1
South Side Park
Park
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Princeton
Princeton, IN parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.1% of Princeton is conserved land, roughly 107 acres. Princeton has 3 named parks and preserves on the map.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Princeton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Princeton outdoors
Conserved land
3.1%
107 of 3,487 acres
Trails
0.2 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
13 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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
Lafayette Park
Park
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Public Pool
Park
1 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.
Playgrounds in Princeton
Unnamed playground
Who protects the land
107 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball10
- Tennis7
- Pickleball4
- Basketball3
- Football1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Princeton
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 60 acLocal Recreation Area 48 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson County FairgroundsLocal Recreation Area | County | 48 | Open |
| Jack Bishop ParkLocal Park | Land trusts & nonprofits | 21 | Open |
| Lafayette ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 19 | Open |
| South Side ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 16 | Open |
| Lincoln ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Unknown ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Fifty-Eighth Indiana Regiment MonumentMonument · 1865
Gibson County Soldiers and Sailors MonumentMonument · 1912
Odd Fellows CemeteryCemetery
Warnock CemeteryCemetery
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Princeton'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.