1
Aurora West Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Kane County
747 acres1.5 mi of trail
Red Pine LoopAccess TrailAirfield Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Sugar Grove
Sugar Grove, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 13% of Sugar Grove is conserved land, roughly 2,866 acres. There are about 13 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Aurora West Forest Preserve (1.5 mi), Hannaford Woods-Nickels Farm Forest Preserve (1.2 mi), and Lake Run Forest Preserve (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sugar Grove, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Sugar Grove outdoors
Conserved land
13%
2,866 of 22,537 acres
Trails
13 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
30
137 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
30.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 30.6 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
Hannaford Woods-Nickels Farm Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Kane County
402 acres1.2 mi of trail
Prairie Loop Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Lake Run Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Kane County
189 acres1 mi of trail
Red Fox LoopForest Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Culver Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Kane County
120 acres1 mi of trail
Woodland TrailMeadow Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Harter Community Park
Managed by Sugar Grove Park District
16 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Bliss Woods Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Kane County
240 acres0.4 mi of trail
Savanna Trail
Dog rules not recorded
7
Volunteer Park
Managed by Sugar Grove Park District
9 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 30 parks & preserves
- Carson Slough Park7 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Barnes Forest Preserve267 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Chelsea Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Jericho Lake Park48 ac · Directions
- Belle Vue Park35 ac · Directions
- Hankes Road Park9 ac · Directions
- Fairfield Way Park8 ac
- Mallard Park8 ac · Directions
- Black Walnut Park7 ac
- Dugan Park West6 ac
- Lindens Park5 ac
- Keck Park5 ac · Directions
- Cherry Hill Park4 ac
- Dugan Park East3 ac
- Deerpath Park3 ac
- Verona Ridge Park2 ac
- Homestead Park2 ac
- Strubler Park2 ac
- Frontier Park2 ac
- Walnut Woods Park1 ac · Directions
- Windsor Pointe Park1 ac · Directions
- Crossroads Park1 ac
- Canterbury Park1 ac
Who protects the land
2,866 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 400 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 paths30.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Soccer43
- Baseball23
- Tennis17
- Basketball15
- Pickleball5
- Football2
- Hockey rinks1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Sugar Grove and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Grove | 12.7% | 13.1 mi | 30 |
| Blackberry | 12.8% | 32.4 mi | 24 |
| Aurora | 7.2% | 26.7 mi | 93 |
| Big Rock | 8.8% | 17.2 mi | 2 |
| North Aurora | 5% | 2.9 mi | 21 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Sugar 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.