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Mercyhealth Sportscore One
Managed by Rockford Park District
145 acres2 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Owen
Owen, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.3% of Owen is conserved land, roughly 514 acres. There are about 5.0 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mercyhealth Sportscore One (2 mi) and Winnebago County Forest Preserve Headquarters (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Owen, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Owen outdoors
Conserved land
2.3%
514 of 22,656 acres
Trails
5.0 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
144 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.7 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.7 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
Winnebago County Forest Preserve Headquarters
Nature preserve
47 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Kennedy Park
Park
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in Owen
Unnamed boat launch in Mercyhealth Sportscore One
Unnamed boat launch in Mercyhealth Sportscore One
Unnamed boat launch in Mercyhealth Sportscore One
Unnamed boat launch
Unnamed boat launch
Unnamed boat launch
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
514 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 paths2.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Soccer12
- Tennis2
- Softball1
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Owen
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Conservation Area 378 acLocal Recreation Area 115 acLocal Park 22 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atwood Homestead Forest PreserveLocal Conservation Area | County | 333 | Open |
| Mercy SportscoreLocal Recreation Area | Regional agency | 115 | Open |
| Winnebago Forest Preserve HeadquartersLocal Conservation Area | County | 45 | Open |
| Kennedy ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 22 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Owen Center CemeteryCemetery
Owen Center CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Owen and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Owen'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 20.3-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.