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John T McNaughton Park
Managed by Pekin Park District
755 acres14.7 mi of trail
Horse TrailPotawatomiShared Use TrailPotawatomi TrailSeasonal Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Pekin
Pekin, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 19% of Pekin is conserved land, roughly 2,000 acres. There are about 26 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in John T McNaughton Park (14.7 mi), Everett McKinley Dirksen Park (6.8 mi), and Mineral Springs Park (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Pekin, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Pekin outdoors
Conserved land
19%
2,000 of 10,697 acres
Trails
26 mi
1.6 mi per sq mi · 25 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
15
63 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.8 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 5.8 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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Everett McKinley Dirksen Park
Nature preserve
385 acres6.8 mi of trail
SpineCliff TrailRapidoChickenhawkScott's Extension
Dog rules not recorded
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Mineral Springs Park
Managed by Pekin Park District
89 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Pekin Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area
Nature preserve
250 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
All 15 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 15 parks & preserves
John T McNaughton Park755 acres · 14.7 mi of trail · Pekin Park District
Everett McKinley Dirksen Park385 acres · 6.8 mi of trail
Mineral Springs Park89 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · Pekin Park District
Pekin Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area250 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Coal Miners Park51 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Riverfront Park16 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Kiwanis Park North8 acres
Kiwanis Park South7 acres
Railsplitters Park3 acres
James Park2 acres
Who protects the land
2,000 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 17 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 paths5.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball31
- Soccer16
- Basketball13
- Tennis8
- Beach volleyball7
- Football3
- Volleyball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Pekin and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pekin | 18.7% | 26.2 mi | 15 |
| North Pekin | 2.1% | 1.2 mi | 4 |
| Pekin | 21.1% | 13.0 mi | 18 |
| Hollis | 2.6% | 0.7 mi | 5 |
| Marquette Heights | 7.2% | 1.2 mi | 3 |
| Elm Grove | 0.6% | 1.6 mi | 2 |
| Cincinnati | 7.6% | 0.8 mi | 2 |
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.