1
Lion's Park
Park
22 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Lion's Park Parking Lot
Outdoors · Elburn
Elburn, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.8% of Elburn is conserved land, roughly 164 acres. There are about 1.5 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Elburn, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Elburn outdoors
Conserved land
6.8%
164 of 2,391 acres
Trails
1.5 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
4
26 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.6 mi
0.0 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
Praire Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Veterans Memorial Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Elburn Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Kane County
1 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 Elburn
Lion's ParkIn Lion's Park
Unnamed playground in Praire Park
Unnamed playground in Praire Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Who protects the land
164 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 paths5.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball6
- Basketball4
- Tennis1
- Pickleball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Elburn
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Unknown 137 acLocal Park 26 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hughes Creek Golf CourseUnknown | Regional agency | 137 | Open |
| Elburn Lions Community ParkLocal Park | Land trusts & nonprofits | 21 | Open |
| Unknown ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Elburn'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.