1
Berens Park
Managed by Elmhurst Park District
63 acres2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Elmhurst
Elmhurst, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 6% of Elmhurst is conserved land, roughly 393 acres. There are about 7.0 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Berens Park (2 mi), Wilder Park (1.2 mi), and Butterfield Park (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Elmhurst, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Elmhurst outdoors
Conserved land
6%
393 of 6,540 acres
Trails
7.0 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
24
9 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 4.5 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
Wilder Park
Managed by Elmhurst Park District
22 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Butterfield Park
Park
24 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Crestview Park
Park
11 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Conrad Fisher Park
Managed by Elmhurst Park District
11 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Glos Memorial Park
Park
3 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 24 parks & preserves
- Eldridge Park44 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Larry Cottage Hill Banquet Park1 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Wild Meadows Trace42 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- East End Park16 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- York Commons13 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Marjorie Davis Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- College Mall2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Salt Creek Greenway Forest Preserve25 ac · Directions
- Plunkett Park18 ac · Directions
- Salt Creek Park8 ac · Directions
- Golden Meadows Park6 ac
- Pioneer Park4 ac · Directions
- Washington Park3 ac · Directions
- Centennial Park3 ac · Directions
- Van Voorst Park3 ac · Directions
- Ben Allison Park2 ac
- Kiwanis Park1 ac
- Crescent Park1 ac
Who protects the land
393 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 32 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 paths4.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball36
- Tennis31
- Soccer18
- Basketball13
- Tracks4
- Football3
- Pickleball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Elmhurst and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmhurst | 6% | 7.0 mi | 24 |
| Villa Park | 6.1% | 2.7 mi | 12 |
| Oakbrook Terrace | 2.5% | 0.1 mi | 2 |
| Addison | 11.5% | 7.1 mi | 29 |
| York | 6.4% | 33.8 mi | 63 |
| Proviso | 3.1% | 22.8 mi | 57 |
| Berkeley | 1.3% | 0.0 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Elmhurst'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.