1
Yankee Woods
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
215 acres0.8 mi of trail
Tinley Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Oak Forest
Oak Forest, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.3% of Oak Forest is conserved land, roughly 91 acres. There are about 1.6 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Yankee Woods (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Oak Forest, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Oak Forest outdoors
Conserved land
2.3%
91 of 3,878 acres
Trails
1.6 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
19
3 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.4 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 5.4 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
Don Burns Park
Park
10 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Tinley Creek Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
117 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Midlothian Meadows
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
52 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 19 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 19 parks & preserves
Yankee Woods215 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Don Burns Park10 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Convent Park9 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Tinley Creek Forest Preserve117 acres · Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Midlothian Meadows52 acres · Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Chicago Gaelic Park47 acres
Central Park32 acres
Jesk Park11 acres
Vergne Way Park8 acres
El Morro Park6 acres
Who protects the land
91 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 paths5.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball14
- Tennis13
- Soccer2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Oak Forest and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Forest | 2.3% | 1.6 mi | 19 |
| Midlothian | 13.9% | 4.3 mi | 5 |
| Country Club Hills | 4.3% | 1.2 mi | 9 |
| Orland Park | 5.4% | 22.0 mi | 37 |
| Markham | 14.1% | 3.8 mi | 14 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Oak Forest'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.