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Victory Park is a small 5-acre park just to the south of East Main Street. It has sheltered picnic areas and a playground. It is open seasonally and has parking, restrooms, and drinking fountains.

The Boneyard Detention Basin lies half a block north of East Green Street on South Locust Street and is a green area and a park with a detention basin. This indentation in the earth with water in the middle provides flood protection by containing water from storms.

The First Street Trail in downtown Champaign is a completely paved bike path. The trail is right next to the road the whole time and features a bunch of street crossings. This path is primarily utilized as a commuter trail, but it works well as an urban exercise trail, too.

Meadowbrook Park is a 28-acre public park that features a playground, gardens, and a small network of paved and unpaved trails. The majority of the paths in the park consist of crushed gravel and are smooth enough for wheelchairs and strollers to use. There is a good mix of open meadow trails and paths in the woods.

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign boasts a stunning campus, and Green Street takes cyclists right through it! This university is also home to NCSA, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, and the Morrow Plots, some of the nation's oldest experimental corn fields.

Meadowbrook Park is a great refreshment break to refill water and use the restroom. This park is open every day from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and features a farm, play structure, acres of restored prairie, several gardens, and trails.