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Burning Star State Fish and Wildlife Area
Managed by Illinois Department of Natural Resources
2,312 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Elk
Elk, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.6% of Elk is conserved land, roughly 1,085 acres. There are about 5.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Burning Star State Fish and Wildlife Area (1.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Elk, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Elk outdoors
Conserved land
4.6%
1,085 of 23,731 acres
Trails
5.9 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
751 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.
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Peaks in Elk
Dutch Hill440 ft elevation
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
1,085 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 586 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball3
- Multi-sport1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Elk
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 1,042 acState Conservation Area 456 acPrivate Historic or Cultural 44 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell Pond State Habitat AreaState Conservation Area | State natural resources | 456 | Open |
| Campbell Lake Natural Heritage LandmarkPrivate Historic or Cultural | Private owners | 44 | Closed |
History
Historic places to visit
Davis CemeteryCemetery
Davis Number 1 CemeteryCemetery
Dutch Hill CemeteryCemetery
Elkville CemeteryCemetery
Gill CemeteryCemetery
Greer CemeteryCemetery
Rees CemeteryCemetery
Russian Orthodox CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Elk and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Elk'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.