1
Horseshoe Lake State Park
Managed by Illinois Department of Natural Resources
1,780 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Madison
Madison, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 37% of Madison is conserved land, roughly 4,202 acres. There are about 6.5 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Madison, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Madison outdoors
Conserved land
37%
4,202 of 11,399 acres
Trails
6.5 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
1,449 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
8.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 8.6 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
Tri-City Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
4,202 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 paths8.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball3
- Baseball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Madison and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison | 36.9% | 6.5 mi | 2 |
| Granite City | 3.7% | 1.2 mi | 13 |
| Granite City | 5% | 0.9 mi | 12 |
| Fairmont City | 34.5% | 7.0 mi | 2 |
| Venice | 2.9% | 0.4 mi | 3 |
| Venice | 24.3% | 1.1 mi | 4 |
| Nameoki | 27.6% | 9.0 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Madison'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 28.6-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.