Lincoln Trail State Park
Managed by Illinois Department of Natural Resources
776 acres1.8 mi of trail
Sand Ford Nature TrailAirstrip Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Outdoors in Anderson
Parks, trails & the outdoors in Anderson
About 3.6% of Anderson is conserved land, roughly 751 acres. There are about 8.4 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Lincoln Trail State Park (1.8 mi).
Conserved land
3.6%
751 of 20,819 acres
Trails
8.4 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
Highest peak
538 ft
Lost Hill
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
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The longest trail network is Lincoln Trail State Park, with 1.8 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Trails & water
2 named trails
Named trails
Unpaved · 1.6 mi
Sand Ford Nature Trail1.5 mi
Airstrip Trail0.1 mi
Who protects it
751 conserved acres
Who manages Anderson’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources751 ac
State conservation20 ac
State Recreation Area · 751 acConservation Easement · 20 ac
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Trail State Park State Recreation Area | State natural resources | 751 | Open |
History along the way
History →5 old cemeteries
Next door
Anderson and its neighbors
Anderson has the most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved | Parks |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson | 3.6% | 1 |
| Marshall | 1.5% | 3 |
| Auburn | 0.2% | 0 |
| Darwin | 7.4% | 0 |
| Martinsville | 1.1% | 0 |
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Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Anderson neighbors.
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Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, 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.