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Outdoors in Polk Parks, trails & open land in Polk About 33% of Polk is conserved land, roughly 4,991 acres. There are about 19 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Lost Bridge West State Recreation Area (7.3 mi), Mount Etna State Recreation Area (1.4 mi), and Lost Bridge East State Recreation Area (0.9 mi).
Conserved land
33%
4,991 of 15,351 acres
Trails
19 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 17 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
named on the map
Bike routes
3.7 mi
3.7 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
2
1 beach · 3 boat launches
What kind of outdoors town is Polk? Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
This week on the trails Best day for a walk: Saturday 66°, sunny, 0% chance of rain.
Sat ☀️ 66° 44° 0% rain
Sun ☀️ 71° 45° 0% rain
Mon ☀️ 64° 39° 0% rain
Tue ☀️ 64° 43° 0% rain
Wed ☀️ 71° 47° 0% rain
Thu ☀️ 73° 49° 2% rain
The map Conserved land, trails & bike routes Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
🏖️ Unnamed beach in Lost Bridge West State Recreation Area 🛝 Unnamed playground in Lost Bridge West State Recreation Area 🛝 Unnamed playground in Lost Bridge West State Recreation Area 🛝 Unnamed playground in Lost Bridge West State Recreation Area 🛝 Unnamed playground in Lost Bridge West State Recreation Area 🛝 Unnamed playground in Lost Bridge West State Recreation Area 🛝 Unnamed playground in Lost Bridge West State Recreation Area 🛝 Unnamed playground in Lost Bridge West State Recreation Area 🛶 Unnamed boat launch 🛶 Unnamed boat launch in Lost Bridge East State Recreation Area 🛶 Unnamed boat launch 🏕️ Unnamed campground in Lost Bridge West State Recreation Area 🏕️ Unnamed campground in Lost Bridge West State Recreation Area 1 2 3
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★ What stands out · Who protects it 4,991 conserved acres Who manages Polk’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources 4,991 ac
State Recreation Area · 4,991 ac
The biggest protected places
Place Managed by Acres Public access
Salamonie ReservoirState Recreation Area
State natural resources 4,991 Open
Things to do 13 places to go in Polk Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
🏖️ 1 Beach 🛝 7 Playgrounds 🛶 3 Boat launches 🏕️ 2 Campgrounds
Beaches in Polk Show all on map
🏖️ Unnamed beach in Lost Bridge West State Recreation Area
Map Directions
Playgrounds in Polk Show all on map
🛝 Unnamed playground in Lost Bridge West State Recreation Area
Map Directions 🛝 Unnamed playground in Lost Bridge West State Recreation Area
Map Directions 🛝 Unnamed playground in Lost Bridge West State Recreation Area
Map Directions 🛝 Unnamed playground in Lost Bridge West State Recreation Area
Map Directions 🛝 Unnamed playground in Lost Bridge West State Recreation Area
Map Directions 🛝 Unnamed playground in Lost Bridge West State Recreation Area
Map Directions 🛝 Unnamed playground in Lost Bridge West State Recreation Area
Map Directions
Boat launches in Polk Show all on map
🛶 Unnamed boat launch in Lost Bridge East State Recreation Area
Map Directions
Campgrounds in Polk Show all on map
🏕️ Unnamed campground in Lost Bridge West State Recreation Area
Map Directions 🏕️ Unnamed campground in Lost Bridge West State Recreation Area
Map Directions
Places to walk Pick a walk The longest trail network is Lost Bridge West State Recreation Area, with 7.3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
All 3 Under 1 mi 1 1–3 mi 1 3+ mi 1 100+ acres 2
1 Lost Bridge West State Recreation Area Managed by Indiana Department of Natural Resources
496 acres7.3 mi of trail
Cross Country Ski Trail Salamonie Snowmobile Trails Bloodroot Trail Wildlife Management Trail +1
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
2 Mount Etna State Recreation Area Managed by Indiana Department of Natural Resources
139 acres1.4 mi of trail
Salamonie Snowmobile Trails
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
3 Lost Bridge East State Recreation Area Managed by Indiana Department of Natural Resources
79 acres0.9 mi of trail
Bloodroot Trail Salamonie Snowmobile Trails
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Trails & water
6 named trails and 2 lakes & rivers Named trails
Open to bikes · 10.2 mi Horses · 11.9 mi
Bloodroot Trail 9.6 mi
Cross Country Ski Trail 2.4 mi
Salamonie Snowmobile Trails 2.4 mi
Wildlife Management Trail 0.9 mi
Salamonie Bridle Trails 0.3 mi
Marsh Trail 0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports 3.7 miles of bike routes Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.0 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
3.7 mi
off-road bike paths
0.0 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
🚲 Bloodroot Trail Bike route
10.2 mi 🪦 Monument City Memorial Cemetery Cemetery
Directions Next door Polk and its neighbors Polk has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Town Conserved Parks Polk 32.5% 3 Lagro 9% 8
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Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US . Measured against the Census town boundary. Forecast: National Weather Service.
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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