1
Reed Turner Woodland
Managed by Lake County Forest Preserves
22 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
Outdoors · Long Grove
Long Grove, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 6% of Long Grove is conserved land, roughly 485 acres. There are about 15 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Reed Turner Woodland (1.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Long Grove, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Long Grove outdoors
Conserved land
6%
485 of 8,031 acres
Trails
15 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
58 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.9 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.9 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
Buffalo Creek Park
Park
7 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Heron Creek Forest Preserve
Managed by Lake County Forest Preserves
123 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve
Managed by Lake County Forest Preserves
65 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Who protects the land
485 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 25 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 paths2.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis6
- Soccer3
- Baseball3
- Basketball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Long Grove and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Grove | 6% | 14.8 mi | 7 |
| Buffalo Grove | 8.1% | 3.5 mi | 39 |
| Mundelein | 8.4% | 11.0 mi | 13 |
| Kildeer | 5.3% | 8.2 mi | 0 |
| Vernon Hills | 11.9% | 6.2 mi | 31 |
| Hawthorn Woods | 3.7% | 1.9 mi | 7 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Long Grove'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.