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Outdoors in Plum Valley

Few parks or trails are on the map in Plum Valley

OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Plum Valley yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.

Conserved land
under 1%
1 acre · of 1.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
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.

1
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.

Plum Valley Ravines

Managed by Forest Preserve District of Will County
718 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

1 conserved acres

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

Regional agency1 ac
Conservation Easement · 1 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1 acre is a conservation easement, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

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
2Equestrian

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Plum Valley: 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)9.510.511.813.314.515.214.913.812.411.09.89.2
High (°F)323648607181848276644937
Rain (in)2.32.02.43.74.34.54.34.13.53.52.82.2

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 Plum Valley →

Next door

Plum Valley and its neighbors

Plum Valley has the most mapped trails of the 2 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
Plum Valley— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Willowbrookunder 1%under 0.1under 1under 1%D−

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

Questions about parks and trails in Plum Valley

Are dogs allowed on Plum Valley’s trails?

Plum Valley Ravines doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Plum Valley?

7,400 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Plum Valley or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Plum Valley 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 →