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Big Woods Park
Managed by Batavia Park District
18 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Batavia
Batavia, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.7% of Batavia is conserved land, roughly 337 acres. There are about 8.0 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Big Woods Park (0.9 mi), Hawk's Bluff Park (0.8 mi), and Batavia Riverwalk (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Batavia, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Batavia outdoors
Conserved land
4.7%
337 of 7,096 acres
Trails
8.0 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
29
12 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
14.6 mi
1.1 mi lanes · 13.4 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.
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Hawk's Bluff Park
Managed by Batavia Park District
24 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Batavia Riverwalk
Managed by Batavia Park District
13 acres0.6 mi of trail
Batavia Riverwalk
Dog rules not recorded
4
Prairie Path Park
Managed by Batavia Park District
14 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Prairie and Lathem Park
Managed by Batavia Park District
12 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
All 29 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 29 parks & preserves
Big Woods Park18 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · Batavia Park District
Hawk's Bluff Park24 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Batavia Park District
Batavia Riverwalk13 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · Batavia Park District
Prairie Path Park14 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Batavia Park District
Prairie and Lathem Park12 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Batavia Park District
Braeburn Park3 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Geneva Park District
Braeburn Marsh Forest Preserve57 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Shanahan Grove Park5 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Batavia Park District
Wind Energy Park3 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Batavia Park District
Saratoga Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Batavia Park District
Who protects the land
337 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 28 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths13.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball21
- Tennis20
- Basketball6
- Skate park3
- Pickleball3
- Football2
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Batavia and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batavia | 4.7% | 8.0 mi | 29 |
| Geneva | 13.8% | 18.9 mi | 38 |
| North Aurora | 5% | 2.9 mi | 21 |
| Aurora | 10.2% | 35.5 mi | 119 |
| Batavia | 7.3% | 17.1 mi | 37 |
| Geneva | 13.7% | 28.1 mi | 46 |
| West Chicago | 9.6% | 23.8 mi | 15 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Batavia'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.