Outdoors · Wayne

Wayne, IN parks, trails & bike paths

About 1.9% of Wayne is conserved land, roughly 447 acres. There are about 1.5 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Wayne outdoors

Conserved land
1.9%
447 of 23,139 acres
Trails
1.5 mi
0 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
41 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 5.5 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

Lonidaw Preserve

Managed by ACRES Land Trust
28 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
2

Sunset Park

Park
26 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.
Disc golf in Wayne
Bixler Lake Disc Golf CourseKendallville Parks & Recreation
Directions
Bixler Lake Disc Golf CourseKendallville Parks & Recreation
Directions
The Woodland Trail Disc Golf CourseKendallville Parks & Recreation
Directions
Who protects the land

447 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city
273 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
102 ac
Private owners
51 ac
County
18 ac
Other state land
2 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths5.5 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.1 mi

Courts & fields

  • Baseball11
  • Tennis3
  • Soccer3
  • Basketball1

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.
Local Park 273 acPrivate Conservation 73 acPrivate Park 51 acState Conservation Area 29 acState Recreation Area 20 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
City ParkLocal ParkTown or city155Open
Kendallville Sports ComplexLocal ParkTown or city90Open
Round Lake WetlandsPrivate ConservationLand trusts & nonprofits73Closed
Elks Country ClubPrivate ParkPrivate owners51Open
Lonidaw Nature PreserveState Conservation AreaLand trusts & nonprofits29Closed
Sunset ParkLocal ParkTown or city28Open
Kendallville FairgroundsState Recreation AreaCounty18Open
Little Long Lake Public Access SiteState Recreation AreaOther state land2Open
History

Historic places to visit

Lakeview CemeteryCemetery
Lakeview CemeteryCemetery
Old CemeteryCemetery
Perseverance CemeteryCemetery
Weston Chapel CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Wayne and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Wayne1.9%1.5 mi2
Orange2.8%6.2 mi1
Allen1.7%8.3 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 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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