Outdoors · Washington

Washington, IN parks, trails & bike paths

About 24% of Washington is conserved land, roughly 4,051 acres. There are about 14 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Kingsbury Fish and Wildlife Area (9.5 mi).

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

At a glance

Washington outdoors

Conserved land
24%
4,051 of 17,073 acres
Trails
14 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 10 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
2,775 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

Kingsbury Fish and Wildlife Area

Managed by Indiana Department of Natural Resources
3,998 acres9.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Parking 8A Website
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Washington
Unnamed playground
Directions
Unnamed playground
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Unpaved 1.2 mi
  • Kingsbury Walking Trail0.3 mi
Who protects the land

4,051 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife
4,026 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
26 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 26 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

Courts & fields

  • Baseball3
  • Basketball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Washington

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 4,026 acConservation Easement 26 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Kingsbury Fish And Wildlife AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife4,026Restricted
Nearby

Washington and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Washington23.7%14.3 mi1
Union6.6%3.6 mi1
Pleasant1.3%2.4 mi2
Scipio0.7%6.6 mi4
Lincoln7.8%0.2 mi1
Johnson19.5%0.0 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Washington'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.

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