Oakwood Park
Park
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Oakwood
Oakwood has 16 acres of parks, 12 for every 1,000 residents
1% of Oakwood’s land is conserved, about 7 acres. 61% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
7 acres · of 0.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
16 ac
12 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
61%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.7 mi
0.7 mi paths
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Oakwood have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Oakwood is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Oakwood’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 (0 mi) · IL 0.3 · U.S. 0.4DPark land12 acres of park per 1,000 residents (16 acres) · IL 15 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home61% of residents within a half mile of a park · IL 88% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 25%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Oakwood. 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 C− 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
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
7 conserved acres
1% of Oakwood’s land. Who manages Oakwood’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Regional agency7 ac
Local Recreation Area · 7 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kickapoo Rail Trail Local Recreation Area | Regional agency | 7 | Open |
Things to do
4 places to go in Oakwood
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Oakwood
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Biking & sports
0.7 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.7 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
3Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
August is the best month for walking in Oakwood
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 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 35 | 39 | 51 | 64 | 74 | 83 | 85 | 84 | 79 | 66 | 51 | 39 |
| Rain (in) | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 2.5 |
February is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Oakwood →
Questions about parks and trails in Oakwood
How much of Oakwood 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 Oakwood’s trails?
Oakwood Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Oakwood?
0.7 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.7 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Oakwood?
8,510 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Oakwood or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 16 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Oakwood have?
Ahead of 25% 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 Oakwood 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 →