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Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
251 acres4.2 mi of trail
North Branch Yellow Unpaved Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
Outdoors · Niles
Niles, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.1% of Niles is conserved land, roughly 959 acres. There are about 30 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Forest Preserve District of Cook County (4.2 mi), Harms Woods Nature Preserve (2.7 mi), and Linne Woods Preserve (2.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Niles, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Niles outdoors
Conserved land
7.1%
959 of 13,525 acres
Trails
30 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 19 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
78
9 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
37.9 mi
12.3 mi lanes · 24.6 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.
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Harms Woods Nature Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
134 acres2.7 mi of trail
North Branch Orange Unpaved TrailNorth Branch Yellow Unpaved Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Linne Woods Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
180 acres2.5 mi of trail
North Branch Yellow Unpaved TrailNorth Branch Tan Unpaved Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
4
Park No. 538
Managed by Chicago Park District
31 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Harms Flatwoods Nature Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
106 acres1.2 mi of trail
North Branch Brown Unpaved Trail
Dog rules not recorded
6
Henry Proesel Park
Managed by Lincolnwood Parks and Recreation
21 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Harrer Park
Managed by Morton Grove Park District
23 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
8
Prairie View Park
Managed by Morton Grove Park District
18 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
All 78 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 78 parks & preserves
Forest Preserve District of Cook County251 acres · 4.2 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Harms Woods Nature Preserve134 acres · 2.7 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Linne Woods Preserve180 acres · 2.5 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Park No. 53831 acres · 1.3 mi of trail · Chicago Park District
Harms Flatwoods Nature Preserve106 acres · 1.2 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Henry Proesel Park21 acres · 1.1 mi of trail · Lincolnwood Parks and Recreation
Harrer Park23 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Morton Grove Park District
Prairie View Park18 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Morton Grove Park District
Emily Oaks Nature Center15 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Skokie Park District
Skokie Sports Park35 acres · 0.7 mi of trail · Skokie Park District
Who protects the land
959 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 232 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 lanes12.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths24.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.1 mi
- North Branch Yellow Unpaved Trail (bike route)2 mi
- North Branch Brown Unpaved Trail (bike route)1.2 mi
- North Branch Tan Unpaved Trail (bike route)0.8 mi
- North Branch Orange Unpaved Trail (bike route)0.8 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis115
- Basketball55
- Baseball40
- Soccer20
- Pickleball17
- Softball7
- Beach volleyball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Niles and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Niles'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.