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Viking Park
Park
45 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Gurnee
Gurnee, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 9.6% of Gurnee is conserved land, roughly 828 acres. There are about 15 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Viking Park (1.5 mi), Hunt Club Park (1.2 mi), and Esper Petersen Park (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Gurnee, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Gurnee outdoors
Conserved land
9.6%
828 of 8,650 acres
Trails
15 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
19
27 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
8.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 8.0 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
Hunt Club Park
Park
47 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Esper Petersen Park
Managed by Gurnee Park District
11 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Ravinia Park
Park
10 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Gurnee Public Park
Park
6 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 19 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 19 parks & preserves
Viking Park45 acres · 1.5 mi of trail
Hunt Club Park47 acres · 1.2 mi of trail
Esper Petersen Park11 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Gurnee Park District
Ravinia Park10 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Gurnee Public Park6 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Shaw Park4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Gurnee Park District
Lake Carina Forest Preserve102 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Lake County Forest Preserves
O'Plaine Park20 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Heather Ridge Conservation16 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
South Road Park3 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Gurnee Park District
Who protects the land
828 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 332 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 lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths8.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis22
- Basketball20
- Soccer16
- Baseball14
- Football5
- Volleyball3
- Pickleball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Gurnee and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gurnee | 9.6% | 14.6 mi | 19 |
| Waukegan | 15.5% | 5.9 mi | 44 |
| Gages Lake | 8.6% | 3.3 mi | 8 |
| Park City | 1% | 0.1 mi | 2 |
| Warren | 11.5% | 19.4 mi | 38 |
| Waukegan | 20.5% | 10.9 mi | 37 |
| Third Lake | 4.1% | 0.0 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Gurnee'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.