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Lowell Park
Managed by Dixon Park District
198 acres6.5 mi of trail
Quarry TrailHazelnut TangleShagbark Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Dixon
Dixon, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.2% of Dixon is conserved land, roughly 607 acres. There are about 14 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Lowell Park (6.5 mi) and Meadows Park (3.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Dixon, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Dixon outdoors
Conserved land
3.2%
607 of 18,992 acres
Trails
14 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
21
35 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 6.0 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.
2
Meadows Park
Managed by Dixon Park District
562 acres3.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Plum Creek Natural Area
Nature preserve
61 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Hazelwood Forest Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
49 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 21 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 21 parks & preserves
Lowell Park198 acres · 6.5 mi of trail · Dixon Park District
Meadows Park562 acres · 3.6 mi of trail · Dixon Park District
Howell Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
President's Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Veterans Memorial Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Plum Creek Natural Area61 acres
Hazelwood Forest Nature Preserve49 acres
Van Arnam's Island48 acres
Page Park48 acres
Vaile Park10 acres
Who protects the land
607 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1 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 paths6.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball11
- Tennis11
- Soccer4
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Dixon and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dixon | 3.2% | 13.8 mi | 21 |
| South Dixon | 0% | 1.5 mi | 0 |
| Palmyra | 0.5% | 0.0 mi | 2 |
| Taylor | 26.6% | 16.3 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Dixon'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.