1
Buffalo Woods
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
80 acres0.4 mi of trail
Brown Unpaved Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Willow Springs
Willow Springs, IL parks, trails & bike paths
There are about 1.4 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Willow Springs, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Willow Springs outdoors
Conserved land
0.9%
23 of 2,706 acres
Trails
1.4 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
10
4 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
10.4 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 10.4 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
Columbia Woods
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
72 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Willow Springs Woods
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
70 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
John Husar I&M Canal
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
52 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 10 parks & preserves
- Lions Park5 ac
- Paw Paw Woods Nature Preserve4 ac
- White Buffalo Park3 ac · Directions
- Healing Waters Park3 ac
- Willow Park1 ac
- Santa Fe Park1 ac
Who protects the land
23 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 4 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 paths10.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball5
- Basketball4
- Pickleball2
- Tennis1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Willow Springs and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Springs | 0.9% | 1.4 mi | 10 |
| Burr Ridge | 2.7% | 5.5 mi | 13 |
| Hodgkins | 1.6% | 1.8 mi | 6 |
| Downers Grove | 13.1% | 50.4 mi | 119 |
| Lemont | 3.3% | 52.6 mi | 24 |
| Lemont | 6.9% | 13.0 mi | 19 |
| Justice | 1.9% | 0.2 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Willow Springs'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.