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Downtown Peotone Historic DistrictPhoto: Teemu08 · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Outdoors in Peotone Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Peotone Township

The biggest trail networks: Peotone Community Park (0.9 mi). 146 acres are parks and preserves, 33 per 1,000 residents. 3.1 miles of mapped trail cross Peotone Township, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
under 1%
100 acres · of 36.3 sq mi of land
Trails
3.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
146 ac
33 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
70%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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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 Peotone Community Park, with 0.9 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Peotone Community Park

Park
30 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Wayne Lehnert Preserve

Managed by Forest Preserve District of Will County
80 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Will County Fairground

Park
35 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

100 conserved acres

under 1% of Peotone Township’s land. Who manages Peotone Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Regional agency80 ac
Town or city19 ac
State Conservation Area · 80 acLocal Park · 19 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Wayne Lehnert Preserve
State Conservation Area
Regional agency80Open
Unknown Park
Local Park
Town or city19Open
Things to do

7 places to go in Peotone Township

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Peotone Township

7 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
5Baseball
3Tennis
2Beach volleyball
1Soccer
1Football
1Basketball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The best walking months in Peotone 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.510.611.813.314.515.114.913.812.411.09.89.2
High (°F)323648617281848277644937
Rain (in)2.21.92.43.94.64.84.54.13.43.42.72.2

February is the driest month (1.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Peotone Township →

Next door

Peotone Township and its neighbors

Peotone Township has the second most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Peotone Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Will Townshipunder 1%under 0.1338%D
Green Garden Township1%0.3343%C
Wilton Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Peotone Township

Where can I hike in Peotone Township?

The longest trail networks: Peotone Community Park, 0.9 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

Are dogs allowed on Peotone Township’s trails?

Peotone Community Park and Wayne Lehnert Preserve don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Peotone Township?

15,336 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Peotone Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 146 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Peotone 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 →