1
Lake Katherine Nature Center & Botanic Gardens
Park
37 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Palos Heights
Palos Heights, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.5% of Palos Heights is conserved land, roughly 38 acres. There are about 2.0 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Lake Katherine Nature Center & Botanic Gardens (1.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Palos Heights, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Palos Heights outdoors
Conserved land
1.5%
38 of 2,470 acres
Trails
2.0 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
7
3 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.5 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 4.5 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
Community Park
Park
32 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Palmer Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Crawford Park
Park
3 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.
Public pools in Palos Heights
Palos Heights Municipal PoolIn Community Park
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
38 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 paths4.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball10
- Tennis10
- Pickleball4
- Basketball2
- Volleyball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Palos Heights
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 38 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 27 | Open |
| Palmer ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Crawford ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Walsh Westgate ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Navajo ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
Nearby
Palos Heights and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palos Heights | 1.5% | 2.0 mi | 7 |
| Palos Park | 0.3% | 28.9 mi | 7 |
| Worth | 5.3% | 0.9 mi | 6 |
| Palos Hills | 3.2% | 3.1 mi | 12 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Palos Heights'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.