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Ehlert Park
Park
34 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Brookfield
Brookfield, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.7% of Brookfield is conserved land, roughly 73 acres. There are about 1.7 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Ehlert Park (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Brookfield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Brookfield outdoors
Conserved land
3.7%
73 of 1,953 acres
Trails
1.7 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
8
4 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.1 mi
1.5 mi lanes · 1.6 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
Brookfield Woods Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
122 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
3
McCormick Woods Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
76 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo North Lion Lot
4
Kiwanis Park
Park
21 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Scenic views in Brookfield
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Den Viewing Area
Golden Lion Tamarins Summer Treehouse
Under Water Viewing Area
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19 more unnamed scenic views are mapped in Brookfield.
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
73 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis10
- Baseball8
- Basketball4
- Beach volleyball2
- 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 Brookfield
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 72 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ehlert ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 32 | Open |
| Kiwanis ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 25 | Open |
| Kiwanis South ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Candy Cane ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Creekside ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Madlin ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Maple North ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Baboon IslandMonument
Cannon MemorialCannon · 1935-10-13
Ehlert Park F-86 Sabre Korean Veterans MonumentIn Ehlert Park · Aircraft · 1961-09-10
Theodore Roosevelt Fountain MarkerPlaque
Nearby
Brookfield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookfield | 3.7% | 1.7 mi | 8 |
| Lyons | 1.2% | 2.0 mi | 10 |
| La Grange Park | 7.4% | 1.8 mi | 8 |
| Riverside | 5.3% | 1.2 mi | 7 |
| North Riverside | 14.6% | 5.4 mi | 7 |
| Riverside | 8.6% | 7.4 mi | 15 |
| Lyons | 2.9% | 27.4 mi | 81 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Brookfield'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.