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North Side Park
Managed by Wheaton Park District
66 acres2.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Wheaton
Wheaton, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.4% of Wheaton is conserved land, roughly 540 acres. There are about 8.1 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in North Side Park (2.2 mi), Lincoln Marsh Natural Area (1.1 mi), and Seven Gables Park (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Wheaton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Wheaton outdoors
Conserved land
7.4%
540 of 7,309 acres
Trails
8.1 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
46
10 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
12.7 mi
4.1 mi lanes · 8.6 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
Lincoln Marsh Natural Area
Managed by Wheaton Park District
72 acres1.1 mi of trail
South Marsh TrailWoodland TrailOak Knoll Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Seven Gables Park
Managed by Wheaton Park District
62 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Atten Park
Managed by Wheaton Park District
37 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Briar Patch Park
Managed by Wheaton Park District
22 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 46 parks & preserves
- Graf Park19 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Hoffman Park8 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Firefighters Park11 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Presidents Park8 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Hull Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Belleau Woods Forest Preserve92 ac · Directions
- DuPage County Fairgrounds39 ac · Directions
- Danada Forest Preserve26 ac · Directions
- Central Park16 ac · Directions
- Scottdale Park8 ac
- Toohey Park8 ac
- Rathje Park8 ac · Directions
- Briar Knoll Park6 ac
- Dorset Park5 ac
- Brighton Park5 ac
- Lawson Field5 ac · Directions
- Kelly Park5 ac
- Jefferson Park5 ac · Directions
- Arboretum Mews4 ac
- Village Green Park3 ac
- Hurley Gardens3 ac · Directions
- Lincoln Park3 ac
- Rotary Park3 ac · Directions
- Appleby Park2 ac
- Adams Park2 ac · Directions
- Memorial Park2 ac · Directions
- Albright Park2 ac · Directions
- Chathum Park2 ac
- Scotts Grove Park2 ac
- Hawthorne Junction2 ac · Directions
- Clydesdale Park2 ac
- Ridge Park2 ac
- Orchard Park1 ac
- Blacksmith Park1 ac
- Prairie Path Park1 ac
- Madison Park1 ac
- Triangle Park1 ac · Directions
- Clocktower Commons1 ac · Directions
- Wexford Park1 ac
- Westhaven Park1 ac
- Hillside Tot Lot1 ac
Who protects the land
540 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 48 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes4.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths8.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis49
- Soccer32
- Baseball31
- Pickleball12
- Basketball10
- Tracks10
- Football9
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Wheaton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheaton | 7.4% | 8.1 mi | 46 |
| Glen Ellyn | 8.4% | 10.7 mi | 29 |
| Milton | 17.8% | 45.6 mi | 92 |
| Winfield | 14.1% | 32.6 mi | 42 |
| Carol Stream | 6.3% | 6.1 mi | 33 |
| Winfield | 16.5% | 1.8 mi | 18 |
| Lisle | 8.3% | 32.9 mi | 39 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Wheaton'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.