1
Sagawau Canyon Nature Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
162 acres2.1 mi of trail
Sag TrailPrairie LoopQuarry TrailRidge Run Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Lemont
Lemont, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.3% of Lemont is conserved land, roughly 447 acres. There are about 53 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Sagawau Canyon Nature Preserve (2.1 mi), Centennial Park (1.3 mi), and Heritage Woodland Sanctuary (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Lemont, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Lemont outdoors
Conserved land
3.3%
447 of 13,372 acres
Trails
53 mi
2.5 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
24
20 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
14.2 mi
1.3 mi lanes · 12.3 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
Centennial Park
Park
71 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Heritage Woodland Sanctuary
Park
65 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Sag Valley Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
411 acres0.8 mi of trail
Ridge Run Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Northview Park
Park
6 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Covington North Park
Park
6 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 24 parks & preserves
- Cap Sauers Holding Nature Preserve77 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve54 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Black Partridge Woods375 ac · Directions
- Black Partridge Woods Nature Preserve69 ac · Directions
- John Husar I&M Canal48 ac
- Lemont High School Sports Complex25 ac
- Eight-Towers Climbing & Zipline Adventure9 ac · Directions
- Connemara Park5 ac
- Gleneagles Park5 ac · Directions
- Neighborhood Commons3 ac
- Jaycee Park2 ac
- Brown Park1 ac
- Kettering Estates Park1 ac · Directions
- Hilltop Park1 ac
- Ashbury Woods Park1 ac
- Boy Scouts Training Field1 ac · Directions
- Legion Park1 ac
- Carriage Park1 ac
Who protects the land
447 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 304 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 lanes1.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths12.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.5 mi
- Sag Valley Trail System (bike route)4.3 mi
- Illinois and Michigan Canal Trail (bike route)2.2 mi
- Orange Loop (bike route)2.2 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis13
- Baseball12
- Basketball7
- Soccer4
- Pickleball4
- Football1
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Lemont and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemont | 3.3% | 52.6 mi | 24 |
| Downers Grove | 13.1% | 50.4 mi | 119 |
| Palos | 14.5% | 80.4 mi | 44 |
| Willow Springs | 0.9% | 1.4 mi | 10 |
| Homer | 4.8% | 24.6 mi | 28 |
| Homer Glen | 5.1% | 15.1 mi | 17 |
| Lemont | 6.9% | 13.0 mi | 19 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Lemont'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.