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Aerial view of Diamond, IllinoisPhoto: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Diamond

Diamond has 6 acres of parks, 1.8 for every 1,000 residents

76% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 15% of U.S. towns · #739 of 768 in Illinois. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
5 acres · of 1.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
6 ac
1.8 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
76%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Diamond have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Diamond is ahead of 15% of U.S. towns, #739 of 768 in Illinois. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Diamond’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 15%
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Illinois towns of 2,500+ (768)Ahead of 4%
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Diamond. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C−. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.

PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →

The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Diamond Park

Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

5 conserved acres

under 1% of Diamond’s land. Who manages Diamond’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city5 ac
Local Park · 3 acLocal Recreation Area · 2 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Diamond Park
Local Park
Town or city3Open
Diamond Soccer Field
Local Recreation Area
Town or city2Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Diamond

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Diamond
Diamond PlaygroundIn Diamond Park
Directions
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
1Basketball
1Baseball
1Soccer

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The best walking months in Diamond: April and September

NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.510.611.813.314.515.114.913.812.411.09.89.2
High (°F)323649627382858377654937
Rain (in)2.11.82.33.64.74.54.13.83.33.12.52.0

February is the driest month (1.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.7 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Diamond →

Next door

Diamond and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Diamondunder 1%under 0.1276%C−
Coal Cityunder 1%0.1580%C
Braidwood1%0.5460%C

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Diamond

How much of Diamond is conserved land?

under 1% of its land, against a typical 4% for an Illinois town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.

Are dogs allowed on Diamond’s trails?

Diamond Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Diamond?

23,522 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Diamond or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 6 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Diamond have?

Ahead of 15% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #739 of 768 in Illinois. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Diamond neighbors.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →