Peotone Community Park
Park
29 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Teemu08 · CC BY-SA 3.0B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Peotone
Peotone has 69 acres of parks, 15 for every 1,000 residents
2.2 miles of mapped trail cross Peotone, 1.1 per square mile of land. The biggest trail networks: Peotone Community Park (1 mi). 89% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 69% of U.S. towns · #308 of 768 in Illinois. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
23 acres · of 2.0 sq mi of land
Trails
2.2 mi
1.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
69 ac
15 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
89%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Peotone?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Peotone have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Peotone is ahead of 69% of U.S. towns, #308 of 768 in Illinois. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Peotone’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical IL town 4% · U.S. 4%C+Trails1.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · IL 0.3 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land15 acres of park per 1,000 residents (69 acres) · IL 15 · U.S. 13BParks close to home89% 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 69%
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Illinois towns of 2,500+ (768)Ahead of 60%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B 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 Peotone Community Park, with 1 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Lloyd Bate Park
Managed by Peotone Park District
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
23 conserved acres
2% of Peotone’s land. Who manages Peotone’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city23 ac
Local Park · 23 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 19 | Open |
| Lloyd Bate Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
Things to do
7 places to go in Peotone
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Peotone
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.
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 Peotone: 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 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 36 | 48 | 61 | 72 | 81 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 64 | 49 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
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 →
Questions about parks and trails in Peotone
Where can I hike in Peotone?
The longest trail networks: Peotone Community Park, 1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Peotone is conserved land?
2% 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 Peotone’s trails?
Peotone Community Park and Will County Fairground don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Peotone?
997 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Peotone or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 69 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Peotone have?
Ahead of 69% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #308 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 Peotone 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 →