1
Mike Rylko Community Park
Managed by Buffalo Grove Park District
79 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Buffalo Grove
Buffalo Grove, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.1% of Buffalo Grove is conserved land, roughly 495 acres. There are about 3.5 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Buffalo Grove, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Buffalo Grove outdoors
Conserved land
8.1%
495 of 6,090 acres
Trails
3.5 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
39
12 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
25.3 mi
0.7 mi lanes · 24.7 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
Willow Stream Park
Managed by Buffalo Grove Park District
59 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Churchill Park
Park
21 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Green Lake Park
Park
20 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 39 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 39 parks & preserves
Mike Rylko Community Park79 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Buffalo Grove Park District
Mirielle Park3 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Buffalo Grove Park District
Mill Creek Park11 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Buffalo Grove Park District
Bison Park7 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Buffalo Grove Park District
Prairie Grove Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Willow Stream Park59 acres · Buffalo Grove Park District
Churchill Park21 acres
Green Lake Park20 acres
Emmerich Park18 acres · Buffalo Grove Park District
Prairie Park17 acres · Buffalo Grove Park District
Who protects the land
495 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.7 mi
- Off-road bike paths24.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis43
- Baseball32
- Soccer14
- Basketball14
- Pickleball5
- Volleyball4
- Beach volleyball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Buffalo Grove and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Grove | 8.1% | 3.5 mi | 39 |
| Wheeling | 3.1% | 3.8 mi | 8 |
| Long Grove | 6% | 14.8 mi | 7 |
| Lincolnshire | 6.5% | 9.9 mi | 9 |
| Arlington Heights | 4.8% | 10.3 mi | 51 |
| Vernon Hills | 11.9% | 6.2 mi | 31 |
| Riverwoods | 12.8% | 10.5 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Buffalo Grove'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.