Photo: NatFee · CC BY-SA 4.0More than half of Lake Camelot’s land is conserved: 58%
58% of Lake Camelot’s land is conserved, about 629 acres. Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 634 acres are parks and preserves, 389 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 86% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Lake Camelot?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Lake Camelot have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lake Camelot is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Water is 7% of Lake Camelot’s area (0 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 53%.
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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629 conserved acres
58% of Lake Camelot’s land. Water is left out: Lake Camelot has 1.7 square miles of land and 0.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Lake Camelot’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Camelot Private Park | Land trusts & nonprofits | 629 | Open |
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August is the best month for walking in Lake Camelot
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) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 33 | 38 | 51 | 64 | 74 | 83 | 86 | 84 | 78 | 66 | 51 | 38 |
| Rain (in) | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
February is the driest month (1.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 4.8 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Lake Camelot →
Lake Camelot and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Camelot | 58% | under 0.1 | 389 | 99%+ | A |
| Limestone Township | 3% | 0.1 | 49 | 51% | B− |
| Hollis Township | 3% | under 0.1 | 145 | 47% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Lake Camelot
How much of Lake Camelot is conserved land?
58% 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 Lake Camelot?
11,584 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lake Camelot or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 634 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Lake Camelot have?
Ahead of 86% 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 Lake Camelot 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 →