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Laona Heights Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserves of Winnebago County
63 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Laona
Laona, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.7% of Laona is conserved land, roughly 1,165 acres. Laona has 5 named parks and preserves on the map.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Laona, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Laona outdoors
Conserved land
6.7%
1,165 of 17,403 acres
Trails
0.7 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
5
868 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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.
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Sugar River Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserves of Winnebago County
149 acres
Dog rules not recorded
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Colored Sands Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserves of Winnebago County
49 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
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Laona Heights Nature Preserve
Managed by Illinois Department of Natural Resources
33 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
1,165 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 151 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Nearby
Laona and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Laona'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.