O'Neil Property Group
Prairie Trails is southeast Batavia’s big-home neighborhood — three related plats off Mark Twain Trail west of Raddant Road, built 1996–2004 with two-stories to 5,000+ square feet, pond lots, and no HOA. Recent activity ran $625K–$825K.
Prairie Trails — with its companion plats Prairie Trails West and Prairie Trails South — spreads across southeast Batavia around Mark Twain Trail, Pond Drive, and Ridgelawn Trail, west of Raddant Road. Built 1996–2004, it’s the neighborhood Batavia’s 1990s wave saved for last and built biggest: four- and five-bedroom two-stories from about 2,281 square feet up to 5,055, several wrapped around the plan’s ponds.
The waterfront lots are the signature — open water rather than retention ditches, with the homes positioned to use it. Add a neighborhood park, tennis courts, sidewalks, and the same no-HOA structure as Fox Trail, and you have the east side’s premium family address without association dues. Hoover-Wood Elementary serves the area from the south side.
Recent market activity across the three plats ran roughly $625,000–$825,000 — medians by section running $690K–$766K — making Prairie Trails the price step between Fox Trail and Tanglewood Hills. Taxes commonly run near $14,000. When buyers ask for “the big house on water inside commuting range,” this is where we start.
Pricing reflects Prairie Trails sales and active listings as of mid-2026.
The 2,300–3,500 square foot stock across all three plats — four bedrooms, three-car garages common, the occasional first-floor office and finished basement. The neighborhood’s volume band.
See listings →Pond-lot homes and the 4,000–5,000+ square foot plans — Prairie Trails South’s recent $825K active listing marks the current top of the neighborhood.
See listings →Recent averages near $14,100 — the price of the square footage at Batavia’s effective rate. No HOA and no SSA; we pull the actual bill on every property.
See listings →A dedicated Prairie Trails listing feed is being configured. In the meantime, every active Batavia listing — including Prairie Trails — is searchable below, updated in real time from the MLS. Or call or text Kealan at 630-381-4995 for a current list of Prairie Trails homes.
The plan’s ponds are real open water with homes positioned around them — the east side’s best water adjacency short of the river itself.
A neighborhood park and tennis courts anchor the plats — publicly maintained, no association dues attached.
Raddant Road connects north to Butterfield’s east-west run and south toward the new Harvest Point/Abbey Meadows corridor — the area’s next growth edge.
The last-built sections pair the era’s larger floor plans with tree cover that’s now genuinely mature — a combination new construction can’t replicate at any price.
School names, grades, and locations are listed as facts only. Attendance boundaries can change — verify the current assignment for any specific address directly with the district.
Serves Batavia’s south side including the Prairie Trails plats. Confirm the current attendance boundary with BPS 101 for any specific address.
The district’s middle school, about five minutes north.
The district’s comprehensive high school, about eight minutes northwest.
Downtown and the Riverwalk run about seven minutes northwest; Hall Quarry Beach the same. The Route 34/Kirk retail corridors handle errands to the east and north.
Raddant and Kirk Roads feed I-88’s Farnsworth interchange in about ten minutes; Butterfield Road runs east toward Warrenville and DuPage. Fermilab is about ten minutes north on Kirk.
The Aurora Transportation Center’s BNSF expresses are about 12 minutes southwest; Geneva’s UP-West station about 13 north. Driving, plan 45–65 minutes to the Loop via I-88.
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