Outdoors · Rush

Rush, IL parks, trails & bike paths

About 2.2% of Rush is conserved land, roughly 523 acres. There are about 56 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Apple River Canyon State Park (2.6 mi).

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

At a glance

Rush outdoors

Conserved land
2.2%
523 of 23,399 acres
Trails
56 mi
1.5 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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

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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

Apple River Canyon State Park

Managed by Illinois Department of Natural Resources
179 acres2.6 mi of trail
Pine Ridge Nature TrailTower Rock Nature TrailPrimrose Nature TrailRiver Route Nature Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
Who protects the land

523 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources
522 ac
State conservation
353 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1 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 paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Nearby

Rush and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Rush2.2%55.5 mi1
Thompson8.5%101.2 mi0
Nora0%28.6 mi1
Stockton4.8%58.5 mi1
Warren0.9%42.7 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Rush'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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