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Hoosier National Forest
Managed by United States Forest Service
1,086 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Outdoors · Sterling
Sterling, IN parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.4% of Sterling is conserved land, roughly 1,361 acres. There are about 9.3 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sterling, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Sterling outdoors
Conserved land
4.4%
1,361 of 30,875 acres
Trails
9.3 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
753 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.
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Harrison-Crawford State Forest
Managed by Indiana Department of Natural Resources
276 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Peaks in Sterling
Tunnel Hill823 ft elevation
Seton Knob794 ft elevation · In Hoosier National Forest
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 1.9 miUnpaved 1.9 mi
- Governors Trace0.4 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
1,361 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
- Tennis1
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Sterling
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Forest 1,085 acState Resource Management Area 276 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoosier National ForestNational Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 1,085 | Open |
| Harrison - Crawford State ForestState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 276 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Showing 1–10 of 11 places
Cunningham CemeteryCemetery
Denbo CemeteryCemetery
English CemeteryCemetery
Grant CemeteryCemetery
Hamilton CemeteryCemetery
Land CemeteryCemetery
Mathers ChapelCemetery
Purkhiser CemeteryCemetery
Seton CemeteryCemetery
Sloan CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Sterling and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Sterling'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 26.1-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.