Roxana Community Park
Park
40 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Roxana
Roxana has 147 acres of parks, 95 for every 1,000 residents
94% of residents live within a half mile of a park. The biggest trail networks: Roxana Community Park (0.5 mi). 1.4 miles of mapped trail cross Roxana, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 72% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
3%
136 acres · of 7.1 sq mi of land
Trails
1.4 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
147 ac
95 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
94%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.7 mi
1.6 mi lanes · 0.1 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Roxana?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Roxana have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Roxana is ahead of 72% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Roxana’s overall grade.
Conserved land3% of the land · typical IL town 4% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · IL 0.3 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land95 acres of park per 1,000 residents (147 acres) · IL 15 · U.S. 13AParks close to home94% 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 72%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Roxana Community Park, with 0.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Kendall Hill Park
Park
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Burbank Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
136 conserved acres
3% of Roxana’s land. Who manages Roxana’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners102 ac
Regional agency28 ac
Town or city5 ac
Local Park · 136 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tosco Kendall Hill Park Local Park | Private owners | 102 | Open |
| Roxana Community Park Local Park | Regional agency | 28 | Open |
| Burbank Park Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
Things to do
3 places to go in Roxana
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Roxana
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Biking & sports
1.7 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1.6 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.1 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
6Tennis
5Baseball
3Basketball
1Soccer
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The walking year in Roxana
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) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 39 | 45 | 55 | 67 | 77 | 85 | 88 | 87 | 80 | 69 | 55 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 2.5 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 2.6 |
February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 5.0 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Roxana →
Next door
Roxana and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Wood River Township6.3 miFort Russell Township5.6 miRoxana1.4 miWood River0.7 miHartford0.6 miSouth Roxana0.0 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roxana | 3% | 0.2 | 95 | 94% | B+ |
| South Roxana | 1% | under 0.1 | 6 | 95% | C |
| Wood River | 4% | 0.1 | 16 | 92% | B |
| Hartford | 10% | 0.1 | 246 | 97% | A− |
| Wood River Township | 3% | 0.3 | 19 | 86% | B |
| Fort Russell Township | 1% | 0.2 | 5 | 43% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Roxana
Where can I hike in Roxana?
The longest trail networks: Roxana Community Park, 0.5 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Roxana is conserved land?
3% 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 Roxana’s trails?
Roxana Community Park and Kendall Hill Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Roxana?
1.7 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.6 of painted or protected lanes and 0.1 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Roxana?
14,849 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Roxana or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 147 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Roxana have?
Ahead of 72% 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 Roxana 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 →