1
Danada Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
763 acres4.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Milton
Milton, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 18% of Milton is conserved land, roughly 3,995 acres. There are about 46 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Danada Forest Preserve (4.8 mi), North Side Park (2.1 mi), and Hidden Lake Forest Preserve (2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Milton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Milton outdoors
Conserved land
18%
3,995 of 22,455 acres
Trails
46 mi
1.3 mi per sq mi · 32 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
92
33 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
40.6 mi
4.9 mi lanes · 32.5 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
North Side Park
Managed by Wheaton Park District
66 acres2.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Hidden Lake Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
385 acres2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Lincoln Marsh Natural Area
Managed by Wheaton Park District
122 acres1.6 mi of trail
South Marsh TrailWoodland TrailPrairie LoopOak Knoll Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Morton Arboretum
Nature preserve
844 acres1.5 mi of trail
Main Trail Loop 1 + 2Main Trail Loop 2 and 3
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo P24
6
Panfish Park
Managed by Village of Glen Ellyn
28 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Village Green Park
Managed by Glen Ellyn Park District
62 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
486 acres0.9 mi of trail
Lake Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 60 parks & preserves
- Churchill Woods Forest Preserve250 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
- Seven Gables Park63 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
- Atten Park37 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
- Maryknoll Park27 ac · 0.8 mi trail · Directions
- Churchill Prairie Nature Preserve59 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Churchill Park22 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Briar Patch Park21 ac · 0.5 mi trail
- Lake Foxcroft Park10 ac · 0.5 mi trail
- Churchill Woods Glacial Ridge Forest Preserve9 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Community Park61 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Willowbrook Forest Preserve42 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Hoffman Park15 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Kensington Park9 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Danada South Park11 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Ackerman Park50 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Newton Park26 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Graf Park18 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Glen Oak County Forest Preserve17 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Pleasant Hill Park10 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Lake Ellyn Park28 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Firefighters Park10 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Presidents Park7 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Dorset Park6 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Hull Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Greenbriar Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Belleau Woods Forest Preserve95 ac · Directions
- DuPage County Fairgrounds38 ac · Directions
- Central Park16 ac · Directions
- Silverwood Glen Park11 ac
- Memorial Park11 ac · Directions
- Gerald R Weeks Memorial Park - West10 ac
- Scottdale Park9 ac
- Spalding Park8 ac
- Willow Point Conservatory8 ac
- Gerald R Weeks Memorial Park - East8 ac
- Sunset Park7 ac
- Toohey Park7 ac
- Rathje Park6 ac · Directions
- Briar Knoll Park6 ac
- Brighton Park5 ac
- Lawson Field5 ac · Directions
- Kelly Park5 ac
- Jefferson Park5 ac · Directions
- Arboretum Mews5 ac
- Glen Ellyn Manor Park4 ac · Directions
- Hurley Gardens3 ac · Directions
- Lincoln Park3 ac
- Rotary Park3 ac · Directions
- Stacy Park3 ac
- Appleby Park3 ac
- Adams Park3 ac · Directions
- Albright Park3 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
3,995 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 128 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 104 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes4.9 mi
- Off-road bike paths32.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes3.2 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis101
- Baseball53
- Soccer46
- Basketball25
- Pickleball19
- Football13
- Softball10
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Milton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Milton'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.