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Porter Park
Park
32 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Roscoe
Roscoe, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.2% of Roscoe is conserved land, roughly 274 acres. There are about 1.9 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Roscoe, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Roscoe outdoors
Conserved land
4.2%
274 of 6,573 acres
Trails
1.9 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
6
26 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 6.9 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
Stone Bridge Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserves of Winnebago County
121 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
3
Riverside Park
Park
74 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Swanson Park
Park
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Roscoe
Players ParkIn Swanson Park
Ralston ParkIn Ralston Park
Unnamed playground in Porter Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Leland Park
Who protects the land
274 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 23 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 lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths6.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.2 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball8
- Softball2
- Beach volleyball1
- Tennis1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Roscoe
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 154 acConservation Easement 76 acState Conservation Area 63 acPrivate Conservation 30 acLocal Conservation Area 5 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 74 | Open |
| Upper Rock 002-06State Conservation Area | Regional agency | 63 | Open |
| Porter ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 34 | Open |
| Kelley-Myers ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 32 | Open |
| Stone Bridge Reserve Land and Water ReservePrivate Conservation | Private owners | 27 | Closed |
| Swanson ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 12 | Open |
| Atwood Homestead Forest PreserveLocal Conservation Area | County | 5 | Open |
| Burr Oak Road PrairiePrivate Conservation | Private owners | 3 | Restricted |
| Leland ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Roscoe CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Roscoe and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roscoe | 4.2% | 1.9 mi | 6 |
| South Beloit | 4.7% | 2.8 mi | 3 |
| Rockton | 11.9% | 7.2 mi | 5 |
| Machesney Park | 5.4% | 5.0 mi | 12 |
| Roscoe | 3.9% | 6.1 mi | 7 |
| Harlem | 17.8% | 51.9 mi | 26 |
| Rockton | 10.2% | 27.2 mi | 12 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Roscoe'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.