Photo: formulanone from Huntsville, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Preemption Township
5 acres are parks and preserves, 2.3 per 1,000 residents. 2.1 miles of mapped trail cross Preemption Township, 0.1 per square mile of land. 43% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Preemption Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Preemption Township is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
1 lakes & rivers
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.
The best walking months in Preemption 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.
| 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) | 30 | 35 | 49 | 62 | 72 | 82 | 84 | 82 | 76 | 64 | 48 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
January is the driest month (1.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 5.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Preemption Township →
Preemption Township and its neighbors
Preemption Township has the most mapped trails of the 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preemption Township | under 1% | 0.1 | 2 | 43% | D |
| Greene Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 3 | 57% | C− |
| Richland Grove Township | under 1% | 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Preemption Township
How much of Preemption 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 Preemption Township?
3,532 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Preemption Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Preemption Township have?
Ahead of 11% 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 Preemption 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 →