Taylor Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
DOutdoors
Outdoors in Lancaster Township
Few parks or trails are on the map in Lancaster Township
1 acre is park or preserve, 0.5 per 1,000 residents. 13% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Lancaster Township.
Ahead of 8% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
170 acres · of 32.0 sq mi of land
Trails
0.8 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
1 ac
0.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
13%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
2.9 mi
2.9 mi paths
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Lancaster Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lancaster Township is ahead of 8% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Lancaster Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical IL town 4% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · IL 0.3 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land0.5 acres of park per 1,000 residents (1 acre) · IL 15 · U.S. 13DParks close to home13% of residents within a half mile of a park · IL 88% · U.S. 72%C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 8%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Lancaster Township. 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 still be D. 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.
Who protects it
170 conserved acres
1% of Lancaster Township’s land. Who manages Lancaster Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
USDA easements (NRCS)169 ac
Regional agency1 ac
Conservation Easement · 169 acLocal Park · 1 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 169 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Park Local Park | Regional agency | 1 | Open |
Biking & sports
2.9 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
2.9 mi
off-road bike paths
When to get out
The best walking months in Lancaster Township: 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) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 28 | 33 | 46 | 59 | 71 | 80 | 83 | 81 | 75 | 62 | 46 | 33 |
| Rain (in) | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
January is the driest month (1.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 5.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Lancaster Township →
Next door
Lancaster Township and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Silver Creek Township8.7 miHarlem Township7.2 miFreeport2.3 miFreeport Township2.3 miRock Run Township1.0 miLancaster Township0.8 miDakota Township0.0 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster Township | 1% | under 0.1 | 1 | 13% | D |
| Freeport | 8% | 0.2 | 26 | 83% | B+ |
| Freeport Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Silver Creek Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Harlem Township | 1% | 0.2 | 1 | 12% | C− |
| Dakota Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Rock Run Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 6 | 42% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Lancaster Township
How much of Lancaster Township 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.
Are dogs allowed on Lancaster Township’s trails?
Taylor Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Lancaster Township?
2.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.9 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Lancaster Township?
1,309 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lancaster Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Lancaster Township have?
Ahead of 8% 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 Lancaster Township 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 →