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Macktown County Forest Preserve
Park
126 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Rockton
Rockton, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 12% of Rockton is conserved land, roughly 538 acres. There are about 7.2 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Macktown County Forest Preserve (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Rockton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Rockton outdoors
Conserved land
12%
538 of 4,506 acres
Trails
7.2 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
67 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.2 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.2 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
Rockton Athletic Fields
Park
67 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
William & Gayle Keefer Nature Reserve
Managed by Natural Land Institute
33 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Settler's Park
Park
11 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.
Public pools in Rockton
Walt Williamson PoolIn Village Green Park
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
538 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 paths2.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis11
- Basketball5
- Soccer3
- Football1
- Baseball1
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Rockton
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Conservation Area 446 acLocal Other or Unknown 59 acLocal Park 16 acLocal Recreation Area 15 acState Conservation Area 4 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macktown Forest PreserveLocal Conservation Area | County | 293 | Open |
| Millrace Isle Forest PreserveLocal Conservation Area | County | 154 | Open |
| Ferguson Athletic FieldsLocal Other or Unknown | Town or city | 59 | Open |
| Woodland Park SiteLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 15 | Open |
| Settler'S ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 11 | Open |
| J. Norman Jensen Forest PreserveState Conservation Area | County | 4 | Closed |
| Woodlands ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Village Green ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Carl and Myrna Nygren Wetland PreservePrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Rockton Historic DistrictDistrict
Rockton Township CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Rockton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockton | 11.9% | 7.2 mi | 5 |
| Roscoe | 4.2% | 1.9 mi | 6 |
| South Beloit | 4.7% | 2.8 mi | 3 |
| Rockton | 10.2% | 27.2 mi | 12 |
| Roscoe | 3.9% | 6.1 mi | 7 |
| Owen | 2.3% | 5.0 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Rockton'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.