1
Token Creek County Park
Managed by Dane County
491 acres7.4 mi of trail
Boardwalk
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Burke
Burke, WI parks, trails & bike paths
About 13% of Burke is conserved land, roughly 1,182 acres. There are about 10 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Token Creek County Park (7.4 mi), Cherokee Marsh North Unit (1.6 mi), and Burke Park (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Burke, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Burke outdoors
Conserved land
13%
1,182 of 8,848 acres
Trails
10 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
372 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.9 mi
2.4 mi lanes · 0.4 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
Cherokee Marsh North Unit
Nature preserve
697 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Burke Park
Park
36 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Cherokee Marsh State Fishery Area
Managed by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
712 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 9 parks & preserves
Token Creek County Park491 acres · 7.4 mi of trail · Dane County
Cherokee Marsh North Unit697 acres · 1.6 mi of trail
Burke Park36 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Cherokee Marsh State Fishery Area712 acres · Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Cherokee Marsh Natural Resource Area45 acres · Dane County
Token Creek Wildlife Area10 acres
North-East Greenspace5 acres · City of Madison
Foxmoor Hills Park3 acres
Gehrke's Knoll3 acres · Town of Burke
Who protects the land
1,182 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2 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 lanes2.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes2.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Volleyball5
- Tennis2
- Disc golf1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Burke and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burke | 13.4% | 10.1 mi | 9 |
| Madison | 9.6% | 153.8 mi | 261 |
| DeForest | 3.3% | 5.8 mi | 19 |
| Sun Prairie | 5.8% | 6.9 mi | 45 |
| Windsor | 3.1% | 8.4 mi | 19 |
| Sun Prairie | 1.2% | 8.2 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Burke'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.