | Open |
| Old Oakland Golf CoursePrivate Park | Private owners | 231 | Open |
| Lawrence Creek Nature PreserveState Conservation Area | State parks | 230 | Open |
| Bluffs of Fall Creek Nature PreserveState Conservation Area | State parks | 150 | Open |
| Lawrence Community ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 142 | Open |
| WarblerWoods Nature PreserveState Conservation Area | State parks | 134 | Open |
| Chinquapin Ridge Nature PreserveState Conservation Area | State parks | 118 | Open |
| Camp BeltzerPrivate Recreation or Education | Private owners | 113 | Open |
| Indian Lake Country ClubPrivate Park | Private owners | 48 | Open |
| Upper Fall CreekState Conservation Area | Town or city | 42 | Restricted |
History
Historic places to visit
Firecrafter PlazaMonument
Emery CemeteryCemetery
Hoss CemeteryCemetery
McCord CemeteryCemetery
Mock CemeteryCemetery
Todd CemeteryCemetery
Vine CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Lawrence and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence | 18.4% | 21.6 mi | 8 |
| Indianapolis | 5.5% | 165.9 mi | 208 |
| Lawrence | 10.1% | 29.6 mi | 17 |
| Buck Creek | 0% | 0.2 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Lawrence'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.