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Golf Mill Park
Managed by Niles Park District
10 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Niles
Niles, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.8% of Niles is conserved land, roughly 103 acres. There are about 3.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Golf Mill Park (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Niles, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Niles outdoors
Conserved land
2.8%
103 of 3,726 acres
Trails
3.9 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
18
3 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
9.1 mi
0.7 mi lanes · 5.8 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.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
66 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
3
Caldwell Preserves
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
145 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
4
Ballard Park
Managed by Niles Park District
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 18 parks & preserves
- Pioneer Park8 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Oak Park6 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Oakton Manor Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Jonquil Terrace Park5 ac · Directions
- Oasis Water Park4 ac · Directions
- Grennan Heights Park4 ac
- Kirk Lane Park3 ac · Directions
- Courtland Park3 ac
- Washington Terrace Park3 ac · Directions
- Frank Bobrytzke Forest2 ac
- Wetlands2 ac · Directions
- Nico Park2 ac · Directions
- Leaning Tower Plaza1 ac · Directions
- Point Park1 ac
Who protects the land
103 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.7 mi
- Off-road bike paths5.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes2.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis12
- Baseball9
- Basketball8
- Pickleball6
- Soccer5
- Skate park1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Niles and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niles | 2.8% | 3.9 mi | 18 |
| Morton Grove | 2.1% | 10.5 mi | 15 |
| Chicago | 8% | 239.6 mi | 520 |
| Niles | 7.1% | 30.3 mi | 78 |
| Park Ridge | 3.1% | 7.6 mi | 24 |
| Glenview | 9.9% | 26.9 mi | 39 |
| Skokie | 8.5% | 9.8 mi | 49 |
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.