Outdoors · Wayne

Wayne, IN parks, trails & bike paths

About 1.1% of Wayne is conserved land, roughly 321 acres. There are about 16 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Winona Lake Trails Park (7.6 mi), Winona Lake Park (1 mi), and Central Park (0.6 mi).

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

At a glance

Wayne outdoors

Conserved land
1.1%
321 of 28,680 acres
Trails
16 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
16
11 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
37.1 mi
4.6 mi lanes · 9.1 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

Winona Lake Trails Park

Park
139 acres7.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
2

Winona Lake Park

Managed by Winona Lake Parks Department
12 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Central Park

Park
9 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4

Municipal Park

Park
7 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 16 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 16 parks & preserves
Winona Lake Trails Park139 acres · 7.6 mi of trail
Winona Lake Park12 acres · 1 mi of trail · Winona Lake Parks Department
Central Park9 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Municipal Park7 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Beyer Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · City of Warsaw Parks and Recreation Department
Nye Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
DEWAMAC park19 acres
Lucerne Park11 acres · City of Warsaw Parks and Recreation Department
Kelly Park5 acres · Warsaw Parks and Recreation
Richardson-DuBois Park5 acres · Warsaw Parks and Recreation
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Wayne
Showing 1–10 of 36 playgrounds
Central ParkIn Municipal Park
Directions
Rarick ParkIn Rarick Park
Directions
Unnamed playground
Directions
Unnamed playground in DEWAMAC park
Directions
Unnamed playground in DEWAMAC park
Directions
Unnamed playground
Directions
Unnamed playground
Directions
Unnamed playground
Directions
Unnamed playground in Kelly Park
Directions
Unnamed playground in Municipal Park
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Open to bikes 7.7 miUnpaved 7.7 mi
  • Beyer Farm Trail0.3 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

321 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city
114 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
100 ac
Private owners
87 ac
State fish & wildlife
31 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 100 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 lanes4.6 mi
  • Off-road bike paths9.1 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes23.4 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis35
  • Baseball21
  • Basketball14
  • Soccer8
  • Pickleball5
  • Football4
  • Softball2

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Wayne

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 100 acLocal Park 97 acLocal Recreation Area 86 acState Conservation Area 48 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
City-County Athletic ComplexLocal Recreation AreaPrivate owners70Open
Center Lake Wetland Conservation AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife31Restricted
Kiwanis Park And Winona Lake Access Site (Warsaw Park Board)Local ParkTown or city27Open
Camp LucerneState Conservation AreaPrivate owners17Closed
Winona Lake Trails Open SpaceLocal Recreation AreaTown or city17Open
Boggs Park And Mantis Skate ParkLocal ParkTown or city13Open
Lucern ParkLocal ParkTown or city12Open
Winona Lake ParkLocal ParkTown or city9Open
Municipal ParkLocal ParkTown or city8Open
Kelley ParkLocal ParkTown or city8Open
History

Historic places to visit

911 MemorialIn Municipal Park · Memorial
Bixler MemorialIn Bixler Park · Memorial
Groves CemeteryCemetery
Nye CemeteryCemetery
Oakwood CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Wayne and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Wayne1.1%16.3 mi16
Washington0.3%1.1 mi1
Harrison1.1%1.4 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Wayne'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 21.9-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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