1
Dayton Bluffs Preserve
Managed by City of Ottawa
258 acres7.3 mi of trail
Great OakNorth Prairie TrailFox River TrailNorth Creek TrailPrairie Loop
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Ottawa
Ottawa, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.2% of Ottawa is conserved land, roughly 512 acres. There are about 11 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Dayton Bluffs Preserve (7.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ottawa, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Ottawa outdoors
Conserved land
5.2%
512 of 9,875 acres
Trails
11 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
13
28 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
8.2 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 8.0 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
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
Allen Park
Park
21 acres0.3 mi of trail
Allen Park Toboggan Hill
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Lincoln-Douglas Park
Managed by City of Ottawa
31 acres
Dog rules not recorded
4
Peck Park
Park
19 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 13 parks & preserves
- Washington Square Park2 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Fox River Park12 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Thornton Park5 ac · Directions
- Rigden Park4 ac
- Varland Park3 ac
- Kiwanis Park3 ac
- East Side Park1 ac
- Jordan's Block1 ac · Directions
- Skate Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
512 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths8.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.2 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis16
- Baseball13
- Basketball5
- Football5
- Skate park1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Ottawa and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Ottawa'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 21.8-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.