1
Plummer Family Park
Park
80 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.6% of Edwardsville is conserved land, roughly 476 acres. There are about 21 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Plummer Family Park (1.1 mi), Watershed Nature Center (1.1 mi), and Joe Glik Park (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Edwardsville, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Edwardsville outdoors
Conserved land
3.6%
476 of 13,141 acres
Trails
21 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
16
18 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
25.2 mi
6.8 mi lanes · 18.4 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
Watershed Nature Center
Park
58 acres1.1 mi of trail
Loop TrailMarsh Walk
Dog rules not recorded
3
Joe Glik Park
Park
33 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Township Park
Managed by Edwardsville Township
27 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
SIUE Gardens
Park
33 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Willam C Drda Woods Nature Preserve
Managed by City of Edwardsville
63 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 16 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 16 parks & preserves
Plummer Family Park80 acres · 1.1 mi of trail
Watershed Nature Center58 acres · 1.1 mi of trail
Joe Glik Park33 acres · 1 mi of trail
Township Park27 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Edwardsville Township
SIUE Gardens33 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Willam C Drda Woods Nature Preserve63 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · City of Edwardsville
Leclaire Park7 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Hoppe Park20 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Leclaire Sports Park3 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Sam Vadalabene Field3 acres
Who protects the land
476 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 65 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 lanes6.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths18.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis29
- Baseball25
- Pickleball17
- Soccer14
- Basketball11
- Beach volleyball7
- Tracks5
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Edwardsville and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwardsville | 3.6% | 20.8 mi | 16 |
| Glen Carbon | 4.2% | 0.7 mi | 4 |
| Pontoon Beach | 24.4% | 5.5 mi | 1 |
| South Roxana | 0.8% | 0.0 mi | 1 |
| Edwardsville | 4.9% | 22.3 mi | 21 |
| Pin Oak | 1.9% | 2.2 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Edwardsville'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 22.5-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.