1
Oakhurst Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Kane County
409 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 10% of Aurora is conserved land, roughly 2,988 acres. There are about 36 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Oakhurst Forest Preserve (7.1 mi), Phillips Park (2.4 mi), and Culver Forest Preserve (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Aurora, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Aurora outdoors
Conserved land
10%
2,988 of 29,412 acres
Trails
36 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 22 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
119
17 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
86.9 mi
2.0 mi lanes · 84.9 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
234 acres2.4 mi of trail
Mastodon Lake Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Culver Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Kane County
96 acres1 mi of trail
Woodland TrailMeadow Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Simmons Park
Managed by Fox Valley Park District
27 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Church Road Park
Managed by Fox Valley Park District
17 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Waubonsie Lake Park
Managed by Fox Valley Park District
184 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Indian Creek Park
Managed by Fox Valley Park District
44 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
RiverEdge Park
Managed by Aurora Department of Parks and Recreation
16 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
All 60 parks & preserves
- Nature's Meadows Park14 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Arrow Wood Park20 ac · 0.5 mi trail
- Victor Dunn Memorial Park20 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- McCullough Park17 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Solfisburg Memorial Park17 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Stonegate Park11 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Arlene Shoemaker Forest Preserve67 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Spring Lake Park13 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Phillips Park West Recreation Area11 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park11 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Chuck E. Hoscheit Park31 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Ridge Park16 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- McCarty Park14 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Harmony Pointe Park5 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Station Boulevard Park3 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Blackhawk Park3 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Wheatlands Park17 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Amberwood Park7 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Harbor Springs Park6 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Summerlin Park23 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Kingshill Park17 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- South River Street Park17 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Copley II Park16 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Still Park12 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Allen Park11 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Homestead Park9 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Cool Acres Park9 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Copley I Park8 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Lakewood Park8 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- North River Street Park6 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Hall Park6 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Hometown Town Center Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Hidden Creek Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Big Woods County Forest Preserve275 ac · Directions
- Barnes Forest Preserve201 ac · Directions
- Hupp Park50 ac · Directions
- Sutton Lake Park25 ac · Directions
- Cheshire Lake Park24 ac
- Washington Park23 ac
- Lincoln Park22 ac · Directions
- Middlebury East Park21 ac
- New Haven Park21 ac · Directions
- Garfield Park19 ac · Directions
- Illinois Avenue Park18 ac · Directions
- Randall Park17 ac · Directions
- Butterfield Park16 ac · Directions
- Edinburgh Park15 ac
- O'Donnell Park15 ac · Directions
- Monarch Park14 ac · Directions
- South Island Park13 ac · Directions
- Middlebury West Park13 ac · Directions
- Stonebridge Park13 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
2,988 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 4 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 142 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes2.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths84.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- Aurora Bikeways (bike route)0.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis107
- Basketball74
- Baseball68
- Soccer22
- Beach volleyball20
- Football17
- Pickleball16
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Aurora and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | 10.2% | 35.5 mi | 119 |
| Montgomery | 8.6% | 1.8 mi | 17 |
| North Aurora | 5% | 2.9 mi | 21 |
| Naperville | 8.4% | 25.0 mi | 133 |
| Warrenville | 4.4% | 2.5 mi | 12 |
| Sugar Grove | 2.5% | 2.9 mi | 20 |
| Batavia | 4.7% | 8.0 mi | 29 |
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 32.6-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.