1
East Branch Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
109 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Glendale Heights
Glendale Heights, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.5% of Glendale Heights is conserved land, roughly 193 acres. There are about 4.4 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in East Branch Forest Preserve (1.1 mi) and Siems Park (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Glendale Heights, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Glendale Heights outdoors
Conserved land
5.5%
193 of 3,522 acres
Trails
4.4 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
14
6 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.7 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.7 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
Siems Park
Park
16 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Ollman Park
Managed by Village of Glendale Heights
9 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Veterans Memorial Park
Park
3 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 14 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 14 parks & preserves
East Branch Forest Preserve109 acres · 1.1 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Siems Park16 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Ollman Park9 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Village of Glendale Heights
Veterans Memorial Park3 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Nazos Park11 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Gladstone Park8 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Village of Glendale Heights
Americana Park5 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Village of Glendale Heights
Greenbriar Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Glen Ellyn Park District
Millenium Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Village of Glendale Heights
Camera Park73 acres
Who protects the land
193 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 paths2.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball7
- Tennis6
- Soccer4
- Baseball3
- Skate park1
- Multi-sport1
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Glendale Heights and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glendale Heights | 5.5% | 4.4 mi | 14 |
| Bloomingdale | 6.6% | 4.3 mi | 13 |
| Carol Stream | 6.3% | 6.1 mi | 33 |
| Addison | 11.5% | 7.1 mi | 29 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Glendale Heights'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.