1
Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Managed by Illinois Department of Natural Resources
460 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Outdoors · Smallwood
Smallwood, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 74% of Smallwood is conserved land, roughly 19,698 acres. There are about 4.8 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Smallwood, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Smallwood outdoors
Conserved land
74%
19,698 of 26,570 acres
Trails
4.8 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
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
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
Prairie Ridge State Natural Area
Nature preserve
160 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
19,698 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 30 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
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Smallwood
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Private Conservation 17,052 acConservation Easement 2,709 acState Conservation Area 2,648 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Ridge - Jasper CountyPrivate Conservation | Private owners | 17,014 | Closed |
| Prairie Ridge-Jasper State Natural AreaState Conservation Area | State natural resources | 2,648 | Open |
| Richard and Jean Graber Grasslands Land and Water ReservePrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 39 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Cummins CemeteryCemetery
Hankins CemeteryCemetery
Honey CemeteryCemetery
Lancaster CemeteryCemetery
Pleasant Ridge CemeteryCemetery
Tate CemeteryCemetery
Woods CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Smallwood and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smallwood | 74.1% | 4.8 mi | 2 |
| South Muddy | 3.6% | 16.9 mi | 1 |
| Wade | 7.9% | 6.8 mi | 5 |
| Fox | 8.1% | 21.9 mi | 0 |
| Denver | 25.8% | 4.8 mi | 0 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Smallwood'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 20.9-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.