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Old Smokey City Park
Park
21 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Braidwood
Braidwood, IL parks, trails & bike paths
There are about 2.8 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Old Smokey City Park (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Braidwood, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Braidwood outdoors
Conserved land
0.6%
21 of 3,487 acres
Trails
2.8 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
3 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.
2
Braidwood Dunes and Savanna Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Braidwood
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Old Smokey City Park
Water
Lakes & rivers
Big Shadow LakelakeDinosaur LakelakeFish Rearing PondpondHawk LakelakeLittle Shadow LakelakeThird Shadow LakelakeTully Monster Lakelake
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
21 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1 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
Courts & fields
- Baseball7
- Basketball6
- Tennis4
- Soccer2
- Skate park1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Braidwood
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 17 acState Conservation Area 3 acConservation Easement 1 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braidwood ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 16 | Open |
| Braidwood Dunes and Savanna Nature PreserveState Conservation Area | Regional agency | 3 | Closed |
| Luke H. Goodrich ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
Nearby
Braidwood and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braidwood | 0.6% | 2.8 mi | 2 |
| Diamond | 0.4% | 0.0 mi | 1 |
| Braceville | 2.9% | 1.3 mi | 0 |
| Coal City | 0.3% | 0.6 mi | 5 |
| Reed | 4.3% | 11.7 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Braidwood'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.