Outdoors · Quarry

Quarry, IL parks, trails & bike paths

About 20% of Quarry is conserved land, roughly 2,886 acres. There are about 38 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Pere Marquette State Park (28.1 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Quarry, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Quarry outdoors

Conserved land
20%
2,886 of 14,775 acres
Trails
38 mi
1.6 mi per sq mi · 13 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
2,718 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
13.7 mi
4.9 mi lanes · 8.8 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

12
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.
1

Pere Marquette State Park

Managed by Illinois Department of Natural Resources
5,343 acres28.1 mi of trail
Camdem Hollow TrailFern Hollow TrailCamdam Hollow TrailGoat Cliff TrailSpur Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
2

Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge

Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
684 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in Quarry
Dabb's Access
Directions
Grafton
Directions
IL River-PaddleIn Pere Marquette State Park
Directions
Lower Stump LakeIn Pere Marquette State Park
Directions
Marquette ParkIn Pere Marquette State Park
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Horses 3.1 miUnpaved 34.3 mi
Showing 1–10 of 25 trails
  • Camdem Hollow Trail3.7 mi
  • Fern Hollow Trail2.4 mi
  • Camdam Hollow Trail1.8 mi
  • Goat Cliff Trail1.5 mi
  • Spur Trail1.4 mi
  • Hickory South Trail1.2 mi
  • Dagett Hollow Trail1.0 mi
  • Confluence Overlook Trail1.0 mi
  • Hickory North Trail1.0 mi
  • Wildcat Trail0.8 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

2,886 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources
963 ac
Private owners
910 ac
State conservation
658 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
626 ac
Other state land
40 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 506 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 lanes4.9 mi
  • Off-road bike paths8.8 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Quarry

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Private Conservation 910 acState Park 865 acConservation Easement 817 acUnknown 448 acPrivate Recreation or Education 117 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Pool No. 26 - Stump LakeState ParkState natural resources749Open
Unnamed PropertyUnknownLand trusts & nonprofits328Open
Pere Marquette BluffsPrivate ConservationPrivate owners293Restricted
Mcadams Peak Land And Water ReservePrivate ConservationPrivate owners235Closed
Mcadams Peak Hill PrairiePrivate ConservationPrivate owners227Closed
Ruebel AdventuresPrivate Recreation or EducationLand trusts & nonprofits117Open
Pere Marquette State ParkState ParkState natural resources116Open
Two Rivers National Wildlife RefugePrivate ConservationPrivate owners110Restricted
Mason Hollow WoodsUnknownLand trusts & nonprofits74Open
Vadalabene Bike TrailState Recreation AreaOther state land40Open
History

Historic places to visit

Duncan FarmIn Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge · Archaeological site
New Piasa Chautauqua Historic DistrictDistrict
Grafton LighthouseHistoric site
Hartford CemeteryCemetery
Quitt CemeteryCemetery
Scenic Hill CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Quarry and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Quarry19.5%38.0 mi2
Otter Creek3%2.2 mi0
Rosedale21.1%6.0 mi1
Elsah9.3%10.7 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Quarry'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.

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