1
Willow Trails Park
Managed by River Trails Park District
13 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Prospect Heights
Prospect Heights, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.7% of Prospect Heights is conserved land, roughly 126 acres. There are about 3.1 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Willow Trails Park (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Prospect Heights, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Prospect Heights outdoors
Conserved land
4.7%
126 of 2,690 acres
Trails
3.1 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
8 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.4 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.4 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
Allison Woods Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
61 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
3
Patriots Park
Managed by Arlington Heights Park District
29 acres
Dog rules not recorded
4
Lake Avenue Woods Preserves
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
All 9 parks & preserves
Willow Trails Park13 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · River Trails Park District
Allison Woods Preserve61 acres · Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Patriots Park29 acres · Arlington Heights Park District
Lake Avenue Woods Preserves10 acres · Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Lions Park7 acres · River Trails Parks District
Kiwanis Park6 acres
School Street Park3 acres
Jaycee Park1 acres · Mount Prospect Park District
Roth Park1 acres · Mount Prospect Park District
Who protects the land
126 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis16
- Soccer6
- Baseball4
- Pickleball4
- Basketball4
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Prospect Heights and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Heights | 4.7% | 3.1 mi | 9 |
| Arlington Heights | 4.8% | 10.3 mi | 51 |
| Wheeling | 3.1% | 3.8 mi | 8 |
| Mount Prospect | 7.6% | 3.0 mi | 29 |
| Glenview | 9.9% | 26.9 mi | 39 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Prospect Heights'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.