Outdoors · Olney

Olney, IL parks, trails & bike paths

About 2.2% of Olney is conserved land, roughly 99 acres. There are about 2.0 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Alvin Musgrove Park (1.2 mi) and Olney City Park (0.7 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Olney, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Olney outdoors

Conserved land
2.2%
99 of 4,426 acres
Trails
2.0 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
12 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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

12
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.
1

Alvin Musgrove Park

Park
49 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Olney City Park

Park
53 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Olney
Kiddie LandIn Olney City Park
Directions
Unnamed playground in Olney City Park
Directions
Unnamed playground
Directions
Unnamed playground in Alvin Musgrove Park
Directions
Unnamed playground in Alvin Musgrove Park
Directions
Unnamed playground
Directions
Who protects the land

99 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city
99 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Baseball11
  • Pickleball9
  • Soccer6
  • Tennis5
  • Basketball2
  • Skate park1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Olney

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 99 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Olney City ParkLocal ParkTown or city50Open
Muskgrove ParkLocal ParkTown or city49Open
History

Historic places to visit

Angel of Hope Children's Memorial GardenIn Alvin Musgrove Park · Memorial
Elliott Street Historic DistrictDistrict
Oil DerrickMemorial
Haven Hill CemeteryCemetery
Maple Dale CemeteryCemetery
Memorial GardensCemetery
Saint Joseph CemeteryCemetery
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Olney'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.

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