Bliss Woods Forest Preserve
Managed by Forest Preserve District of Kane County
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
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Outdoors in Prestbury
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Prestbury
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Prestbury, 0.5 per square mile of land. 10 acres are parks and preserves, 4.6 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 61% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
8 acres · of 0.6 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
10 ac
4.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.2 mi
0.2 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
2
What kind of outdoors town is Prestbury?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Prestbury have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Prestbury is ahead of 61% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Prestbury’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical IL town 4% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.5 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · IL 0.3 · U.S. 0.4BPark land4.6 acres of park per 1,000 residents (10 acres) · IL 15 · U.S. 13CParks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · IL 88% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 61%
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Water is 5% of Prestbury’s area (0 of 1 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 2%.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Prestbury. 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 C+ 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
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
8 conserved acres
2% of Prestbury’s land. Water is left out: Prestbury has 0.6 square miles of land and 0.0 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Prestbury’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Regional agency8 ac
Local Park · 8 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bliss Woods Forest Preserve Local Park | Regional agency | 8 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Prestbury
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Prestbury
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
1 named trail and 2 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Connector Trail0.3 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
0.2 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.2 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
5Pickleball
2Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Prestbury: 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 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 30 | 35 | 47 | 60 | 71 | 81 | 84 | 82 | 76 | 63 | 48 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.0 |
February is the driest month (1.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.7 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Prestbury →
Next door
Prestbury and its neighbors
Prestbury has the second most mapped trails of the 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prestbury | 2% | 0.5 | 5 | 99%+ | B |
| Sugar Grove | 2% | 0.2 | 25 | 94% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Prestbury
How much of Prestbury 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 Prestbury’s trails?
Bliss Woods Forest Preserve doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Prestbury?
0.2 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.2 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Prestbury?
13,958 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Prestbury or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 10 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Prestbury have?
Ahead of 61% 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 Prestbury 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 →