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Outdoors in Kickapoo Parks, trails & open land in Kickapoo 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
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 people
Bike routes
3.6 mi
0.6 mi lanes · 2.7 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Kickapoo? Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
The map Conserved land, trails & bike routes Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
🛝 Unnamed playground in Sommer Park North 🛝 Unnamed playground 🎣 Unnamed fishing spot in Sommer Park North 🎣 Unnamed fishing spot in Sommer Park North 🔭 Hazel's Hill Overlook ⛰️ Hazel's Hill 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Wildlife Prairie Park 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Wildlife Prairie Park 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Wildlife Prairie Park 1 2 3 4
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★ What stands out · Who protects it 2,636 conserved acres Who manages Kickapoo’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. 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
Private Park · 1,831 ac Local Park · 712 ac Conservation Easement · 80 ac Local Recreation Area · 39 ac Local Conservation Area · 29 ac
Good to know Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 24 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected places
Place Managed by Acres Public access
Hazel and Bill Rutherford's Wildlife Prairie ParkPrivate Park
Land trusts & nonprofits 1,457 Open Kinsey ParkLocal Park
Town or city 388 Open Weaver Ridge Golf ClubPrivate Park
Private owners 374 Open Sommer ParkLocal Park
Regional agency 322 Open Golf Learning CenterLocal Recreation Area
Regional agency 39 Open Vicary Bottoms ParkLocal Conservation Area
Regional agency 29 Open City ParkLocal Park
Town or city 2 Open
Trails & water
25 named trails and 10 lakes & rivers Named trails
Open to bikes · 5.7 mi Unpaved · 26.0 mi
Floodplain Hiking Trail 2.8 mi
The Wizard - Kinsey Park 2.0 mi
Cowardly Lion - Kinsey Park 1.3 mi
Flying Monkeys - Kinsey Park 1.3 mi
Malibu 1.2 mi
5 Fingers of Fun 1.0 mi
Munchkinland East 0.9 mi
Coal Stream Trail 0.8 mi
116 Ravine 0.8 mi
Land of Oz - Kinsey Park 0.8 mi
15 more trails 🥾 Horse of a Different Color - Kinsey Park
0.7 mi 🥾 Double Stuff (North)
0.7 mi 🥾 Double Stuff (South)
0.6 mi 🥾 The Good Witch - Kinsey Park
0.6 mi 🥾 Yellow Brick Road - Kinsey Park
0.5 mi 🥾 Keebler Tree Plateau
0.5 mi 🥾 Lions and Tigers and Bears - Kinsey Park
0.5 mi Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Places to walk Pick a walk The longest trail network is Wildlife Prairie Park, with 17.8 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
All 4 1–3 mi 1 3+ mi 2 100+ acres 3
1 Wildlife Prairie Park Managed by Friends of Wildlife Prairie Park
1,438 acres17.8 mi of trail
Floodplain Hiking Trail Malibu 5 Fingers of Fun 116 Ravine +1
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
2 Kinsey Park Nature preserve
386 acres12.8 mi of trail
The Wizard - Kinsey Park Cowardly Lion - Kinsey Park Flying Monkeys - Kinsey Park Land of Oz - Kinsey Park +1
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
3 Sommer Farm Managed by Peoria Park District
322 acres2.2 mi of trail
Coal Stream Trail Cemetery Trail Jack Pine Trail Canoe Trail +1
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
4 Sommer Park North Managed by Peoria Park District
37 acres
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Things to do 9 places to go in Kickapoo Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
🛝 2 Playgrounds 🎣 2 Fishing spots 🔭 1 Scenic view ⛰️ 1 Peak 🧺 3 Picnic areas
Playgrounds in Kickapoo Show all on map
🛝 Unnamed playground in Sommer Park North
Map Directions
Fishing spots in Kickapoo Show all on map
🎣 Unnamed fishing spot in Sommer Park North
Map Directions 🎣 Unnamed fishing spot in Sommer Park North
Map Directions
Scenic views in Kickapoo Show all on map
🔭 Hazel's Hill Overlook In Wildlife Prairie Park
Map Directions
Peaks in Kickapoo Show all on map
⛰️ Hazel's Hill In Wildlife Prairie Park
Map Directions
Picnic areas in Kickapoo Show all on map
🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Wildlife Prairie Park
Map Directions 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Wildlife Prairie Park
Map Directions 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Wildlife Prairie Park
Map Directions
Biking & sports 3.6 miles of bike routes Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.6 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
2.7 mi
off-road bike paths
0.3 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
11 Baseball
10 Softball
2 Soccer
2 Tennis
2 Pickleball
1 Skate park
1 Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
3 old cemeteries History → Next door Kickapoo and its neighbors Tap a town to see its outdoors.
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Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, 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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