Outdoors · Adams

Adams, WI parks, trails & bike paths

About 4.9% of Adams is conserved land, roughly 1,148 acres. There are about 1.5 miles of mapped trails.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Adams, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Adams outdoors

Conserved land
4.9%
1,148 of 23,402 acres
Trails
1.5 mi
0 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
700 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 mi off-road paths

Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Parks & preserves with trails

Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1

West Arbutus County Park

Park
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in Adams
Unnamed boat launch in West Arbutus County ParkFee
Directions
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

1,148 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources
1,222 ac
County
8 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 15 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands

The biggest protected places in Adams

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Resource Management Area 1,207 acConservation Easement 15 acLocal Conservation Area 8 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Black River State ForestState Resource Management AreaState natural resources1,124Open
Black River State Forest 2State Resource Management AreaState natural resources83Open
County Forest LandLocal Conservation AreaCounty8Open
History

Historic places to visit

Hatfield CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Adams and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Adams4.9%1.5 mi1
Komensky85.7%21.1 mi4
Black River Falls3%4.1 mi10
Brockway65.5%23.7 mi3
Alma15.2%3.2 mi2
Dewhurst59.9%37.6 mi5
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Adams's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.

Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.

How we measure"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 31.7-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.

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