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Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park
Managed by Illinois Department of Natural Resources
234 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Milan
Milan, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 9.4% of Milan is conserved land, roughly 409 acres. There are about 2.6 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park (1.8 mi) and Camden Park (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Milan, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Milan outdoors
Conserved land
9.4%
409 of 4,361 acres
Trails
2.6 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
81 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 3.6 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
Camden Park
Park
95 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Mirror Lake
Nature preserve
56 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Little League Park
Park
40 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 10 parks & preserves
Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park234 acres · 1.8 mi of trail · Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Camden Park95 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Mirror Lake56 acres
Little League Park40 acres
Smiths Park15 acres
Dickson Park6 acres
Pappas Park5 acres
Collinson Park3 acres
First Presbyterian Park3 acres
Shadow Wood Park1 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 Milan
Camden Park PlaygroundIn Camden Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Pappas Park
Unnamed playground in Nel Daniels Park
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
409 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 paths3.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball8
- Basketball4
- Softball2
- Tennis1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Milan
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Private Conservation 213 acLocal Park 98 acState Recreation Area 89 acState Conservation Area 9 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock River - Carr IslandPrivate Conservation | Private owners | 213 | Restricted |
| Hennepin CanalState Recreation Area | Other state land | 89 | Open |
| Camden ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 83 | Open |
| Beling Ecological PreserveState Conservation Area | Land trusts & nonprofits | 9 | Closed |
| Dickson ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Pappas ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Collinson ParkLocal Park | Land trusts & nonprofits | 3 | Open |
| West ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
Nearby
Milan and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milan | 9.4% | 2.6 mi | 10 |
| Rock Island | 8.7% | 14.5 mi | 28 |
| Blackhawk | 10.1% | 6.9 mi | 19 |
| South Rock Island | 13.6% | 9.3 mi | 8 |
| Moline | 5% | 10.9 mi | 22 |
| South Moline | 4.9% | 4.7 mi | 12 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Milan'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.