1
Lincoln County Forest
Managed by Lincoln County
6,859 acres24.7 mi of trail
Main CourseIce Age TrailOktoberfestOld SchoolThe Hollow
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Birch
Birch, WI parks, trails & bike paths
About 32% of Birch is conserved land, roughly 7,295 acres. There are about 27 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Lincoln County Forest (24.7 mi), Prairie River State Fishery Area (0.9 mi), and Alta Springs Fishery Area (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Birch, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Birch outdoors
Conserved land
32%
7,295 of 22,948 acres
Trails
27 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 27 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
named on the map
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
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
Prairie River State Fishery Area
Managed by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
441 acres0.9 mi of trail
Ice Age Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Alta Springs Fishery Area
Managed by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
118 acres0.7 mi of trail
Ice Age Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
7,295 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball3
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Birch and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birch | 31.8% | 26.9 mi | 3 |
| Rock Falls | 3.1% | 13.0 mi | 5 |
| Russell | 16.4% | 2.7 mi | 2 |
| Skanawan | 15.2% | 0.7 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Birch'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 20-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.