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Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park
Managed by Illinois Department of Natural Resources
305 acres3.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Blackhawk
Blackhawk, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 10% of Blackhawk is conserved land, roughly 1,914 acres. There are about 6.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park (3.3 mi) and Camden Park (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Blackhawk, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Blackhawk outdoors
Conserved land
10%
1,914 of 18,954 acres
Trails
6.9 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
19
203 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 4.6 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
Camden Park
Park
95 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Rock Island Conservation Club
Park
113 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Smiths Park
Nature preserve
133 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 19 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 19 parks & preserves
Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park305 acres · 3.3 mi of trail · Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Camden Park95 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Rock Island Conservation Club113 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Smiths Park133 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Milan Bottoms96 acres
Indian Island60 acres
Mirror Lake56 acres
Hasselroth Park43 acres
Little League Park41 acres
Mel McKay Park37 acres
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Blackhawk
Camden Park PlaygroundIn Camden Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Pappas Park
Unnamed playground in Nel Daniels Park
Trails
Named trails
- 27th Street West0.3 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
1,914 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 39 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 paths4.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball22
- Basketball6
- Pickleball6
- Tennis5
- Softball5
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Blackhawk
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Recreation Management Area 714 acLocal Park 378 acPrivate Conservation 310 acState Recreation Area 307 acUnknown 91 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation AreaRecreation Management Area | Army Corps of Engineers | 714 | Open |
| Rock River - Carr IslandPrivate Conservation | Private owners | 308 | Restricted |
| Hennepin CanalState Recreation Area | Other state land | 307 | Open |
| Highland Springs Golf CourseLocal Park | Town or city | 189 | Open |
| Milan BottomsUnknown | Land trusts & nonprofits | 91 | Open |
| Camden ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 83 | Open |
| Josua Lindahl Hill Prairies Nature PreserveState Conservation Area | Private owners | 66 | Restricted |
| Hasselroth ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 47 | Open |
| Mckay ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 32 | Open |
| Beling Ecological PreserveState Conservation Area | Land trusts & nonprofits | 9 | Closed |
Nearby
Blackhawk and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackhawk | 10.1% | 6.9 mi | 19 |
| South Rock Island | 13.6% | 9.3 mi | 8 |
| Milan | 9.4% | 2.6 mi | 10 |
| Coal Valley | 3.2% | 0.7 mi | 3 |
| Davenport | 6.7% | 42.3 mi | 49 |
| Andalusia | 10.1% | 1.0 mi | 3 |
| South Moline | 4.9% | 4.7 mi | 12 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Blackhawk'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 20.5-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.