Pilot Township has 15 miles of mapped trails, 0.3 for every square mile of land
OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Pilot Township yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.
Ahead of 7% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Pilot Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Pilot Township is ahead of 7% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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1 conserved acres
under 1% of Pilot Township’s land. Who manages Pilot Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodrich Railroad Prairie Private Conservation | Private owners | 1 | Restricted |
5 places to go in Pilot Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
September is the best month for walking in Pilot Township
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 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 37 | 49 | 62 | 73 | 82 | 85 | 83 | 78 | 65 | 50 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
February is the driest month (1.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Pilot Township →
Pilot Township and its neighbors
Pilot Township 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Township | under 1% | 0.3 | under 1 | under 1% | D |
| Norton Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Milks Grove Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Otto Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 55 | 10% | C− |
| Limestone Township | 3% | under 0.1 | 151 | 39% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Pilot Township
How much of Pilot Township is conserved land?
under 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.
Is there public land near Pilot Township?
8,084 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Pilot Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Pilot Township have?
Ahead of 7% 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 Pilot Township neighbors.
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 →