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Madison Meadow Park
Park
90 acres2.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · York
York, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.4% of York is conserved land, roughly 1,453 acres. There are about 34 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Madison Meadow Park (2.5 mi), Central Park (1.8 mi), and Mayslake Forest Preserve (1.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in York, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
York outdoors
Conserved land
6.4%
1,453 of 22,668 acres
Trails
34 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 19 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
63
11 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
50.9 mi
2.8 mi lanes · 47.4 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
Central Park
Park
110 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Mayslake Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
97 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Wilder Park
Managed by Elmhurst Park District
21 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
224 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Sunset Knoll Park
Park
32 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
The Commons
Park
52 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Butterfield Park
Park
24 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 63 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 63 parks & preserves
Madison Meadow Park90 acres · 2.5 mi of trail
Central Park110 acres · 1.8 mi of trail
Mayslake Forest Preserve97 acres · 1.7 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Wilder Park21 acres · 1.2 mi of trail · Elmhurst Park District
Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve224 acres · 1.1 mi of trail · Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Sunset Knoll Park32 acres · 1 mi of trail
The Commons52 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Butterfield Park24 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Knolls Park22 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · York Center Park District
Dean Nature Sanctuary40 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Who protects the land
1,453 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 2 of 75 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes2.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths47.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis108
- Baseball73
- Soccer39
- Basketball27
- Pickleball14
- Tracks11
- Football7
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
York and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| York | 6.4% | 33.8 mi | 63 |
| Milton | 17.8% | 45.6 mi | 92 |
| Downers Grove | 13.1% | 50.4 mi | 119 |
| Addison | 15.2% | 22.1 mi | 58 |
| Proviso | 3.1% | 22.8 mi | 57 |
| Villa Park | 6.1% | 2.7 mi | 12 |
| Oak Brook | 8.4% | 8.1 mi | 10 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about York'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.