1
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
Managed by United States Forest Service
8,088 acres2.4 mi of trail
Group 63 Spur TrailHenslow TrailGroup 63 TrailBlodgett Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Florence
Florence, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 46% of Florence is conserved land, roughly 10,658 acres. There are about 2.6 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie (2.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Florence, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Florence outdoors
Conserved land
46%
10,658 of 23,225 acres
Trails
2.6 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
named on the map
Bike routes
14.2 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 14.2 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
Forsythe Woods County Forest Preserve
Nature preserve
77 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
10,658 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 paths14.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Florence and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florence | 45.9% | 2.6 mi | 2 |
| Wilmington | 35.2% | 12.2 mi | 7 |
| Jackson | 25% | 9.2 mi | 2 |
| Wilton | 2.8% | 1.4 mi | 2 |
| Wilmington | 30.9% | 1.1 mi | 5 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Florence'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.