Outdoors · Spring

Spring, IL parks, trails & bike paths

About 2% of Spring is conserved land, roughly 467 acres. There are about 29 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Spring outdoors

Conserved land
2%
467 of 22,958 acres
Trails
29 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
0
463 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
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.
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Swimming spots in Spring
Unnamed swimming spot
Directions
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

467 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Regional agency
198 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
141 ac
State natural resources
109 ac
Regional Water Districts
18 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 142 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 Spring

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Conservation Area 198 acConservation Easement 142 acState Conservation Area 108 acUnknown 18 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Sewell Conservation AreaLocal Conservation AreaRegional agency198Open
Crow's Foot State Fish and Wildlife AreaState Conservation AreaState natural resources108Open
Mosquito CreekUnknownRegional Water Districts18Open
History

Historic places to visit

First School House Hooser's Grove 1845Monument
Shattucks Grove CemeteryCemetery
Shattucks Grove CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Spring and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Spring2%29.4 mi0
Flora0%16.0 mi1
Riley4.1%6.1 mi1
Bonus4%15.3 mi2
Kingston2.5%19.5 mi6
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Spring'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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