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Howard Colman Hall Creek Preserve
Managed by Byron Forest Preserve District
313 acres6.8 mi of trail
Hall Creek LoopBluff LoopBridge LoopBridge LoopRed Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Byron
Byron, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.7% of Byron is conserved land, roughly 651 acres. There are about 12 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Howard Colman Hall Creek Preserve (6.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Byron, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Byron outdoors
Conserved land
2.7%
651 of 23,688 acres
Trails
12 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
102 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.3 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
Riverside Park
Park
8 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Sunshine Park
Park
5 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Howard D. Colman Dells Nature Preserve
Managed by Natural Land Institute
24 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in Byron
Unnamed boat launch in Sunshine Park
Unnamed boat launch
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 2.3 miUnpaved 7.3 mi
- Hall Creek Loop2.1 mi
- Bluff Loop1.0 mi
- Bridge Loop0.6 mi
- Bridge Loop0.3 mi
- Red Trail0.2 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
651 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 89 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 12 parcels. 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 paths0.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis8
- Pickleball4
- Soccer3
- Baseball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Byron
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 312 acConservation Easement 238 acUnknown 227 acForest Stewardship Easement 89 acLocal Park 17 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Colman Hall Creek PreserveState Conservation Area | Regional agency | 275 | Closed |
| Barrick Oaks Homestead PresreveUnknown | Regional agency | 227 | Open |
| Howard D. Colman Dells PreserveState Conservation Area | Land trusts & nonprofits | 37 | Open |
| Blackhawk Meadow ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 9 | Open |
| Nardi HillsState Other or Unknown | State natural resources | 6 | Access unknown |
| Sunshine ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Hamas ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Tiger Town ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Soldier's MonumentWar memorial
Byron City CemeteryCemetery
Saint Mary's CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Byron and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Byron'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 23.1-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.