Outdoors · Harp
Harp, IL parks, trails & bike paths
There are about 15 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Clinton Lake State Recreation Area (4.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Harp, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Harp outdoors
Conserved land
0.4%
81 of 22,104 acres
Trails
15 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
named on the map
Bike routes
0.4 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.4 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
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1Clinton Lake State Recreation Area
Managed by Illinois Department of Natural Resources
245 acres4.2 mi of trail
Houseboat Cove TrailNorth LoopPond in the Woods Trail
🐕Dog rules not recorded
5 acres0.2 mi of trail
🐕Dog rules not recorded
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in Harp
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 13.7 mi
- North Fork Trail9.1 mi
- Houseboat Cove Trail2.4 mi
- North Loop1.2 mi
- Pond in the Woods Trail0.9 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
81 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources
81 ac Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Harp
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Unknown 81 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|
| Birkbeck State Habitat AreaUnknown | State natural resources | 81 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
🪦Griffith CemeteryCemetery
🪦Willmore CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Harp and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Harp'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.
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