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Argyle Lake State Park
Nature preserve
526 acres2.1 mi of trail
Equestrian TrailCut Off TrailJack Pine TrailLittle Fawn Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Hire
Hire, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.2% of Hire is conserved land, roughly 523 acres. There are about 2.1 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Argyle Lake State Park (2.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Hire, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Hire outdoors
Conserved land
2.2%
523 of 24,063 acres
Trails
2.1 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
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.
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 Hire
Unnamed boat launch in Argyle Lake State Park
Unnamed boat launch in Argyle Lake State Park
Unnamed boat launch in Argyle Lake State ParkFee
Unnamed boat launch in Argyle Lake State Park
Trails
Named trails
Horses 1.0 miUnpaved 1.2 mi
- Equestrian Trail1.0 mi
- Cut Off Trail0.4 mi
- Jack Pine Trail0.3 mi
- Little Fawn Trail0.3 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
523 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
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Hire
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Recreation Area 523 acConservation Easement 15 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argyle Lake State ParkState Recreation Area | State natural resources | 523 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Argyle CemeteryCemetery
Central CemeteryCemetery
Duncan CemeteryCemetery
South CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Hire and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hire | 2.2% | 2.1 mi | 1 |
| Blandinsville | 0.7% | 0.0 mi | 1 |
| Emmet | 5.1% | 4.2 mi | 3 |
| Tennessee | 2.7% | 1.9 mi | 0 |
| Colchester | 10% | 6.3 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Hire'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 20.4-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.