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Big River State Forest
Nature preserve
1,307 acres12.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors · Bald Bluff
Bald Bluff, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.8% of Bald Bluff is conserved land, roughly 1,851 acres. There are about 13 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Big River State Forest (12.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bald Bluff, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bald Bluff outdoors
Conserved land
6.8%
1,851 of 27,275 acres
Trails
13 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 12 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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
Riverview Access Area
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in Bald Bluff
Putney's Landing
Trails
Named trails
Horses 7.2 mi
- 1800E0.3 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
1,851 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Bald Bluff
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 1,314 acRecreation Management Area 538 acState Recreation Area 2 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big River State ForestState Conservation Area | State natural resources | 1,314 | Open |
| Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation AreaRecreation Management Area | Army Corps of Engineers | 538 | Open |
| Putney's LandingState Recreation Area | Other state land | 2 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Belmont CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Bald Bluff and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bald Bluff'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 23.3-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.