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Outdoors in Rosedale Parks, trails & the outdoors in Rosedale About 21% of Rosedale is conserved land, roughly 4,320 acres. There are about 6.0 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Pere Marquette State Park (4 mi).
Conserved land
21%
4,320 of 20,460 acres
Trails
6.0 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
Highest peak
778 ft
McCoy Hill
Lakes & rivers
5
4 boat launches
What kind of outdoors town is Rosedale? Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
The map Conserved land, trails & bike routes Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
🛶 Glades-Backwater 🛶 Glades-River 🛶 Stump Lake 🛶 Upper Stump Lake 🔭 Cross Point ⛰️ McCoy Hill ⛰️ Unnamed peak in Pere Marquette State Park ⛰️ Dug Hill 🏕️ Camp Piasa 🏕️ Camp Potawatomi 🏕️ Camp Quatoga 1
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★ What stands out · Things to do 11 places to go in Rosedale Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
🛶 4 Boat launches 🔭 1 Scenic view ⛰️ 3 Peaks 🏕️ 3 Campgrounds
Boat launches in Rosedale Show all on map
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Peaks in Rosedale Show all on map
⛰️ Unnamed peak in Pere Marquette State Park 732 ft elevation
Map Directions
Campgrounds in Rosedale Show all on map
🏕️ Camp Piasa In Pere Marquette State Park
Map Directions 🏕️ Camp Potawatomi In Pere Marquette State Park
Map Directions 🏕️ Camp Quatoga In Pere Marquette State Park
Map Directions
Places to walk Pick a walk The longest trail network is Pere Marquette State Park, with 4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
All 1 3+ mi 1 100+ acres 1
1 Pere Marquette State Park Managed by Illinois Department of Natural Resources
2,171 acres4 mi of trail
Cruill Hollow Fire Trail Lost Cabin Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Trails & water
2 named trails and 5 lakes & rivers Named trails
Cruill Hollow Fire Trail 0.6 mi
Lost Cabin Trail 0.5 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Who protects it 4,320 conserved acres Who manages Rosedale’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources 3,624 ac
State conservation 403 ac
USDA easements (NRCS) 190 ac
Private owners 133 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 99 ac
Other state land 2 ac
State Park · 2,212 ac State Conservation Area · 1,412 ac Conservation Easement · 692 ac Private Conservation · 133 ac State Recreation Area · 2 ac
Good to know Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 562 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected places
Place Managed by Acres Public access
Pool No. 26 - Stump LakeState Park
State natural resources 2,212 Open 12 Mile Island Wildlife Management Area - GladesState Conservation Area
State natural resources 1,412 Open Katelyn's Woods Land And Water ReservePrivate Conservation
Private owners 133 Closed Rosedale HeadquartersState Recreation Area
Other state land 2 Open
History along the way
2 old cemeteries History → Next door Rosedale and its neighbors Rosedale has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
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Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, 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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