1
Wicker Memorial Park
Park
220 acres6.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · North
North, IN parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.9% of North is conserved land, roughly 2,071 acres. There are about 42 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wicker Memorial Park (6.4 mi), Gibson Woods Nature Preserve (2.3 mi), and West Lakes Park (1.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in North, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
North outdoors
Conserved land
5.9%
2,071 of 35,012 acres
Trails
42 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 26 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
107
13 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
58.1 mi
4.3 mi lanes · 52.9 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
Gibson Woods Nature Preserve
Managed by Lake County Parks & Recreation
118 acres2.3 mi of trail
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
West Lakes Park
Managed by Munster Park District
26 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Centennial Park
Managed by Munster Park District
154 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Doctor Martin Luther King Park
Managed by Hammond Parks & Recreation
13 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Seidner Dune and Swale Nature Preserve
Managed by Shirley Heinze Land Trust
41 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
7
Washington Park
Managed by City of East Chicago
19 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Hessville Park
Managed by Hammond Parks & Recreation
14 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 107 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 107 parks & preserves
Wicker Memorial Park220 acres · 6.4 mi of trail
Gibson Woods Nature Preserve118 acres · 2.3 mi of trail · Lake County Parks & Recreation
West Lakes Park26 acres · 1.4 mi of trail · Munster Park District
Centennial Park154 acres · 1.3 mi of trail · Munster Park District
Doctor Martin Luther King Park13 acres · 1.3 mi of trail · Hammond Parks & Recreation
Seidner Dune and Swale Nature Preserve41 acres · 1.2 mi of trail · Shirley Heinze Land Trust
Washington Park19 acres · 1.1 mi of trail · City of East Chicago
Hessville Park14 acres · 1 mi of trail · Hammond Parks & Recreation
Community Park50 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · Munster Park District
Lakefront Park24 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · Hammond Port Authority
Who protects the land
2,071 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 179 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 99 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes4.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths52.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.9 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball86
- Tennis76
- Basketball54
- Soccer13
- Football10
- Softball7
- Skate park3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
North and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about North'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 29.4-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.