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Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area
Managed by Illinois Department of Natural Resources
1,574 acres2.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Barren
Barren, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.8% of Barren is conserved land, roughly 421 acres. There are about 5.1 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area (2.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Barren, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Barren outdoors
Conserved land
1.8%
421 of 23,025 acres
Trails
5.1 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
8
named on the map
Bike routes
11.9 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 11.9 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
Sandusky Creek South Public Use Area
Park
358 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
North Marcum Recreation Area
Park
271 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Sandusky Creek North Public Use Area
Park
245 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
421 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 paths11.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball4
- Equestrian1
- Tennis1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Barren and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barren | 1.8% | 5.1 mi | 8 |
| Ewing | 3.6% | 3.9 mi | 1 |
| Browning | 2.3% | 8.3 mi | 4 |
| Goode | 0% | 0.6 mi | 1 |
| Sesser | 0% | 0.3 mi | 1 |
| Elk Prairie | 18.9% | 4.4 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Barren'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.