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John T McNaughton Park
Managed by Pekin Park District
224 acres4.8 mi of trail
Potawatomi TrailHorse TrailPotawatomi
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Pekin
Pekin, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 21% of Pekin is conserved land, roughly 1,878 acres. There are about 13 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in John T McNaughton Park (4.8 mi), Independence Park (2.8 mi), and Pekin Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area (1.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Pekin, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Pekin outdoors
Conserved land
21%
1,878 of 8,895 acres
Trails
13 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 11 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
18
69 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.9 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 3.9 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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Independence Park
Nature preserve
111 acres2.8 mi of trail
Independence Park - Trail 1Independence Park - Trail 6Independence Park - Trail 5Independence Park - Trail 2
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Pekin Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area
Nature preserve
1,535 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Mineral Springs Park
Managed by Pekin Park District
88 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 18 parks & preserves
- Billy Myers Memorial Park7 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Coal Miners Park51 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Riverfront Park16 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Fort Creve Coeur Park & Campground65 ac · Directions
- Crevecoeur Nature Preserve34 ac
- Everett McKinley Dirksen Park33 ac
- Marquette Heights Park9 ac · Directions
- Kiwanis Park North9 ac
- Richard Morrissey Park8 ac · Directions
- Railsplitters Park4 ac · Directions
- James Park2 ac · Directions
- Rotary Park2 ac
- Sunken Garden2 ac · Directions
- Southside Business Association Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,878 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3 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 paths3.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball12
- Baseball9
- Tennis8
- Beach volleyball5
- Soccer4
- Volleyball3
- Tracks3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Pekin and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pekin | 21.1% | 13.0 mi | 18 |
| Hollis | 2.6% | 0.7 mi | 5 |
| Creve Coeur | 3.4% | 0.2 mi | 6 |
| Groveland | 6.7% | 27.2 mi | 9 |
| Cincinnati | 7.6% | 0.8 mi | 2 |
| Pekin | 18.7% | 26.2 mi | 15 |
| Limestone | 3.3% | 5.2 mi | 6 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Pekin'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.