Outdoors · Summit

Summit, IL parks, trails & bike paths

About 5% of Summit is conserved land, roughly 72 acres. Summit has 4 named parks and preserves on the map.

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

At a glance

Summit outdoors

Conserved land
5%
72 of 1,436 acres
Trails
0.9 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
4
7 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

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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.
1

Summit Park

Managed by Summit Park District
56 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Argo Park

Managed by Summit Park District
13 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Hanover Park

Managed by Summit Park District
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4

Legion Park

Managed by Summit Park District
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

72 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city
69 ac
Regional agency
3 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis6
  • Baseball5
  • Basketball5
  • Soccer1
  • Football1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Next door

Summit and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Summit5%0.9 mi4
Bedford Park1.1%1.5 mi4
Lyons2.9%27.4 mi81
Chicago8%239.6 mi520
Lyons1.2%2.0 mi10
Stickney2.6%2.0 mi15
Forest View0.6%0.0 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Summit'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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