1
Oakhurst Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Kane County
411 acres7.1 mi of trail
Meadowview TrailLake Patterson TrailWoodland Loop TrailBeaver TrailSouth Connector Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Aurora
Aurora, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.2% of Aurora is conserved land, roughly 1,614 acres. There are about 27 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Oakhurst Forest Preserve (7.1 mi), Phillips Park (2.5 mi), and Indian Creek Park (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Aurora, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Aurora outdoors
Conserved land
7.2%
1,614 of 22,469 acres
Trails
27 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 18 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
93
13 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
36.1 mi
0.6 mi lanes · 35.5 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
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.
2
Phillips Park
Managed by Aurora Department of Parks and Recreation
236 acres2.5 mi of trail
Mastodon Lake Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Indian Creek Park
Managed by Fox Valley Park District
44 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Simmons Park
Managed by Fox Valley Park District
26 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Church Road Park
Managed by Fox Valley Park District
19 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
RiverEdge Park
Managed by Aurora Department of Parks and Recreation
16 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
7
Nature's Meadows Park
Managed by Fox Valley Park District
15 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Arrow Wood Park
Managed by Fox Valley Park District
21 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 93 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 93 parks & preserves
Oakhurst Forest Preserve411 acres · 7.1 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of Kane County
Phillips Park236 acres · 2.5 mi of trail · Aurora Department of Parks and Recreation
Indian Creek Park44 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Fox Valley Park District
Simmons Park26 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Fox Valley Park District
Church Road Park19 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Fox Valley Park District
RiverEdge Park16 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · Aurora Department of Parks and Recreation
Nature's Meadows Park15 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · Fox Valley Park District
Arrow Wood Park21 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · Fox Valley Park District
McCullough Park19 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · Fox Valley Park District
Victor Dunn Memorial Park18 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Who protects the land
1,614 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 92 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths35.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- Aurora Bikeways (bike route)0.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball50
- Tennis47
- Basketball38
- Beach volleyball13
- Soccer11
- Football6
- Skate park3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Aurora and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | 7.2% | 26.7 mi | 93 |
| Batavia | 7.3% | 17.1 mi | 37 |
| Sugar Grove | 12.7% | 13.1 mi | 30 |
| Oswego | 4.9% | 22.9 mi | 60 |
| Naperville | 17.1% | 31.2 mi | 82 |
| North Aurora | 5% | 2.9 mi | 21 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Aurora'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.