1
Red Oak Nature Center
Managed by Fox Valley Park District
37 acres1.4 mi of trail
Bubo TrailBig Turtle TrailDolomite Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · North Aurora
North Aurora, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 5% of North Aurora is conserved land, roughly 249 acres. There are about 2.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Red Oak Nature Center (1.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in North Aurora, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
North Aurora outdoors
Conserved land
5%
249 of 4,982 acres
Trails
2.9 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
21
13 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
9.9 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 9.9 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
Fearn Park
Managed by Fox Valley Park District
30 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Fearn Parking lot
3
Lippold Park
Managed by Fox Valley Park District
36 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Tanner Trails Park
Park
20 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 21 parks & preserves
- Bennett Park14 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Highland Park11 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Goodwin Park7 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Erickson Park5 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Dick Young Forest Preserve17 ac
- Chesterfield Park11 ac
- North Aurora Island Park9 ac · Directions
- Willow Lake Park9 ac
- Pine Creek Park9 ac
- Schneider Park8 ac · Directions
- Moose Lake Park7 ac
- Wingfoot Park7 ac
- Hartfield Park6 ac
- Lake Run Forest Preserve5 ac
- Remington Landing Park4 ac
- North Aurora Riverfront Park3 ac · Directions
- Jones Meadow Park3 ac
Who protects the land
249 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths9.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball10
- Baseball10
- Pickleball3
- Beach volleyball2
- Football1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
North Aurora and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Aurora | 5% | 2.9 mi | 21 |
| Aurora | 10.2% | 35.5 mi | 119 |
| Batavia | 4.7% | 8.0 mi | 29 |
| Sugar Grove | 12.7% | 13.1 mi | 30 |
| Batavia | 7.3% | 17.1 mi | 37 |
| Aurora | 7.2% | 26.7 mi | 93 |
| Blackberry | 12.8% | 32.4 mi | 24 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about North Aurora'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.