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Meadows Park
Managed by Dixon Park District
549 acres3.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Dixon
Dixon, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.4% of Dixon is conserved land, roughly 273 acres. There are about 4.4 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in 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
4.4%
273 of 6,230 acres
Trails
4.4 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
18
18 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 5.3 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
Van Arnam's Island
Nature preserve
48 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Page Park
Park
46 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Vaile Park
Park
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 18 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 18 parks & preserves
Meadows Park549 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
Van Arnam's Island48 acres
Page Park46 acres
Vaile Park9 acres
Ballou Park6 acres
Reynolds Field5 acres
Washington Field5 acres
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 Dixon
Page ParkIn Page Park
Unnamed boat launch
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
273 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 paths5.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball11
- Tennis9
- Soccer4
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Dixon
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 208 acUnknown 63 acLocal Recreation Area 5 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadows ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 78 | Open |
| Van Arnam's Island & Willow ParkLocal Park | Joint | 55 | Open |
| Lowell Parkway Multi-use TrailUnknown | Town or city | 33 | Open |
| Unnamed PropertyUnknown | Town or city | 30 | Open |
| Page ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 22 | Open |
| Borden ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 15 | Open |
| John C Roe ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 15 | Open |
| Reynolds FieldsLocal Recreation Area | Regional agency | 5 | Open |
| Ballou ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 5 | Open |
| Vaile ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 4 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Berlin Wall replicaIn Reagan Peace Park · Sculpture
Dixon Memorial ArchMonument
F-105D ThunderchiefIn Veterans Memorial Park · Aircraft
President Abraham LincolnIn President's Park · Monument
President Ronald ReaganMonument
Ronald Reagan Equestrian StatueIn Heritage Crossing · Monument
Wings of Peace and FreedomIn Reagan Peace Park · Sculpture
Dixon State School CemeteryCemetery
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.