Outdoors · Birmingham

Birmingham, IL parks, trails & bike paths

About 13% of Birmingham is conserved land, roughly 3,040 acres. There are about 2.8 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Weinberg-King State Park (2.7 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Birmingham, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Birmingham outdoors

Conserved land
13%
3,040 of 24,311 acres
Trails
2.8 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
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

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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.
1

Weinberg-King State Park

Nature preserve
782 acres2.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land

3,040 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Regional Water Districts
2,260 ac
State natural resources
780 ac
State conservation
78 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,260 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 lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands

The biggest protected places in Birmingham

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 2,338 acState Conservation Area 780 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Weinberg-King State Fish and Wildlife AreaState Conservation AreaState natural resources780Open
History

Historic places to visit

Davenport CemeteryCemetery
Dron CemeteryCemetery
Farwell CemeteryCemetery
Hawkins CemeteryCemetery
Joey Eaton GraveCemetery
Markee CemeteryCemetery
Mecum CemeteryCemetery
Noel CemeteryCemetery
Round Prairie CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Birmingham and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Birmingham12.5%2.8 mi1
Augusta1.8%0.0 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Birmingham'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 20.2-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.

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