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Oldfield Oaks Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
105 acres2.2 mi of trail
North LoopSouth Loop
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Darien
Darien, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.4% of Darien is conserved land, roughly 255 acres. There are about 8.8 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Oldfield Oaks Forest Preserve (2.2 mi) and Darien Community Park (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Darien, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Darien outdoors
Conserved land
6.4%
255 of 3,995 acres
Trails
8.8 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
18
12 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.6 mi
1.6 mi lanes · 5.6 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
Darien Community Park
Park
19 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Birchwood Park
Managed by Downers Grove Park District
9 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Fox Hollow Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
45 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 18 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 18 parks & preserves
Oldfield Oaks Forest Preserve105 acres · 2.2 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Darien Community Park19 acres · 1.2 mi of trail
Birchwood Park9 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Downers Grove Park District
Smart Oaks Park6 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Meyer Woods Park9 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Lindenwood Park7 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Holly Park5 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Downers Grove Park District
Darien Eisenhower Field5 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Bowl Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Fox Hollow Forest Preserve45 acres · Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Who protects the land
255 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 17 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths5.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball14
- Tennis11
- Basketball5
- Soccer2
- Beach volleyball2
- Volleyball2
- Pickleball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Darien and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darien | 6.4% | 8.8 mi | 18 |
| Downers Grove | 10.1% | 12.7 mi | 42 |
| Woodridge | 10% | 8.0 mi | 34 |
| Willowbrook | 2.8% | 1.5 mi | 6 |
| Westmont | 6.1% | 8.8 mi | 18 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Darien'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.