1
Commons Park
Managed by North Riverside Parks and Recreation Department
22 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Riverside
Riverside, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.6% of Riverside is conserved land, roughly 222 acres. There are about 7.4 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Commons Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Riverside, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Riverside outdoors
Conserved land
8.6%
222 of 2,571 acres
Trails
7.4 mi
1.9 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
15
14 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.7 mi
1.0 mi lanes · 2.7 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
McCormick Woods Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
104 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo North Lion Lot
3
National Grove Woods Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
72 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Brookfield Woods Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
70 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
All 15 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 15 parks & preserves
Commons Park22 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · North Riverside Parks and Recreation Department
McCormick Woods Preserve104 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Brookfield Woods Preserve70 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Kiwanis Park20 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Patriots Park2 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Riverside Park District
Centennial Plaza1 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
National Grove Woods Preserve72 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Veterans Park16 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · North Riverside Parks and Recreation Department
Zoo Woods62 acres · Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Callahan Grove Preserve10 acres · Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Who protects the land
222 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths2.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball9
- Tennis8
- Basketball2
- Soccer2
- Beach volleyball1
- Football1
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Riverside and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Riverside'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.