Outdoors · Walker

Walker, IN parks, trails & bike paths

About 15% of Walker is conserved land, roughly 5,591 acres. There are about 20 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area (11 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Walker, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Walker outdoors

Conserved land
15%
5,591 of 37,206 acres
Trails
20 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 14 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
1,483 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

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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.
1

Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area

Managed by Indiana Department of Natural Resources
3,634 acres11 mi of trail
West 700 North
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Trails

Named trails

  • West 700 North0.6 mi
Who protects the land

5,591 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife
4,667 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
746 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
547 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 383 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 paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands

The biggest protected places in Walker

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 4,667 acConservation Easement 746 acPrivate Conservation 547 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Jasper-Pulaski Fish And Wildlife AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife3,645Restricted
Coastal Plain Ponds Nature PreserveState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife623Restricted
Tefft SavannaPrivate ConservationLand trusts & nonprofits547Open
Tefft Savanna Nature PreserveState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife398Restricted
History

Historic places to visit

Hershman CemeteryCemetery
Kniman CemeteryCemetery
Lutheran CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Walker and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Walker15%19.5 mi1
Gillam0%1.1 mi3
Barkley0.3%3.4 mi0
Union0.2%1.9 mi0
Cass12.3%3.5 mi2
Kankakee7.4%1.9 mi1
Keener0.5%1.3 mi4
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Walker'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 27.3-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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