1
Thatcher Woods Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
31 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Melrose Park
Melrose Park, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.7% of Melrose Park is conserved land, roughly 48 acres. Melrose Park has 7 named parks and preserves on the map.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Melrose Park, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Melrose Park outdoors
Conserved land
1.7%
48 of 2,771 acres
Trails
0.5 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
7
2 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.7 mi
0.3 mi lanes · 3.4 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
Bulger Park
Park
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Bataan Park
Managed by Veterans Park District
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Eisenhower Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 7 parks & preserves
- Silver Creek Eagle Nest Park2 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Sharp Park2 ac
- Frost Park2 ac
Who protects the land
48 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths3.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball8
- Tennis7
- Soccer2
- Football2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Melrose Park and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melrose Park | 1.7% | 0.5 mi | 7 |
| Northlake | 3% | 1.8 mi | 10 |
| River Grove | 0.3% | 3.9 mi | 7 |
| Franklin Park | 1.2% | 0.5 mi | 8 |
| Maywood | 2.4% | 0.6 mi | 7 |
| Bellwood | 1.9% | 0.5 mi | 5 |
| River Forest | 1.9% | 7.1 mi | 14 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Melrose Park'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.