1
Bayfield County Forest
Managed by Bayfield County
14,774 acres33.2 mi of trail
Lost Creek Falls Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Bell
Bell, WI parks, trails & bike paths
About 68% of Bell is conserved land, roughly 26,156 acres. There are about 81 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bayfield County Forest (33.2 mi) and Swenson Forest Preserve (2.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bell, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bell outdoors
Conserved land
68%
26,156 of 38,560 acres
Trails
81 mi
1.3 mi per sq mi · 66 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
named on the map
Bike routes
4.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 3.8 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
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.
2
Swenson Forest Preserve
Nature preserve
102 acres2.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Lost Creek Bog State Natural Area
Nature preserve
829 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Cornucopia Beach
Managed by Town of Bell
14 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
26,156 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 4 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 paths3.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.8 mi
Courts & fields
- Pickleball3
- Basketball1
- Tennis1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Bell and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bell'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 26.8-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.