1
Paul Douglas Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
1,789 acres23 mi of trail
CAMBr Yellow TrailCAMBR Brown TrailCAMBr Orange TrailCAMBR Tan TrailCAMBR Purple Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Palatine
Palatine, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 10% of Palatine is conserved land, roughly 2,347 acres. There are about 52 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Paul Douglas Forest Preserve (23 mi), Deer Grove Forest Preserve (12.7 mi), and Baker's Lake (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Palatine, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Palatine outdoors
Conserved land
10%
2,347 of 22,964 acres
Trails
52 mi
1.5 mi per sq mi · 19 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
66
21 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
57.4 mi
7.2 mi lanes · 49.1 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
Deer Grove Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
1,735 acres12.7 mi of trail
Deer Grove - East Brown Unpaved LoopDeer Grove - East Green Hiking TrailDeer Grove - West Blue Unpaved TrailPurple Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Baker's Lake
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
258 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Baker's Lake Younghusband Prairie
4
Charlemagne Park
Park
33 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
South Park
Managed by Salt Creek Rural Park District
32 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Birchwood Park
Managed by Palatine Park District
13 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Pine Park
Park
10 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
North Salk Park
Managed by Rolling Meadows Park District
21 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 66 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 66 parks & preserves
Paul Douglas Forest Preserve1,789 acres · 23 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Deer Grove Forest Preserve1,735 acres · 12.7 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Baker's Lake258 acres · 1.2 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Charlemagne Park33 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
South Park32 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · Salt Creek Rural Park District
Birchwood Park13 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · Palatine Park District
Pine Park10 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
North Salk Park21 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Rolling Meadows Park District
Rolling Meadows Community Center Fields19 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Rolling Meadows Park District
Community Park17 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Palatine Park District
Who protects the land
2,347 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,391 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 lanes7.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths49.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.1 mi
- Deer Grove - East Brown Unpaved Loop (bike route)2.7 mi
- Purple Connection Trail (bike route)0.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis80
- Baseball57
- Soccer25
- Basketball20
- Pickleball18
- Tracks4
- Football4
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Palatine and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palatine | 10.2% | 52.3 mi | 66 |
| Barrington | 6.4% | 73.1 mi | 24 |
| Wheeling | 5.1% | 19.2 mi | 92 |
| Arlington Heights | 4.8% | 10.3 mi | 51 |
| Palatine | 5% | 6.8 mi | 32 |
| Hoffman Estates | 5.7% | 34.9 mi | 73 |
| Schaumburg | 8.5% | 29.6 mi | 127 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Palatine'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.