Outdoors · Blackwell

Blackwell, WI parks, trails & bike paths

About 86% of Blackwell is conserved land, roughly 36,307 acres. There are about 82 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Peshtigo Preserve (0.7 mi).

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

At a glance

Blackwell outdoors

Conserved land
86%
36,307 of 42,134 acres
Trails
82 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 76 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
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

12
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

Peshtigo Preserve

Nature preserve
590 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

Marinette County Forest

Nature preserve
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

36,307 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service
31,630 ac
State natural resources
4,671 ac
Private owners
3,762 ac
County
12 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 893 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
  • Rat River Recreation Trail (bike route)6 mi
  • Nicolet State Trail (bike route)1.3 mi

Courts & fields

  • Beach volleyball1
  • Basketball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Nearby

Blackwell and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Blackwell86.2%82.2 mi2
Laona62.6%118.1 mi2
Wabeno68.1%116.3 mi2
Silver Cliff54.5%132.4 mi4
Armstrong Creek38.2%31.3 mi0
Goodman62.8%192.7 mi2
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Blackwell'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 31.6-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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