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Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
291 acres2.5 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Lemont
Lemont, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.9% of Lemont is conserved land, roughly 419 acres. There are about 13 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve (2.5 mi), Centennial Park (1.4 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
6.9%
419 of 6,061 acres
Trails
13 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
19
24 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
11.1 mi
1.3 mi lanes · 9.2 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
57 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Heritage Woodland Sanctuary
Park
63 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Bambrick Park
Park
56 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Northview Park
Park
6 acres0.6 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 19 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 19 parks & preserves
Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve291 acres · 2.5 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Centennial Park57 acres · 1.4 mi of trail
Heritage Woodland Sanctuary63 acres · 1.2 mi of trail
Bambrick Park56 acres · 1.1 mi of trail
Northview Park6 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Covington North Park6 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Lemont High School Sports Complex25 acres
Eight-Towers Climbing & Zipline Adventure8 acres · The Forge Lemont Quarries
Sag Valley Forest Preserve6 acres · Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Connemara Park5 acres
Who protects the land
419 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1 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 paths9.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.5 mi
- Illinois and Michigan Canal Trail (bike route)3 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball15
- Tennis12
- Basketball7
- Pickleball4
- Soccer3
- Football1
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Lemont and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemont | 6.9% | 13.0 mi | 19 |
| Palos Park | 0.3% | 28.9 mi | 7 |
| Willow Springs | 0.9% | 1.4 mi | 10 |
| Woodridge | 10% | 8.0 mi | 34 |
| Romeoville | 9.8% | 17.8 mi | 33 |
| Lemont | 3.3% | 52.6 mi | 24 |
| Downers Grove | 13.1% | 50.4 mi | 119 |
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.