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Silver Lake Park
Park
97 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Highland
Highland, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.3% of Highland is conserved land, roughly 274 acres. There are about 6.1 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Silver Lake Park (1.9 mi), Glik Park (1.9 mi), and The Square (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Highland, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Highland outdoors
Conserved land
5.3%
274 of 5,208 acres
Trails
6.1 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
27 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.2 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 6.2 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
Glik Park
Park
55 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
The Square
Park
2 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Lindendale Park
Park
45 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 9 parks & preserves
Silver Lake Park97 acres · 1.9 mi of trail
Glik Park55 acres · 1.9 mi of trail
The Square2 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Lindendale Park45 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Spindler Park12 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Denny Rinderer Park8 acres
Kaeser Park7 acres
KC Hall Park7 acres
Merwin Park2 acres
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Highland
Tot LotIn Water Tower Park
Unnamed playground in Spindler Park
Unnamed playground in Spindler Park
Unnamed playground in Hoffman Park
Unnamed playground in Water Tower Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in KC Hall Park
Unnamed playground in Silver Lake Park
Unnamed playground in Glik Park
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
274 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 paths6.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball12
- Tennis9
- Soccer6
- Beach volleyball2
- Football2
- Skate park1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Highland
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 227 acLocal Recreation Area 46 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 167 | Open |
| Korte Recreation Center ParkLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 45 | Open |
| Lindendale ParkLocal Park | Private owners | 33 | Open |
| Spindler ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 13 | Open |
| Kaeser ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| Washington ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Merwin ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Hoffman ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Weinheimer Community CenterLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Highland CemeteryCemetery
Saint Joseph CemeteryCemetery
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Highland'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.