Kickapoo Woods
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
46 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Dixmoor
Dixmoor has 1 acre of parks, 0.2 for every 1,000 residents
92% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Dixmoor, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 20% of U.S. towns · #718 of 768 in Illinois. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
1 ac
0.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
92%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Dixmoor?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Dixmoor have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Dixmoor is ahead of 20% of U.S. towns, #718 of 768 in Illinois. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Dixmoor’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical IL town 4% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · IL 0.3 · U.S. 0.4CPark land0.2 acres of park per 1,000 residents (1 acre) · IL 15 · U.S. 13DParks close to home92% of residents within a half mile of a park · IL 88% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 20%
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Illinois towns of 2,500+ (768)Ahead of 7%
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Dixmoor. 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Calumet Woods
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Cook County
40 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
2 places to go in Dixmoor
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Dixmoor
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Picnic areas in Dixmoor
Dixmoor Playfield Picnic Shelter Grove 1In Kickapoo Woods
DirectionsBiking & 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
1Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Dixmoor: 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.5 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 36 | 48 | 60 | 71 | 80 | 84 | 82 | 76 | 63 | 49 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
February is the driest month (1.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Dixmoor →
Next door
Dixmoor and its neighbors
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Bremen Township23 miThornton Township21 miHarvey1.5 miRiverdale1.4 miBlue Island0.6 miDixmoor0.1 miPosen0.0 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixmoor | under 1% | 0.1 | under 1 | 92% | C− |
| Riverdale | 2% | 0.4 | 5 | 98% | B |
| Harvey | 2% | 0.2 | 4 | 99% | B− |
| Posen | 2% | under 0.1 | 3 | 99%+ | C |
| Blue Island | 2% | 0.1 | 2 | 99% | C+ |
| Thornton Township | 7% | 0.5 | 8 | 98% | B+ |
| Bremen Township | 6% | 0.6 | 10 | 98% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Dixmoor
How much of Dixmoor 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 Dixmoor’s trails?
Kickapoo Woods and Calumet Woods don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Dixmoor?
9,803 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Dixmoor or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Dixmoor have?
Ahead of 20% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #718 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 Dixmoor 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 →