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Milky Way Park
Park
47 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Harvard
Harvard, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.1% of Harvard is conserved land, roughly 113 acres. There are about 2.6 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Harvard, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Harvard outdoors
Conserved land
2.1%
113 of 5,332 acres
Trails
2.6 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
12 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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
Northfield Avenue Park
Park
8 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Lions Park
Park
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Moose Athletic Field
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Harvard
Showing 1–10 of 20 playgrounds
Community Playground
Playground
Unnamed playground in Milky Way Park
Unnamed playground in Milky Way Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Shadow Creek
Unnamed playground in Northfield Avenue Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Mary D Ayer Park
Who protects the land
113 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball10
- Soccer6
- Tennis4
- Basketball1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Harvard
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 113 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milky Way ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 45 | Open |
| Lions ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 34 | Open |
| Park PointeLocal Park | Town or city | 9 | Open |
| Northfield Avenue ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| Moose FieldLocal Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Country BrookLocal Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Jaycee ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Shadow CreekLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Mary D Ayer ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Home : President Gerald Ford's MotherBuilding
Saint Joseph CemeteryCemetery
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Harvard'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.