1
Higginbotham Woods
Managed by Joliet Park District
232 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Joliet
Joliet, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 6% of Joliet is conserved land, roughly 2,575 acres. There are about 12 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Higginbotham Woods (0.8 mi) and Nowell Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Joliet, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Joliet outdoors
Conserved land
6%
2,575 of 42,649 acres
Trails
12 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
69
17 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
49.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 49.1 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.
2
Nowell Park
Park
26 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Garnsey Park
Park
8 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Forest Park
Park
11 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Heggie Park
Managed by Joliet Park District
5 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 60 parks & preserves
- West Park32 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Pilcher Park422 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- DuPage River Trail Park84 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Riverside Parkway Park27 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Inwood Park25 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Kendall Green Park5 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Darcy Park5 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Greywall Club Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Sanchez Memorial Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Mayfair Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Lakewood Prairie Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Windsor Ridge Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Hadley Valley Preserve261 ac · Directions
- Joliet Iron Works Historic Site47 ac · Directions
- Highland Park41 ac · Directions
- Lower Rock Run Preserve24 ac · Directions
- Oaks at Van Horn24 ac · Directions
- Caton Ridge Park23 ac
- Clearwater Springs20 ac
- Riverwalk Park15 ac
- Saint Joseph's Park12 ac
- Legends Soccer Field12 ac · Directions
- Whiteford Field12 ac · Directions
- Route 66 Park9 ac · Directions
- Van Horn Woods Park8 ac · Directions
- Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park7 ac · Directions
- Aspen Falls Park6 ac · Directions
- Ridgewood Park6 ac · Directions
- Cambridge Run Park6 ac
- Hampton Glen5 ac · Directions
- Whisper Glen Park4 ac
- Briese Park3 ac
- Theodore Crossing Park3 ac
- Commons Park3 ac
- Kearney Glen Park3 ac
- Marquette Park3 ac
- Olde Renwick Trail Park3 ac
- Kendall Ridge Park2 ac
- Caton Ridge West Park2 ac
- Cumberland Park2 ac
- Lakewood Falls Village Park2 ac
- Vernando Park2 ac
- Autumn Fields Park2 ac
- Heritage Lakes Park2 ac
- Cunningham Park2 ac
- Legion Park2 ac · Directions
- Osgood Park2 ac · Directions
- Cumberland South Park2 ac
- Woodside Park2 ac
- John Leach Memorial Park2 ac
- Eagle Ridge Park2 ac
- Cumberland South 40 Park2 ac
- Aspen Meadows Park1 ac
- Desmond Field1 ac
- Brookside Park1 ac
Who protects the land
2,575 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 439 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 lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths49.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis42
- Baseball41
- Soccer29
- Basketball18
- Football5
- Pickleball3
- Softball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Joliet and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joliet | 6% | 11.6 mi | 69 |
| Plainfield | 7% | 12.3 mi | 54 |
| New Lenox | 6.3% | 2.3 mi | 21 |
| Crest Hill | 8.3% | 5.3 mi | 3 |
| Shorewood | 2.9% | 2.3 mi | 5 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Joliet'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 48.5-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.