1
Horicon National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
2,103 acres2.9 mi of trail
Main Dike Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Burnett
Burnett, WI parks, trails & bike paths
About 28% of Burnett is conserved land, roughly 6,401 acres. There are about 11 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Horicon National Wildlife Refuge (2.9 mi) and Nitschke Mounds County Park (1.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Burnett, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Burnett outdoors
Conserved land
28%
6,401 of 23,228 acres
Trails
11 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
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
Nitschke Mounds County Park
Park
58 acres1.7 mi of trail
Nitschke Mounds Southern TrailNitschke Mounds Northern Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Horicon Marsh Wildlife Area
Managed by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
4,141 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
4
Burnett Fireman's Park
Park
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
6,401 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 8 parcels. 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
- Rock River Trail (bike route)5.8 mi
- Wild Goose State Trail (bike route)5.8 mi
Nearby
Burnett and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnett | 27.6% | 11.4 mi | 5 |
| Chester | 42.3% | 16.6 mi | 2 |
| Horicon | 18.9% | 5.2 mi | 10 |
| Kekoskee | 46.4% | 14.1 mi | 7 |
| Beaver Dam | 6.6% | 6.2 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Burnett'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.