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Salt Lick Point Land and Water Reserve
Nature preserve
850 acres6.8 mi of trail
Newman TrailSalt Lick Point TrailJohnson Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Valmeyer
Valmeyer, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 36% of Valmeyer is conserved land, roughly 804 acres. There are about 7.2 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Salt Lick Point Land and Water Reserve (6.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Valmeyer, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Valmeyer outdoors
Conserved land
36%
804 of 2,218 acres
Trails
7.2 mi
2.1 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
738 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.
2
Borsch Park
Park
22 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Valmeyer
Unnamed playground in Borsch Park
Unnamed playground in James Brown Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 6.8 mi
- Newman Trail1.7 mi
- Salt Lick Point Trail1.5 mi
- Johnson Trail1.2 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
804 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 128 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
Courts & fields
- Baseball5
- Softball3
- Basketball3
- Beach volleyball1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Valmeyer
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 588 acPrivate Conservation 555 acState Conservation Area 116 acUnknown Easement 14 acLocal Park 5 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lick Point Land and Water ReservePrivate Conservation | Private owners | 483 | Closed |
| Potato Hill Natural AreaState Conservation Area | Private owners | 116 | Closed |
| Columbia Hill PrairiePrivate Conservation | Private owners | 72 | Restricted |
| Borsch ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Saint Johns CemeteryCemetery
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Valmeyer'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.