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Thelen Park
Park
30 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Spring Grove
Spring Grove, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.2% of Spring Grove is conserved land, roughly 185 acres. There are about 1.3 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Thelen Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Spring Grove, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Spring Grove outdoors
Conserved land
3.2%
185 of 5,776 acres
Trails
1.3 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
31 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.6 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
Horse Fair Park
Park
21 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Chain O'Lakes State Park
Managed by Illinois Department of Natural Resources
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Spring Grove
Unnamed playground in Horse Fair Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
185 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 12 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 paths2.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball4
- Basketball3
- Soccer2
- Football1
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Spring Grove
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 168 acConservation Easement 12 acState Park 5 acPrivate Conservation 1 ac
Showing 1–10 of 14 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hatchery ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 40 | Open |
| Lyle C. Thomas Memorial Park and LandingLocal Park | Town or city | 32 | Open |
| Thelen ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 24 | Open |
| Oak Valley ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 20 | Open |
| Springdale Trails ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 15 | Open |
| Spring Grove ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Horse Fair ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| Lyle C Thomas Memorial ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| Chain O'Lakes State ParkState Park | State conservation | 5 | Open |
| Pauline Pierce ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Cole CemeteryCemetery
Sprind Grove CemeteryCemetery
Wray-Imeson CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Spring Grove and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Grove | 3.2% | 1.3 mi | 3 |
| Fox Lake | 2.8% | 1.0 mi | 3 |
| Pistakee Highlands | 0.1% | 0.0 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Spring Grove'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.