1
Chicago Botanic Gardens
Managed by Chicago Horticultural Society
242 acres6.7 mi of trail
McDonald Woods Trail (North Trail Loop)McDonald Woods Trail (South Trail Loop)McDonald Woods Trail
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · New Trier
New Trier, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.8% of New Trier is conserved land, roughly 807 acres. There are about 34 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Chicago Botanic Gardens (6.7 mi), Skokie Lagoons South (2.6 mi), and Forest Preserve District of Cook County (2.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in New Trier, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
New Trier outdoors
Conserved land
7.8%
807 of 10,313 acres
Trails
34 mi
2.1 mi per sq mi · 13 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
66
14 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
21.4 mi
5.5 mi lanes · 12.8 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
Skokie Lagoons South
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
298 acres2.6 mi of trail
North Branch Yellow Unpaved Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
3
Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
421 acres2.1 mi of trail
North Branch Yellow Unpaved Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
4
Skokie Lagoons North
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
110 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Gillson Park
Managed by Wilmette Park District
53 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
6
Skokie Lagoons Central
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
136 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Crow Island Woods
Managed by Winnetka Park District
17 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
8
Mallinckrodt Park
Managed by Wilmette Park District
10 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
All 66 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 66 parks & preserves
Chicago Botanic Gardens242 acres · 6.7 mi of trail · Chicago Horticultural Society
Skokie Lagoons South298 acres · 2.6 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Forest Preserve District of Cook County421 acres · 2.1 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Skokie Lagoons North110 acres · 1.8 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Gillson Park53 acres · 1.3 mi of trail · Wilmette Park District
Skokie Lagoons Central136 acres · 1.2 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Crow Island Woods17 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · Winnetka Park District
Mallinckrodt Park10 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · Wilmette Park District
Hibbard Woods Preserve124 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Community Park34 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Wilmette Park District
Who protects the land
807 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1 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 lanes5.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths12.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes3.1 mi
- North Branch Yellow Unpaved Trail (bike route)2.8 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis125
- Baseball27
- Soccer8
- Basketball7
- Football5
- Pickleball4
- Field hockey1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
New Trier and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about New Trier'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.