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Panfish Park
Managed by Village of Glen Ellyn
29 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Glen Ellyn
Glen Ellyn, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.4% of Glen Ellyn is conserved land, roughly 381 acres. There are about 11 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Panfish Park (1.3 mi), Village Green Park (1.1 mi), and Maryknoll Park (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Glen Ellyn, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Glen Ellyn outdoors
Conserved land
8.4%
381 of 4,553 acres
Trails
11 mi
1.5 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
29
13 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.6 mi
0.7 mi lanes · 2.9 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
Village Green Park
Managed by Glen Ellyn Park District
61 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Maryknoll Park
Managed by Glen Ellyn Park District
27 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Churchill Park
Managed by Glen Ellyn Park District
22 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Willowbrook Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
42 acres0.4 mi of trail
Safari TrailEscape Route
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 29 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 29 parks & preserves
Panfish Park29 acres · 1.3 mi of trail · Village of Glen Ellyn
Village Green Park61 acres · 1.1 mi of trail · Glen Ellyn Park District
Maryknoll Park27 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Glen Ellyn Park District
Churchill Park22 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · Glen Ellyn Park District
Willowbrook Forest Preserve42 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Ackerman Park50 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Glen Ellyn Park District
Newton Park27 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Glen Ellyn Park District
Glen Oak County Forest Preserve17 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Churchill Woods Glacial Ridge Forest Preserve3 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Lake Ellyn Park28 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Glen Ellyn Park District
Who protects the land
381 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 4 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 lanes0.7 mi
- Off-road bike paths2.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis32
- Baseball15
- Soccer11
- Basketball7
- Football3
- Skate park2
- Pickleball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Glen Ellyn and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Ellyn | 8.4% | 10.7 mi | 29 |
| Wheaton | 7.4% | 8.1 mi | 46 |
| Lombard | 7% | 7.7 mi | 11 |
| Carol Stream | 6.3% | 6.1 mi | 33 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Glen Ellyn'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.