1
Bemis Woods Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
514 acres5.7 mi of trail
Orange Unpaved TrailGreen Unpaved TrailYellow Unpaved TrailTan Unpaved TrailPurple Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Proviso
Proviso, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.1% of Proviso is conserved land, roughly 590 acres. There are about 23 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bemis Woods Preserve (5.7 mi), Salt Creek Woods (1.3 mi), and Brezina Woods (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Proviso, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Proviso outdoors
Conserved land
3.1%
590 of 18,903 acres
Trails
23 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
57
4 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
20.7 mi
1.9 mi lanes · 16.8 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.
2
Salt Creek Woods
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
401 acres1.3 mi of trail
Yellow Unpaved TrailBrown Unpaved Spur
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Brezina Woods
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
83 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
26th Street Woods
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
120 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Miller Meadow Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
309 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
6
Hainesworth Park
Park
4 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Possum Hollow Woods
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
199 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Mayfair Park
Park
18 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 57 parks & preserves
- Maywood Park13 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve82 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Stevenson Park12 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Memorial Park12 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Gladstone Park11 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Silver Creek Eagle Nest Park2 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- La Grange Park Woods108 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Westchester Woods71 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Eisenhower Park24 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Maywood Grove Preserve23 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Forest Park20 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Hillside Commons12 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- High Ridge Park7 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Robin Hood Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Crossman Circle2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Sharp Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Candy Cane Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Camberly Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Reiger Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Brookfield Woods Preserve112 ac · Directions
- Thatcher Woods Preserve47 ac · Directions
- Thomas Jefferson Woods Preserve20 ac · Directions
- Community Park11 ac · Directions
- Quercus Woods Preserve11 ac · Directions
- Berkeley Park11 ac · Directions
- Schuth's Grove Preserve9 ac · Directions
- Schroeder Park7 ac · Directions
- Bulger Park6 ac · Directions
- Yena Park5 ac
- Bataan Park5 ac · Directions
- Winfield Scott Park4 ac
- Old Schoolhouse Community Garden4 ac · Directions
- Northlake Park3 ac
- Pioneer Park3 ac · Directions
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County2 ac · Directions
- Northeast Park2 ac · Directions
- Friendly Park2 ac
- Water Works Park2 ac
- Stone and Monroe Park2 ac · Directions
- Frost Park2 ac
- Hasen Park2 ac
- Kiwanis Park1 ac · Directions
- Drury Lane Park1 ac
- Babe Ruth Park1 ac
- Flippinger Park1 ac · Directions
- Lemm Park1 ac · Directions
- Madlin Park1 ac
- Lexington Park1 ac
- Veterans Memorial Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
590 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 282 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 lanes1.9 mi
- Off-road bike paths16.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes2.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis63
- Baseball55
- Basketball16
- Soccer13
- Pickleball7
- Football6
- Beach volleyball4
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Proviso and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proviso | 3.1% | 22.8 mi | 57 |
| River Forest | 1.9% | 7.1 mi | 14 |
| River Forest | 1.9% | 7.1 mi | 14 |
| Lyons | 2.9% | 27.4 mi | 81 |
| York | 6.4% | 33.8 mi | 63 |
| Maywood | 2.4% | 0.6 mi | 7 |
| La Grange Park | 7.4% | 1.8 mi | 8 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Proviso'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.