1
North Point Marina
Managed by Illinois Department of Natural Resources
350 acres5.1 mi of trail
Marsh Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Winthrop Harbor
Winthrop Harbor, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 30% of Winthrop Harbor is conserved land, roughly 908 acres. There are about 5.5 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in North Point Marina (5.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Winthrop Harbor, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Winthrop Harbor outdoors
Conserved land
30%
908 of 3,063 acres
Trails
5.5 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
138 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.8 mi
0.8 mi lanes · 2.0 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
Spring Bluff Forest Preserve
Managed by Lake County Forest Preserves
232 acres
Dog rules not recorded
3
Village Park
Park
38 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Fossland Park
Park
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 5 parks & preserves
- Novotny Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail
Who protects the land
908 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths2.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball2
- Tennis2
- Basketball1
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Winthrop Harbor and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winthrop Harbor | 29.7% | 5.5 mi | 5 |
| Benton | 28.9% | 21.5 mi | 9 |
| Zion | 17.1% | 10.7 mi | 20 |
| Zion | 17.1% | 10.7 mi | 20 |
| Pleasant Prairie | 6% | 9.4 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Winthrop Harbor'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.