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Rush Creek Conservation Area
Nature preserve
487 acres5.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Dunham
Dunham, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.1% of Dunham is conserved land, roughly 247 acres. There are about 7.4 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Rush Creek Conservation Area (5.3 mi) and Gateway Nature Park (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Dunham, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Dunham outdoors
Conserved land
1.1%
247 of 22,862 acres
Trails
7.4 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
89 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
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.
2
Gateway Nature Park
Park
19 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Beck's Wood
Nature preserve
45 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Shadow Creek
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Dunham
Who protects the land
247 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 50 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 10 parcels. 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Dunham
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Resource Management Area 114 acConservation Easement 83 acLocal Conservation Area 51 acUnknown 16 acPrivate Conservation 7 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rush Creek 1Local Resource Management Area | Regional agency | 114 | Access unknown |
| Community Research Forest Conservation AreaLocal Conservation Area | Regional agency | 51 | Open |
| Harvard GatewayUnknown | Land trusts & nonprofits | 16 | Open |
| Piscasaw CreekPrivate Conservation | Private owners | 7 | Restricted |
| Country BrookLocal Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Chemung RRLocal Other or Unknown | Regional agency | 3 | Access unknown |
| Shadow CreekLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Ravenstone CastleCastle
Chemung-Dunham CemeteryCemetery
Jerome CemeteryCemetery
Mount Auburn CemeteryCemetery
Saint Joseph CemeteryCemetery
South Dunham CemeteryCemetery
South Dunham CemeteryCemetery
Stone School CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Dunham and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Dunham'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.