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Edward L Ryerson Conservation Area
Managed by Lake County Forest Preserves
533 acres7.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Vernon
Vernon, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 18% of Vernon is conserved land, roughly 4,165 acres. There are about 44 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Edward L Ryerson Conservation Area (7.1 mi), Discover Financial Park (1.4 mi), and North Park (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Vernon, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Vernon outdoors
Conserved land
18%
4,165 of 23,080 acres
Trails
44 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 17 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
67
58 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
73.9 mi
0.3 mi lanes · 73.6 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
Discover Financial Park
Park
24 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
North Park
Park
24 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Half Day Forest Preserve
Managed by Lake County Forest Preserves
117 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Rivershire Park
Managed by Village of Lincolnshire
28 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
6
Hawthorn Club Park
Park
11 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Whytegate Park
Managed by Lincolnshire Park District
4 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Vernon Hills Memorial Arbortheater
Park
16 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 60 parks & preserves
- Spring Lake Park6 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Buffalo Creek Park6 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Carriage Green Park6 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Mike Rylko Community Park76 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Grosse Pointe Park15 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Stone Fence Park4 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Cahokia Flatwoods Forest Preserve212 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Deerpath Park64 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Children's Park5 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Mirielle Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Augusta Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Memorial Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Aspen Backyard Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Grainger Woods Conservation Preserve314 ac
- Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve271 ac · Directions
- Willow Stream Park60 ac · Directions
- Sullivan Woods52 ac · Directions
- Adlai E. Stevenson High School Field29 ac · Directions
- Grosse Pointe Path22 ac · Directions
- Churchill Park20 ac · Directions
- Green Lake Park20 ac · Directions
- Prairie Park16 ac · Directions
- Village of Buffalo Grove Open Space15 ac · Directions
- Old Farm Park11 ac
- Highland Point Park11 ac
- Veterans Park11 ac · Directions
- Twin Creeks Park10 ac · Directions
- Hartmann Park10 ac · Directions
- Westchester Park9 ac
- Kelli Garvanian Park9 ac
- Parkchester Park8 ac
- Ranney Pond Greenspace8 ac · Directions
- Ivy Park8 ac
- Rolling Hills Park8 ac
- Apple Hill Park7 ac
- Crossing Pond Park6 ac · Directions
- Canterbury Park6 ac
- Cherbourg Park6 ac
- Nicole Park5 ac · Directions
- Rolling Hills North Park5 ac · Directions
- William E. Peterson Park4 ac · Directions
- Tartan Park4 ac
- Bicentennial Park4 ac
- W. Sieja Greenspace3 ac · Directions
- Raupp Memorial Park3 ac · Directions
- Northwood Park3 ac
- Westwood Park3 ac · Directions
- Aptakisic Park3 ac · Directions
- Olde Mill Park2 ac · Directions
- Martha Weiss Park2 ac
- Ranney Park2 ac · Directions
- Larry Laschen Tennis Courts2 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
4,165 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 159 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 lanes0.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths73.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis88
- Baseball53
- Soccer29
- Basketball27
- Pickleball20
- Lacrosse12
- Tracks12
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Vernon and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon | 18% | 43.5 mi | 67 |
| West Deerfield | 11% | 35.5 mi | 36 |
| Wheeling | 5.1% | 19.2 mi | 92 |
| Libertyville | 24.1% | 16.5 mi | 37 |
| Ela | 7.8% | 24.7 mi | 37 |
| Wheeling | 3.1% | 3.8 mi | 8 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Vernon'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.