Bicentennial Park
Managed by Olympia Fields Park District
12 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Photo: Boscophotos · CC BY-SA 3.0AOutdoors
Outdoors in Olympia Fields
7% of Olympia Fields’ land is conserved, and 99% of residents live within a half mile of a park
4.8 miles of mapped trail cross Olympia Fields, 1.6 per square mile of land. The biggest trail networks: Bicentennial Park (0.5 mi). 140 acres are parks and preserves, 30 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 93% of U.S. towns · #49 of 768 in Illinois. What drives it
Conserved land
7%
137 acres · of 2.9 sq mi of land
Trails
4.8 mi
1.6 per sq mi of land
Park land
140 ac
30 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.6 mi
1.6 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Olympia Fields?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Olympia Fields have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Olympia Fields is ahead of 93% of U.S. towns, #49 of 768 in Illinois. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; trail miles rank highest, conserved land lowest.
A
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Olympia Fields’ overall grade.
Conserved land7% of the land · typical IL town 4% · U.S. 4%B+Trails1.6 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (5 mi) · IL 0.3 · U.S. 0.4APark land30 acres of park per 1,000 residents (140 acres) · IL 15 · U.S. 13B+Parks close to home99% 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 93%
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Illinois towns of 2,500+ (768)Ahead of 94%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from A to A+. 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Bicentennial Park, with 0.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Tolentine Park
Managed by Olympia Fields Park District
12 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Sergeant Means Park
Managed by Olympia Fields Park District
19 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Arcadia Park
Park
4 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 5 parks & preserves
Bicentennial Park12 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · Olympia Fields Park District
DirectionsTolentine Park12 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · Olympia Fields Park District
DirectionsSergeant Means Park19 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Olympia Fields Park District
Arcadia Park4 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Maynegaite Park4 acres
Who protects it
137 conserved acres
7% of Olympia Fields’ land. Who manages Olympia Fields’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Regional agency123 ac
Town or city21 ac
Local Park · 133 acUnknown · 10 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spirit Trail Park Local Park | Regional agency | 35 | Open |
| Sergeant Means Park Local Park | Regional agency | 20 | Open |
| Irons Oaks Park Local Park | Regional agency | 17 | Open |
| Trails Of Olympia Park Local Park | Regional agency | 12 | Open |
| Bicentennial Park Local Park | Regional agency | 11 | Open |
| Unnamed Property Unknown | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Tolentine Park Local Park | Regional agency | 10 | Open |
| Deangelis Park Local Park | Regional agency | 8 | Open |
| Elliott Woods Park Local Park | Town or city | 7 | Open |
| Maynegaite Park Local Park | Regional agency | 4 | Open |
3 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
Things to do
2 places to go in Olympia Fields
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Olympia Fields
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Biking & sports
1.6 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1.6 mi
off-road bike paths
Olympia Fields Path SystemBike route
2.1 miCourts & fields
5Tennis
3Baseball
3Soccer
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Olympia Fields: 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 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 36 | 48 | 60 | 71 | 81 | 84 | 82 | 76 | 63 | 49 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
February is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Olympia Fields →
Next door
Olympia Fields and its neighbors
Olympia Fields has the most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympia Fields | 7% | 1.6 | 30 | 99% | A |
| Chicago Heights | 3% | 0.3 | 8 | 97% | B |
| Flossmoor | 8% | 0.3 | 21 | 99% | A− |
| Park Forest | 12% | 0.6 | 12 | 94% | A− |
| Matteson | 4% | 0.3 | 8 | 99% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Olympia Fields
Where can I hike in Olympia Fields?
The longest trail networks: Bicentennial Park, 0.5 miles; Tolentine Park, 0.4 miles; Sergeant Means Park, 0.3 miles; Arcadia Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Olympia Fields is conserved land?
7% 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 Olympia Fields’ trails?
Bicentennial Park and Tolentine Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Olympia Fields?
1.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.6 of off-road paths. Named routes: Olympia Fields Path System.
Is there public land near Olympia Fields?
8,065 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Olympia Fields or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 144 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Olympia Fields have?
Ahead of 93% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #49 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 Olympia Fields 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 →