American Legion Park
Managed by Village of Grant Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Grant Park
95% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Grant Park
3 acres are parks and preserves, 2.1 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 3.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
3 ac
2.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
95%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Grant Park?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Grant Park have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Grant Park is ahead of 17% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Grant Park’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical IL town 4% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · IL 0.3 · U.S. 0.4DPark land2.1 acres of park per 1,000 residents (3 acres) · IL 15 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home95% 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 17%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Grant Park. 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.
Heldt Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out
The best walking months in Grant Park: 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 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 37 | 48 | 61 | 72 | 82 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 64 | 49 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
February is the driest month (1.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Grant Park →
Questions about parks and trails in Grant Park
How much of Grant Park 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 Grant Park’s trails?
American Legion Park and Heldt Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Grant Park?
1,118 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Grant Park or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Grant Park have?
Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Grant Park 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 →