1
Oriole Grove Forest Preserve
Managed by Lake County Forest Preserves
46 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Lake Bluff
Lake Bluff, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 26% of Lake Bluff is conserved land, roughly 680 acres. There are about 5.8 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Oriole Grove Forest Preserve (0.9 mi) and Skokie River Prairie Land and Water Reserve (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Lake Bluff, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Lake Bluff outdoors
Conserved land
26%
680 of 2,600 acres
Trails
5.8 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
15
113 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.7 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 5.9 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
Skokie River Prairie Land and Water Reserve
Managed by Lake Bluff Open Lands Association
38 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Ravine Park
Managed by Lake Bluff Open Lands Association
11 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Prairie Preserve on Belle Foret Drive
Managed by Prairie Preserve on Belle Foret Drive
5 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 15 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 15 parks & preserves
Oriole Grove Forest Preserve46 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · Lake County Forest Preserves
Skokie River Prairie Land and Water Reserve38 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Lake Bluff Open Lands Association
Ravine Park11 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Lake Bluff Open Lands Association
Prairie Preserve on Belle Foret Drive5 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Prairie Preserve on Belle Foret Drive
Artesian Park12 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Sanctuary Park8 acres
Carolyn Goetz Wetlands Preserve7 acres · Lake Bluff Open Lands Association
Mawman Park3 acres
Blair Park3 acres
Rockland Wetlands2 acres · Lake Bluff Open Lands Association
Who protects the land
680 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 145 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 paths5.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.8 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis12
- Pickleball10
- Baseball4
- Basketball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Lake Bluff and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Bluff | 26.2% | 5.8 mi | 15 |
| Shields | 14% | 26.2 mi | 34 |
| Knollwood | 1.3% | 0.0 mi | 2 |
| North Chicago | 8.7% | 7.4 mi | 8 |
| Lake Forest | 13.8% | 34.5 mi | 25 |
| Libertyville | 24.1% | 16.5 mi | 37 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Lake Bluff'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.