Pine Rock Nature Preserve
Managed by Northern Illinois University and Illinois Department of Natural Resources
60 acres
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors in Pine Rock
Parks, trails & the outdoors in Pine Rock
There are about 1.7 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land
0.8%
194 of 24,332 acres
Trails
1.7 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
Lakes & rivers
2
This week on the trails
Best day for a walk: today
64°, sunny, 0% chance of rain.
Today64° 40°0% rain
Sat68° 45°0% rain
Sun71° 41°0% rain
Mon66° 40°0% rain
Tue68° 48°0% rain
Wed73° 49°7% rain
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Things to do
2 places to go in Pine Rock
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Playgrounds in Pine Rock
Peaks in Pine Rock
Trails & water
2 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Who protects it
194 conserved acres
Who manages Pine Rock’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners125 ac
State conservation77 ac
State natural resources10 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits7 ac
Private Conservation · 118 acConservation Easement · 84 acState Conservation Area · 17 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 59 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piros Prairie - Kyte Creek Fen Private Conservation | Private owners | 118 | Closed |
| Pine Rock State Natural Area State Conservation Area | State natural resources | 10 | Open |
| Piros Prairie Nature Preserve State Conservation Area | Private owners | 7 | Closed |
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.0 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.0 mi
off-road bike paths
0.0 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
1Basketball
1Baseball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →5 old cemeteries
Next door
Pine Rock and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved | Parks |
|---|---|---|
| Pine Rock | 0.8% | 1 |
| Oregon-Nashua | 18.7% | 12 |
| Marion | 1.6% | 1 |
| Rockvale | 5.7% | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Pine Rock neighbors.
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Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US. Measured against the Census town boundary. Forecast: National Weather Service.
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 20.3-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.