1
Lake Renwick Preserve
Park
33 acres1.4 mi of trail
Closed March - Mid August (during breeding season)
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Plainfield
Plainfield, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.9% of Plainfield is conserved land, roughly 1,763 acres. There are about 14 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Lake Renwick Preserve (1.4 mi), Mather Woods Park (1.1 mi), and Four Seasons Park (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Plainfield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Plainfield outdoors
Conserved land
7.9%
1,763 of 22,431 acres
Trails
14 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
58
21 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
47.9 mi
2.9 mi lanes · 45.0 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
Mather Woods Park
Park
76 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Four Seasons Park
Managed by Plainfield Park District
174 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Settlers Park
Managed by Plainfield Park District
33 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dupage River Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Plainfield Village Hall and Settlers' Park - Parking Lot
5
Gregory B. Bott Park
Managed by Plainfield Park District
48 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Lake Renwick Preserve - Turtle Lake Access
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Will County
94 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Electric Park
Managed by Plainfield Park District
32 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Independence Park
Park
8 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 58 parks & preserves
- Village Green Park3 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Clow Stephens Park56 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Eaton Preserve54 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Harvest Glen Park12 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Ottawa Street Park10 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Van Horn Woods Park87 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Liberty Grove Park33 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Riverside Parkway Park29 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Patriot Square6 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Vintage Harvest Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Lake Renwick Preserve - Copley Nature Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Mayfair Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Oaks at Van Horn23 ac
- Caton Ridge Park22 ac
- Clearwater Springs19 ac
- Riverview Park17 ac · Directions
- Riverside South Park15 ac
- Riverwalk Park14 ac
- Sunset Parkway Park13 ac
- Central Elementary Park13 ac · Directions
- Ft. Beggs Trail Park11 ac · Directions
- The Reserve11 ac
- Aspen Falls Park7 ac · Directions
- Cambridge Run Park6 ac
- Weslake Park5 ac
- Whisper Glen Park4 ac
- Rock Ridge Park4 ac
- Streams Recreation Center Park4 ac · Directions
- Commons Park3 ac
- Creekside North Park3 ac
- Caton Ridge West Park3 ac
- Cumberland Park3 ac
- Plainfield Railroad Museum Park3 ac · Directions
- Northpoint3 ac
- Parkview Meadows3 ac · Directions
- Lakewood Falls Village Park2 ac
- Kelly Park2 ac
- Olde Renwick Trail Park2 ac
- Heritage Lakes Park2 ac
- Aspen Meadows Park2 ac
- Rotary Park2 ac
- Hidden River Park2 ac
- Woodside Park2 ac
- John Leach Memorial Park2 ac
- Fieldstone Park1 ac
- Quail Run Park1 ac
- Brookside Park1 ac
- Budler Park1 ac
- Wexford Park1 ac
- Indian Oaks1 ac
Who protects the land
1,763 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 501 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 lanes2.9 mi
- Off-road bike paths45.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball25
- Basketball15
- Tennis15
- Soccer8
- Beach volleyball5
- Pickleball4
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Plainfield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Plainfield'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.