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The Preserve of Highland Park
Managed by Park District of Highland Park
106 acres5.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Highland Park
Highland Park, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 11% of Highland Park is conserved land, roughly 818 acres. There are about 31 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in The Preserve of Highland Park (5.2 mi), Walter E. Heller Nature Preserve (3.2 mi), and Ravinia Festival (2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Highland Park, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Highland Park outdoors
Conserved land
11%
818 of 7,794 acres
Trails
31 mi
2.6 mi per sq mi · 21 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
44
27 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
26.1 mi
0.1 mi lanes · 11.1 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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Walter E. Heller Nature Preserve
Managed by Park District of Highland Park
89 acres3.2 mi of trail
Red trailsBlue trailsGreen trailsGold trails
Dog rules not recorded
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Ravinia Festival
Managed by Ravinia Park Association
40 acres2 mi of trail
Bernbaum Sculpture Walk
Dog rules not recorded
4
Larry Fink Memorial Park
Managed by Highland Park Park District
70 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Danny Cunniff Park
Managed by Park District of Highland Park
62 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
6
Sunset Woods Park
Managed by Park District of Highland Park
32 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
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Olson Park
Managed by Park District of Highland Park
20 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
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Rosewood Park
Managed by Park District of Highland Park
17 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
All 44 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 44 parks & preserves
The Preserve of Highland Park106 acres · 5.2 mi of trail · Park District of Highland Park
Walter E. Heller Nature Preserve89 acres · 3.2 mi of trail · Park District of Highland Park
Ravinia Festival40 acres · 2 mi of trail · Ravinia Park Association
Larry Fink Memorial Park70 acres · 1.9 mi of trail · Highland Park Park District
Danny Cunniff Park62 acres · 1.6 mi of trail · Park District of Highland Park
Sunset Woods Park32 acres · 1.5 mi of trail · Park District of Highland Park
Olson Park20 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Park District of Highland Park
Rosewood Park17 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Park District of Highland Park
Highmoor Park Nature Preserve10 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · Park District of Highland Park
Berkeley Prairie18 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · Lake County Forest Preserves
Who protects the land
818 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 129 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 lanes0.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths11.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes14.9 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis91
- Pickleball23
- Baseball19
- Basketball18
- Soccer16
- Football4
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Highland Park and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Park | 10.5% | 31.2 mi | 44 |
| Moraine | 9.3% | 28.2 mi | 41 |
| Highwood | 1.2% | 0.4 mi | 2 |
| Lake Forest | 13.8% | 34.5 mi | 25 |
| Deerfield | 4.7% | 7.0 mi | 17 |
| Bannockburn | 8% | 0.3 mi | 2 |
| Glencoe | 3.2% | 5.8 mi | 26 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Highland Park'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.