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Sister City Park
Park
17 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Charleston
Charleston, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 16% of Charleston is conserved land, roughly 981 acres. There are about 3.3 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Charleston, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Charleston outdoors
Conserved land
16%
981 of 6,222 acres
Trails
3.3 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
12
57 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
9.7 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 9.7 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
Coles County Fairgrounds
Park
31 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Lakeview Park
Park
31 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Reasor park
Park
19 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 12 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 12 parks & preserves
Sister City Park17 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Coles County Fairgrounds31 acres
Lakeview Park31 acres
Reasor park19 acres
Lake Charleston Park15 acres
Kiwanis Park12 acres · Charleston Parks and Recreation Department
North Park12 acres · Charleston Parks and Recreation Department
Woodyard Conservation Area11 acres
Morton Park7 acres · Charleston Parks and Recreation Department
Charleston Lake2 acres
Who protects the land
981 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 36 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 paths9.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Soccer22
- Tennis20
- Baseball15
- Basketball13
- Tracks8
- Softball7
- Beach volleyball7
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Charleston and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston | 15.8% | 3.3 mi | 12 |
| Charleston | 4.1% | 4.4 mi | 12 |
| Hutton | 8.6% | 17.5 mi | 1 |
| Mattoon | 1.9% | 4.4 mi | 7 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Charleston'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 21-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.