Photo: Nyttend · Public domainVienna has 6.5 miles of mapped trails, 2.3 for every square mile of land
2% of Vienna’s land is conserved, about 29 acres. 32% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 25 acres are parks and preserves, 13 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 55% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Vienna?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Vienna have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Vienna is ahead of 55% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
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
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29 conserved acres
2% of Vienna’s land. Who manages Vienna’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunnel Hill State Recreation Area | Other state land | 24 | Open |
| Shawnee National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 5 | Open |
2 places to go in Vienna
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 lakes & rivers
0.9 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.
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
June is the best month for walking in Vienna
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) | 9.8 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 43 | 48 | 58 | 69 | 77 | 86 | 88 | 88 | 82 | 70 | 57 | 46 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.0 |
August is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 5.3 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Vienna →
Questions about parks and trails in Vienna
How much of Vienna 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.
Where can I bike in Vienna?
0.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.9 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Vienna?
58,203 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Vienna or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 31 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Vienna have?
Ahead of 55% 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 Vienna 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 →