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Central Park
Park
88 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Park Forest
Park Forest, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 12% of Park Forest is conserved land, roughly 373 acres. There are about 3.1 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Central Park (1.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Park Forest, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Park Forest outdoors
Conserved land
12%
373 of 3,172 acres
Trails
3.1 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
19
18 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.7 mi
1.2 mi lanes · 1.6 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.
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Krotiak Park
Park
13 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Keokuk Park
Park
27 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Winnebago Park
Park
27 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 19 parks & preserves
- Shabbona Park5 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Wildwood Park17 ac
- Somonauk Park16 ac
- Logan Park7 ac
- Indiana Park6 ac
- Algonquin Park6 ac
- Illinois Park5 ac
- Onarga Park4 ac
- Marquette Park4 ac
- Eastgate Park3 ac
- Memorial Park2 ac
- Murphy Park2 ac
- Veterans Memorial Park2 ac
- Cedar Park2 ac
- Sauk Trail Forest Preserve1 ac
Who protects the land
373 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 166 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 lanes1.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes4.9 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis8
- Basketball3
- Baseball2
- Soccer1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Park Forest and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Forest | 11.7% | 3.1 mi | 19 |
| University Park | 10.1% | 10.3 mi | 6 |
| Matteson | 4% | 3.1 mi | 9 |
| Richton Park | 3.2% | 1.6 mi | 5 |
| Olympia Fields | 7.3% | 4.8 mi | 5 |
| Chicago Heights | 3.1% | 2.7 mi | 16 |
| Monee | 5.4% | 14.0 mi | 9 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Park Forest'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.