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Paul Douglas Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
1,238 acres16.1 mi of trail
CAMBr Yellow TrailCAMBr Orange TrailCAMBR Brown TrailCAMBR Tan TrailCAMBR Purple Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Hoffman Estates
Hoffman Estates, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.7% of Hoffman Estates is conserved land, roughly 754 acres. There are about 35 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Paul Douglas Forest Preserve (16.1 mi), Poplar Creek Forest Preserve (3.8 mi), and Village of Hoffman Estates Village Green (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Hoffman Estates, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Hoffman Estates outdoors
Conserved land
5.7%
754 of 13,173 acres
Trails
35 mi
1.7 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
73
15 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
29.0 mi
6.5 mi lanes · 22.5 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
Poplar Creek Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
2,817 acres3.8 mi of trail
Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved TrailPoplar Creek Black Unpaved TrailPoplar Creek Yellow Unpaved TrailPoplar Creek Purple Unpaved TrailPoplar Creek Green Unpaved Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
3
Village of Hoffman Estates Village Green
Park
13 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Cannon Crossings Park
Park
26 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Black Bear Park
Park
24 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Charlemagne Park
Park
20 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Vogelei Park
Park
11 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Evergreen Park
Park
10 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 73 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 73 parks & preserves
Paul Douglas Forest Preserve1,238 acres · 16.1 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Poplar Creek Forest Preserve2,817 acres · 3.8 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Village of Hoffman Estates Village Green13 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Cannon Crossings Park26 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Black Bear Park24 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Charlemagne Park20 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Vogelei Park11 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Evergreen Park10 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Willow Recreation Area15 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Pine Park10 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Who protects the land
754 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes6.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths22.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis44
- Baseball31
- Soccer17
- Pickleball16
- Basketball15
- Beach volleyball12
- Tracks10
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Hoffman Estates and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoffman Estates | 5.7% | 34.9 mi | 73 |
| Schaumburg | 7.8% | 18.3 mi | 77 |
| South Barrington | 2.5% | 6.1 mi | 9 |
| Streamwood | 5.4% | 6.0 mi | 39 |
| Inverness | 5.4% | 1.5 mi | 2 |
| Barrington | 6.4% | 73.1 mi | 24 |
| Palatine | 10.2% | 52.3 mi | 66 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Hoffman Estates'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 24.7-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.