1
Singing Woods Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
1,007 acres3.6 mi of trail
Skunk Cabbage TrailShagbark TrailHill Prairie TrailForest Trail
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Medina
Medina, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.4% of Medina is conserved land, roughly 1,390 acres. There are about 6.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Singing Woods Nature Preserve (3.6 mi) and Tawny Oaks Field Station (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Medina, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Medina outdoors
Conserved land
7.4%
1,390 of 18,654 acres
Trails
6.9 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
14
100 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
8.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 8.3 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
Tawny Oaks Field Station
Managed by Peoria Park District
34 acres0.7 mi of trail
Prairie PathForest Trail
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Merdel/Ford Property
Nature preserve
150 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Altorfer Tract
Nature preserve
96 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 14 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 14 parks & preserves
Singing Woods Nature Preserve1,007 acres · 3.6 mi of trail
Tawny Oaks Field Station34 acres · 0.7 mi of trail · Peoria Park District
Robinson Park South31 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Peoria Park District
Medina Township Park40 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Medina Township
Timothy J. Cassidy Park25 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Peoria Park District
Gaylord Wildlife Area17 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Stone Water Park15 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Merdel/Ford Property150 acres
Altorfer Tract96 acres
Robert Rutherford Wildlife Sanctuary84 acres
Who protects the land
1,390 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 744 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 18 parcels. 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 paths8.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball4
- Tennis4
- Soccer3
- Baseball3
- Volleyball1
- Pickleball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Medina and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medina | 7.4% | 6.9 mi | 14 |
| Peoria City | 16.4% | 33.6 mi | 47 |
| Peoria | 15.2% | 34.1 mi | 46 |
| Spring Bay | 2.7% | 3.0 mi | 3 |
| Radnor | 1.8% | 6.3 mi | 8 |
| Hallock | 5.8% | 1.2 mi | 7 |
| Richwoods | 19.8% | 4.3 mi | 8 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Medina'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.