1
Old Mill Park
Park
25 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Sycamore
Sycamore, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 8% of Sycamore is conserved land, roughly 520 acres. There are about 2.3 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Old Mill Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sycamore, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Sycamore outdoors
Conserved land
8%
520 of 6,481 acres
Trails
2.3 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
28 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
9.9 mi
3.1 mi lanes · 6.9 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
Leon D. Larson Memorial Park
Park
22 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Kiwanis Park
Park
6 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Founders Park
Park
4 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Public pools in Sycamore
Sycamore Swimming Pool
Trails
Named trails
- Great Western Trail0.2 mi
Who protects the land
520 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes3.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths6.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis11
- Basketball2
- Football2
- Soccer2
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Sycamore
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 144 acLocal Park 140 acUnknown 130 acLocal Recreation Area 106 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkside PreserveState Conservation Area | Town or city | 132 | Closed |
| Sycamore Community Park & Sports ComplexUnknown | Town or city | 114 | Open |
| Sycamore Golf Course & Golf Club HouseLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 106 | Open |
| Emil Cassier ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 70 | Open |
| Old Mill ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 22 | Open |
| Leon D Larson Memorial ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 21 | Open |
| Reston PondsUnknown | Town or city | 14 | Open |
| Future ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 13 | Open |
| Chief Black Partridge Nature PreserveState Conservation Area | Town or city | 12 | Open |
| Brothers ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 4 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Civil War MonumentWar memorial
Sycamore Historic DistrictDistrict
Elmwood CemeteryCemetery
Mount Carmel Sycamore CemeteryCemetery
Mount Carmel Sycamore CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Sycamore and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Sycamore'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.