Outdoors · Kickapoo

Kickapoo, IL parks, trails & bike paths

About 13% of Kickapoo is conserved land, roughly 2,636 acres. There are about 33 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wildlife Prairie Park (17.8 mi), Kinsey Park (12.8 mi), and Sommer Farm (2.2 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Kickapoo, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Kickapoo outdoors

Conserved land
13%
2,636 of 20,497 acres
Trails
33 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 33 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
322 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.6 mi
0.6 mi lanes · 2.7 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

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Places to walk

Parks & preserves with trails

Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1

Wildlife Prairie Park

Managed by Friends of Wildlife Prairie Park
1,438 acres17.8 mi of trail
Floodplain Hiking TrailMalibu5 Fingers of Fun116 RavineDouble Stuff (North)
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
2

Kinsey Park

Nature preserve
386 acres12.8 mi of trail
The Wizard - Kinsey ParkCowardly Lion - Kinsey ParkFlying Monkeys - Kinsey ParkLand of Oz - Kinsey ParkHorse of a Different Color - Kinsey Park
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Sommer Farm

Managed by Peoria Park District
322 acres2.2 mi of trail
Coal Stream TrailCemetery TrailJack Pine TrailCanoe Trail.peoria bill
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
4

Sommer Park North

Managed by Peoria Park District
37 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Peaks in Kickapoo
Hazel's HillIn Wildlife Prairie Park
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Open to bikes 5.7 miUnpaved 26.0 mi
Showing 1–10 of 25 trails
  • Floodplain Hiking Trail2.8 mi
  • The Wizard - Kinsey Park2.0 mi
  • Cowardly Lion - Kinsey Park1.3 mi
  • Flying Monkeys - Kinsey Park1.3 mi
  • Malibu1.2 mi
  • 5 Fingers of Fun1.0 mi
  • Munchkinland East0.9 mi
  • Coal Stream Trail0.8 mi
  • 116 Ravine0.8 mi
  • Land of Oz - Kinsey Park0.8 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

2,636 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits
1,457 ac
Town or city
390 ac
Regional agency
389 ac
Private owners
374 ac
Regional Water Districts
80 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 24 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 lanes0.6 mi
  • Off-road bike paths2.7 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.3 mi

Courts & fields

  • Baseball11
  • Softball10
  • Soccer2
  • Tennis2
  • Pickleball2
  • Skate park1
  • Basketball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Kickapoo

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Private Park 1,831 acLocal Park 712 acConservation Easement 80 acLocal Recreation Area 39 acLocal Conservation Area 29 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Hazel and Bill Rutherford's Wildlife Prairie ParkPrivate ParkLand trusts & nonprofits1,457Open
Kinsey ParkLocal ParkTown or city388Open
Weaver Ridge Golf ClubPrivate ParkPrivate owners374Open
Sommer ParkLocal ParkRegional agency322Open
Golf Learning CenterLocal Recreation AreaRegional agency39Open
Vicary Bottoms ParkLocal Conservation AreaRegional agency29Open
City ParkLocal ParkTown or city2Open
History

Historic places to visit

Koerner CemeteryCemetery
Pottstown CemeteryCemetery
Swan Lake Memory GardensCemetery
Nearby

Kickapoo and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Kickapoo12.9%33.3 mi4
Peoria City16.4%33.6 mi46
Peoria15.2%34.1 mi45
Limestone3.3%5.2 mi6
Rosefield2.3%0.9 mi1
Radnor1.8%6.3 mi7
Richwoods19.8%4.3 mi8
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Kickapoo'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.

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