1
Kenyon Farm Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Kane County
17 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · South Elgin
South Elgin, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.3% of South Elgin is conserved land, roughly 400 acres. There are about 2.7 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Kenyon Farm Forest Preserve (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in South Elgin, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
South Elgin outdoors
Conserved land
8.3%
400 of 4,790 acres
Trails
2.7 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
21
17 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
12.4 mi
0.1 mi lanes · 12.3 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
Jim Hansen Park
Park
15 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Robert Sperry Park
Park
8 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Panton Mill Park
Park
5 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 21 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 21 parks & preserves
Kenyon Farm Forest Preserve17 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of Kane County
Jim Hansen Park15 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Robert Sperry Park8 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Panton Mill Park5 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
County Park16 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Corron Park11 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Lions Park9 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Fox Meadow Park6 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
James "Pate" Philip State Park51 acres · Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Ralph E Tredup Park East11 acres
Who protects the land
400 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths12.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis16
- Baseball9
- Basketball6
- Soccer2
- Beach volleyball1
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
South Elgin and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Elgin | 8.3% | 2.7 mi | 21 |
| Elgin | 7.1% | 19.7 mi | 76 |
| Elgin | 8.2% | 24.6 mi | 65 |
| St. Charles | 11.6% | 40.4 mi | 61 |
| Bartlett | 17.2% | 7.0 mi | 32 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about South Elgin'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.