1
Scully Park
Park
2 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Lincoln
Lincoln, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.9% of Lincoln is conserved land, roughly 78 acres. There are about 1.2 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Lincoln, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Lincoln outdoors
Conserved land
1.9%
78 of 4,054 acres
Trails
1.2 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
12
6 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.
2
Memorial Park
Park
49 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Memorial Gardens
Park
4 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Maywood Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 12 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 12 parks & preserves
Scully Park2 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Logan Courthouse Square Historic District2 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Memorial Park49 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Memorial Gardens4 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Maywood Park4 acres
Latham Park2 acres
Lehn & Fink Park2 acres
Ray White Park2 acres
Historic Postville Courthouse Park2 acres
Melrose Park2 acres
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Lincoln
Showing 1–10 of 13 playgrounds
Fire Department Playground at Scully parkIn Scully Park
Unnamed playground in Postville Park
Unnamed playground in Latham Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Exchange Club Park
Unnamed playground in Ray White Park
Unnamed playground
Trails
Named trails
- Baseball Diamond Sidewalk0.1 mi
Who protects the land
78 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball16
- Tracks4
- Soccer2
- Football2
- Tennis1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Lincoln
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 78 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 43 | Open |
| Lincoln Park DistrictLocal Park | Regional agency | 19 | Open |
| Mayfair ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 3 | Open |
| Lehn & Fink ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 3 | Open |
| Latham ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Scully ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Melrose ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 2 | Open |
| Postville ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 1 | Open |
| Exchange Club ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Union CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Lincoln and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln | 1.9% | 1.2 mi | 12 |
| West Lincoln | 0.8% | 3.5 mi | 7 |
| Broadwell | 5.1% | 10.2 mi | 0 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Lincoln'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.