Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Lake Hester Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
Outdoors in Lake Hester Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Lake Hester Township

38% of Lake Hester Township’s land is conserved, about 8,615 acres. 24 miles of mapped trail cross Lake Hester Township, 0.7 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
38%
8,615 acres · of 35.7 sq mi of land
Trails
24 mi
0.7 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
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
Who protects it

8,615 conserved acres

38% of Lake Hester Township’s land. Who manages Lake Hester Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service8,794 ac
Conservation Easement · 8,575 acResource Management Area · 219 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 8,505 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Mchenry County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service219Restricted
Trails & water

5 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 24.3 mi
43rd Street North3.4 mi
3rd Avenue North3.0 mi
44th Street North3.0 mi
5th Avenue North1.0 mi
2nd Avenue North0.3 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Lake Hester Township: August 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)8.810.111.713.615.216.015.714.312.510.79.28.4
High (°F)192336536775818171553724
Rain (in)0.50.50.71.12.63.72.72.11.71.40.70.6

February is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Lake Hester Township →

Next door

Lake Hester Township and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Falsen Township35 miKarlsruhe Township29 miLebanon Township28 miLake Hester Township24 miOdin Township22 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Lake Hester Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Lebanon Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Odin Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Karlsruhe Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Falsen Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Lake Hester Township

Is there public land near Lake Hester Township?

4,801 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lake Hester Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Lake Hester Township neighbors.

Town Square →
Share a tip
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 →