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Skokie Lagoons Central
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
124 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
Outdoors · Glencoe
Glencoe, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.2% of Glencoe is conserved land, roughly 77 acres. There are about 5.8 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Skokie Lagoons Central (0.8 mi), Forest Preserve District of Cook County (0.7 mi), and Skokie Lagoons North (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Glencoe, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Glencoe outdoors
Conserved land
3.2%
77 of 2,406 acres
Trails
5.8 mi
1.5 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
26
9 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.7 mi
2.8 mi lanes · 3.9 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.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
138 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Skokie Lagoons North
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
43 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
4
Shelton Park
Managed by Glencoe Park District
9 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
All 26 parks & preserves
- Turnbull Woods70 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Barbara Brown Nature Reserve12 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Chicago Botanic Gardens64 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Watts Park16 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Lakefront Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Henry J. Kalk Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Veterans Memorial Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Milton Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Clara Dietz Bird Sanctuary2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Woodlawn Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Ravine Bluffs Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Dell Place Beach1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Friends Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Melvin Berlin Park5 ac · Directions
- West Park5 ac · Directions
- North Field Park5 ac · Directions
- Robert Everly Wildflower Sanctuary1 ac
- Duke Park1 ac
- Vernon Playground Park1 ac
- South Ave Overlook1 ac
- Glencoe Boating Beach1 ac · Directions
- Old Elm Park1 ac
Who protects the land
77 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. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes2.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths3.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis28
- Baseball4
- Pickleball4
- Soccer1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Glencoe and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glencoe | 3.2% | 5.8 mi | 26 |
| Winnetka | 9.5% | 5.6 mi | 19 |
| New Trier | 7.8% | 33.7 mi | 66 |
| Northbrook | 7.5% | 13.3 mi | 24 |
| Northfield | 11.5% | 4.5 mi | 10 |
| Northfield | 8.8% | 55.1 mi | 61 |
| Highland Park | 10.5% | 31.2 mi | 44 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Glencoe'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.