Few parks or trails are on the map in Holiday Shores
8 acres are parks and preserves, 3.0 per 1,000 residents. 74% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns · #731 of 768 in Illinois. What drives it
How much outdoors does Holiday Shores have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Holiday Shores is ahead of 18% of U.S. towns, #731 of 768 in Illinois. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Water is 23% of Holiday Shores’ area (0 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 1%.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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8 conserved acres
1% of Holiday Shores’ land. Water is left out: Holiday Shores has 1.6 square miles of land and 0.5 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Holiday Shores’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holishor Park Local Park | Private owners | 6 | Open |
| Ball Park Local Recreation Area | Private owners | 3 | Open |
1 places to go in Holiday Shores
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 lakes & rivers
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
The walking year in Holiday Shores
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) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 38 | 44 | 54 | 66 | 76 | 85 | 87 | 86 | 80 | 68 | 54 | 43 |
| Rain (in) | 2.5 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.0 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Holiday Shores →
Questions about parks and trails in Holiday Shores
How much of Holiday Shores is conserved land?
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.
Is there public land near Holiday Shores?
1,929 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Holiday Shores or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 8 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Holiday Shores have?
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #731 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 Holiday Shores neighbors.
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 →