Lake Street Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Pistakee Highlands
99% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Pistakee Highlands
2 acres are parks and preserves, 0.5 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 20% of U.S. towns · #716 of 768 in Illinois. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
1 acre · of 1.3 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
2 ac
0.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Pistakee Highlands?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Pistakee Highlands have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Pistakee Highlands is ahead of 20% of U.S. towns, #716 of 768 in Illinois. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Pistakee Highlands’ overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical IL town 4% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · IL 0.3 · U.S. 0.4DPark land0.5 acres of park per 1,000 residents (2 acres) · IL 15 · U.S. 13DParks 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 20%
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Illinois towns of 2,500+ (768)Ahead of 7%
Water is 20% of Pistakee Highlands’ area (0 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Pistakee Highlands. 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 D 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
1 conserved acres
under 1% of Pistakee Highlands’ land. Water is left out: Pistakee Highlands has 1.3 square miles of land and 0.3 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Pistakee Highlands’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city1 ac
Local Park · 1 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Street Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Fox Lake Road Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
When to get out
The best walking months in Pistakee Highlands: July to 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) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 30 | 34 | 45 | 58 | 69 | 79 | 83 | 81 | 75 | 62 | 47 | 35 |
| Rain (in) | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
February is the driest month (1.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Pistakee Highlands →
Next door
Pistakee Highlands and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pistakee Highlands | under 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | 99% | C− |
| Johnsburg | 7% | 0.1 | 18 | 77% | B |
| Spring Grove | 3% | 0.1 | 34 | 78% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Pistakee Highlands
How much of Pistakee Highlands 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.
Are dogs allowed on Pistakee Highlands’ trails?
Lake Street Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Pistakee Highlands?
20,427 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Pistakee Highlands or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Pistakee Highlands have?
Ahead of 20% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #716 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 Pistakee Highlands 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 →