1
Derksen Farm & Wetlands
Nature preserve
29 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Nappanee
Nappanee, IN parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.2% of Nappanee is conserved land, roughly 255 acres. There are about 9.5 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Derksen Farm & Wetlands (1.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Nappanee, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Nappanee outdoors
Conserved land
8.2%
255 of 3,132 acres
Trails
9.5 mi
1.9 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
37 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.2 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 6.6 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
Stauffer Park
Park
18 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
West Side Park
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
South Park
Managed by City of Nappanee
3 acres0.2 mi of trail
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 Nappanee
Church Playground
Little PawsIn Stauffer Park
West Side Park PlaygroundIn West Side Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in South Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Recovery Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Who protects the land
255 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 17 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 paths6.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.7 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis15
- Soccer11
- Basketball9
- Baseball9
- Pickleball3
- Tracks3
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Nappanee
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 183 acState Recreation Area 55 acConservation Easement 17 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nappanee Golf Course and ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 157 | Open |
| Robert W. Callander SportsplexState Recreation Area | Town or city | 55 | Open |
| John Derksen (Stauffer) ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 16 | Open |
| West ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| South ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Recovery ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Nappanee Dog ParkPlaque
Rober Callander Dedication Stone.Stone
Nearby
Nappanee and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Nappanee'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.