1
North Point Marina
Managed by Illinois Department of Natural Resources
218 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Zion
Zion, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 17% of Zion is conserved land, roughly 1,081 acres. There are about 11 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in North Point Marina (1.7 mi), Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park (0.8 mi), and Hermon Park (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Zion, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Zion outdoors
Conserved land
17%
1,081 of 6,326 acres
Trails
11 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 9 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
20
44 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
9.1 mi
0.6 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
Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park
Managed by Illinois Department of Natural Resources
543 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Hermon Park
Park
19 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Shiloh Park
Managed by Zion Park District
18 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 20 parks & preserves
- David Park43 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Sharon Park6 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Horizon Village Park27 ac · Directions
- Salem Boulevard Park18 ac · Directions
- Shiloh Boulevard Park9 ac · Directions
- Bethesda Boulevard Park8 ac
- Ophir Park6 ac
- Lorelei Acres Park5 ac
- Joanna Park4 ac
- Meadow Creek Park3 ac
- Elizabeth Park2 ac · Directions
- Bethany Avenue Park2 ac
- Timothy Park1 ac
- Olivet Park1 ac
- Daniel Park1 ac
- Aaron Park1 ac
Who protects the land
1,081 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths8.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- Zion Bike Paths (bike route)0.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis17
- Basketball15
- Baseball12
- Soccer9
- Volleyball1
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Zion and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zion | 17.1% | 10.7 mi | 20 |
| Zion | 17.1% | 10.7 mi | 20 |
| Benton | 28.9% | 21.5 mi | 9 |
| Beach Park | 6.4% | 7.5 mi | 4 |
| Wadsworth | 10.8% | 3.8 mi | 5 |
| Newport | 19.7% | 4.9 mi | 7 |
| Winthrop Harbor | 29.7% | 5.5 mi | 5 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Zion'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.