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Emily Oaks Nature Center
Managed by Skokie Park District
16 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Skokie
Skokie, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.5% of Skokie is conserved land, roughly 545 acres. There are about 9.8 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Emily Oaks Nature Center (0.8 mi), Skokie Sports Park (0.7 mi), and Laramie Park (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Skokie, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Skokie outdoors
Conserved land
8.5%
545 of 6,399 acres
Trails
9.8 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 9 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
49
8 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
18.5 mi
9.1 mi lanes · 9.0 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
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
Skokie Sports Park
Managed by Skokie Park District
35 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Laramie Park
Managed by Skokie Park District
11 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Harms Flatwoods Nature Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
38 acres0.6 mi of trail
North Branch Brown Unpaved Trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Oakton Park
Managed by Skokie Park District
18 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
6
Devonshire Park
Managed by Skokie Park District
10 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
7
Channelside Park
Managed by Skokie Park District
15 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
8
Emerson Park
Managed by Skokie Park District
4 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
All 49 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 49 parks & preserves
Emily Oaks Nature Center16 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Skokie Park District
Skokie Sports Park35 acres · 0.7 mi of trail · Skokie Park District
Laramie Park11 acres · 0.7 mi of trail · Skokie Park District
Harms Flatwoods Nature Preserve38 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Oakton Park18 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · Skokie Park District
Devonshire Park10 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · Skokie Park District
Channelside Park15 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Skokie Park District
Emerson Park4 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Skokie Park District
Donald W. Lyon Park5 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Skokie Park District
Terminal Park4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Skokie Park District
Who protects the land
545 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 36 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 lanes9.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths9.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.4 mi
- North Branch Brown Unpaved Trail (bike route)0.7 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis76
- Basketball32
- Baseball22
- Soccer15
- Pickleball10
- Softball4
- Football3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Skokie and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skokie | 8.5% | 9.8 mi | 49 |
| Niles | 7.1% | 30.3 mi | 78 |
| Morton Grove | 2.1% | 10.5 mi | 15 |
| Evanston | 5.8% | 11.8 mi | 64 |
| Lincolnwood | 5% | 2.7 mi | 11 |
| Chicago | 8% | 239.6 mi | 520 |
| Niles | 2.8% | 3.9 mi | 18 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Skokie'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.