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Summit Lake State Park
Managed by Indiana Department of Natural Resources
1,097 acres2.6 mi of trail
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Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Prairie
Prairie, IN parks, trails & bike paths
About 7% of Prairie is conserved land, roughly 1,824 acres. There are about 2.6 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Summit Lake State Park (2.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Prairie, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Prairie outdoors
Conserved land
7%
1,824 of 25,936 acres
Trails
2.6 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
304 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.7 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.7 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.
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Wilbur Wright Fish and Wildlife Area
Managed by Indiana Department of Natural Resources
510 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Prairie
Youth Tent CampingIn Summit Lake State Park
Unnamed campground in Summit Lake State Park
Unnamed campground in Summit Lake State Park
Trails
Named trails
- Trail 21.5 mi
- Trail 40.4 mi
- Trail 60.4 mi
- Trail 30.3 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
1,824 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 40 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 paths0.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball14
- Baseball6
- Tennis6
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Prairie
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Park 1,128 acState Conservation Area 651 acConservation Easement 40 acPrivate Conservation 5 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Lake State ParkState Park | State parks | 1,128 | Open |
| Wilbur Wright Fish And Wildlife AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 519 | Restricted |
| Zeigler Nature PreserveState Conservation Area | State parks | 131 | Open |
| Salamander Swale Site FeePrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 5 | Closed |
History
Historic places to visit
Beech Grove CemeteryCemetery
Harvey CemeteryCemetery
Lebanon CemeteryCemetery
Livezey CemeteryCemetery
Mount Summit CemeteryCemetery
Woodlawn CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Prairie and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie | 7% | 2.6 mi | 2 |
| Jefferson | 2.3% | 1.0 mi | 2 |
| Henry | 7.7% | 6.0 mi | 10 |
| Stoney Creek | 10.8% | 3.3 mi | 1 |
| Blue River | 0.4% | 0.0 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Prairie'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 20.6-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.