1
Saline County State Fish and Wildlife Area
Managed by Illinois Department of Natural Resources
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors · Cottage
Cottage, IL parks, trails & bike paths
There are about 3.0 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Cottage, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Cottage outdoors
Conserved land
0.4%
73 of 19,814 acres
Trails
3.0 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
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.
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 Cottage
Unnamed boat launch
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 lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Softball1
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Cottage
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Forest 66 acState Conservation Area 7 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee National ForestNational Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 66 | Open |
| Saline County State Conservation AreaState Conservation Area | State natural resources | 7 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Cottage Grove CemeteryCemetery
Rice CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Cottage and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottage | 0.4% | 3.0 mi | 1 |
| Mountain | 39.6% | 22.5 mi | 2 |
| East Eldorado | 0% | 8.8 mi | 1 |
| Harrisburg | 6.3% | 16.1 mi | 6 |
| Equality | 7.8% | 7.3 mi | 2 |
| North Fork | 0% | 12.2 mi | 0 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Cottage'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 21.1-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.