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Benton City Park
Park
69 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Benton
Benton, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.3% of Benton is conserved land, roughly 84 acres. There are about 1.2 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Benton City Park (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Benton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Benton outdoors
Conserved land
2.3%
84 of 3,609 acres
Trails
1.2 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
12 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
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.
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Benton
Unnamed playground in Benton City Park
Unnamed playground in Benton City Park
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
84 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
Courts & fields
- Baseball6
- Basketball5
- Tennis4
- Football2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Benton
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 83 acUnknown 1 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benton City ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 83 | Open |
| Unnamed PropertyUnknown | Regional Water Districts | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
George HarrisonPlaque
Memorial Park CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Benton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benton | 2.3% | 1.2 mi | 1 |
| West City | 1.5% | 0.0 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Benton'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.