Bengson Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Round Lake Park
Round Lake Park has 20 acres of parks, 2.6 for every 1,000 residents
93% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Round Lake Park, 0.1 per square mile of land. 2% of Round Lake Park’s land is conserved, about 26 acres.
Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns · #597 of 768 in Illinois. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
26 acres · of 2.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
20 ac
2.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
93%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.6 mi
0.5 mi lanes · 0.1 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Round Lake Park?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Round Lake Park have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Round Lake Park is ahead of 38% of U.S. towns, #597 of 768 in Illinois. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Round Lake Park’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical IL town 4% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · IL 0.3 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land2.6 acres of park per 1,000 residents (20 acres) · IL 15 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home93% 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 38%
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Illinois towns of 2,500+ (768)Ahead of 22%
Water is 9% of Round Lake Park’s area (0 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 2%.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B−. 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
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Kingsburg Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
26 conserved acres
2% of Round Lake Park’s land. Water is left out: Round Lake Park has 2.1 square miles of land and 0.2 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Round Lake Park’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Regional agency18 ac
Private owners6 ac
Town or city2 ac
Local Park · 18 acState Recreation Area · 6 acLocal Recreation Area · 2 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranberry Lake Park Local Park | Regional agency | 8 | Open |
| Round Lake State Recreation Area | Private owners | 6 | Closed |
| Kingsbury Park Local Park | Regional agency | 5 | Open |
| Whipple O Parrot Park Local Park | Regional agency | 2 | Open |
| Bengson Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Washington Street Tennis Courts Local Recreation Area | Regional agency | 2 | Open |
| Jean Hain Park Local Park | Regional agency | 1 | Open |
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
Things to do
4 places to go in Round Lake Park
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Beaches in Round Lake Park
1 beach without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Playgrounds in Round Lake Park
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Biking & sports
0.6 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.5 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.1 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
2Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Round Lake Park: 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 | 57 | 69 | 79 | 83 | 81 | 74 | 62 | 47 | 35 |
| Rain (in) | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.0 |
February is the driest month (1.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Round Lake Park →
Next door
Round Lake Park and its neighbors
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round Lake Park | 2% | 0.1 | 3 | 93% | C+ |
| Grayslake | 9% | 0.6 | 23 | 99%+ | A |
| Round Lake | 6% | 0.2 | 11 | 99% | B+ |
| Hainesville | 12% | 1.2 | 42 | 99%+ | A+ |
| Round Lake Beach | 17% | 0.6 | 19 | 99%+ | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Round Lake Park
How much of Round Lake Park 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 Round Lake Park’s trails?
Bengson Park and Kingsburg Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Round Lake Park?
0.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.5 of painted or protected lanes and 0.1 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Round Lake Park?
27,564 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Round Lake Park or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 20 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Round Lake Park have?
Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #597 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 Round Lake Park 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 →