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About 2.7% of Orchard is conserved land, roughly 628 acres. There are about 7.0 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Sam Dale Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Orchard, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
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Conserved land
2.7%
628 of 23,595 acres
Trails
7.0 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
475 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.
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Conserved land, trails & bike routes
⛰️ Potatoe Hill ⛰️ Little Potatoe Hill 1 2
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Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1 Sam Dale Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area Managed by Illinois Department of Natural Resources
622 acres5 mi of trail
Horse Trail Pin Oak Hiking Trail Pine View Hiking Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
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2 Brush Creek Church Camp Park
29 acres
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
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Peaks in Orchard Show all on map
⛰️ Potatoe Hill 463 ft elevation
⛰️ Little Potatoe Hill 446 ft elevation
Trails
Named trails
Horses 2.9 mi Unpaved 5.2 mi
Horse Trail 2.9 mi County Road 1775N 1.1 mi Pin Oak Hiking Trail 1.1 mi Pine View Hiking Trail 1.0 mi County Road 1550N 0.6 mi Who protects the land
628 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources
628 ac Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
Painted or protected bike lanes 0.0 mi Off-road bike paths 0.0 mi Shoulders & shared lanes 0.0 mi
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Orchard
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 628 ac
Place Managed by Acres Public access
Sam Dale Lake State Conservation Area State Conservation Area State natural resources 628 Open
History
Historic places to visit
🪦 Harrell Cemetery Cemetery
🪦 Jacob Chapel Cemetery Cemetery
🪦 Mount Pleasant Cemetery Cemetery
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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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