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Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Wildlife Observation Area
Managed by Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District
198 acres4.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Blooming Grove
Blooming Grove, WI parks, trails & bike paths
About 21% of Blooming Grove is conserved land, roughly 486 acres. There are about 8.5 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Wildlife Observation Area (4.5 mi), Capital Springs State Park (2.2 mi), and Capital Springs State Recreation Area (1.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Blooming Grove, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Blooming Grove outdoors
Conserved land
21%
486 of 2,346 acres
Trails
8.5 mi
2.3 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
8
322 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.4 mi
1.4 mi lanes · 2.6 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
Capital Springs State Park
Managed by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
247 acres2.2 mi of trail
West Waubesa Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Capital Springs State Recreation Area
Managed by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
702 acres1.3 mi of trail
E-Way Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Dog Park Parking
4
William G. Lunney Lake Farm County Park
Managed by Dane County
42 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
486 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 52 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 13 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths2.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Blooming Grove and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Blooming Grove'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.