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Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park
Managed by Governors State University
70 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Monee
Monee, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.4% of Monee is conserved land, roughly 1,226 acres. There are about 14 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park (1.7 mi) and Monee Reservoir (1.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Monee, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Monee outdoors
Conserved land
5.4%
1,226 of 22,823 acres
Trails
14 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
79 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.8 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.8 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
Monee Reservoir
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Will County
250 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Thorn Creek Headwaters Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Will County
422 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Racoon Grove Nature Reserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Will County
221 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 9 parks & preserves
Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park70 acres · 1.7 mi of trail · Governors State University
Monee Reservoir250 acres · 1.6 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of Will County
Racoon Grove Nature Reserve221 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of Will County
Shabbona Park4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Thorn Creek Headwaters Preserve422 acres · Forest Preserve District of Will County
Palmer Park33 acres
Riegel Farm Park11 acres
Craig Park6 acres
Firemens Park5 acres
Who protects the land
1,226 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,086 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. 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 paths2.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball4
- Football2
- Tennis2
- Soccer1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Monee and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monee | 5.4% | 14.0 mi | 9 |
| Park Forest | 11.7% | 3.1 mi | 19 |
| Richton Park | 3.2% | 1.6 mi | 5 |
| Will | 0% | 0.7 mi | 1 |
| Green Garden | 0.7% | 12.2 mi | 1 |
| Crete | 3.2% | 10.3 mi | 12 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Monee'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.