1
Sam Parr State Fish and Wildlife Area
Managed by Illinois Department of Natural Resources
1,056 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Wade
Wade, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.9% of Wade is conserved land, roughly 3,743 acres. There are about 6.8 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Wade, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Wade outdoors
Conserved land
7.9%
3,743 of 47,319 acres
Trails
6.8 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
5
862 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
Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Managed by Illinois Department of Natural Resources
313 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Peterson Park
Park
27 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Boys & Girls Park
Park
10 acres
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.
Peaks in Wade
Jordan Hill541 ft elevation
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
3,743 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 35 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
- Tennis4
- Softball3
- Baseball2
- Football1
- Skate park1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Wade
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Private Conservation 2,507 acState Conservation Area 1,161 acConservation Easement 35 acLocal Park 31 acLocal Recreation Area 10 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Ridge - Jasper CountyPrivate Conservation | Private owners | 2,507 | Closed |
| Sam Parr State Fish and Wildlife AreaState Conservation Area | State natural resources | 1,161 | Open |
| Peterson ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 27 | Open |
| Jasper County Boys And Girls ParkLocal Recreation Area | County | 10 | Open |
| Earl Dufrain ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Showing 1–10 of 13 places
Bowers CemeteryCemetery
Brick CemeteryCemetery
Chaple CemeteryCemetery
Coburn CemeteryCemetery
Gila Lutheran CemeteryCemetery
Jones CemeteryCemetery
Kibler CemeteryCemetery
New Saint Peters CemeteryCemetery
Old Saint Peters CemeteryCemetery
Redford CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Wade and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wade | 7.9% | 6.8 mi | 5 |
| Smallwood | 74.1% | 4.8 mi | 2 |
| North Muddy | 0% | 1.3 mi | 1 |
| Fox | 8.1% | 21.9 mi | 0 |
| Grove | 0.3% | 4.8 mi | 0 |
| Willow Hill | 0% | 7.5 mi | 0 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Wade'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 29.3-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.