1
Bayfield County Forest
Managed by Bayfield County
5,640 acres29.2 mi of trail
Birkebeiner TrailOld Korte TrailEvenflowTony Wise TrailNirvana
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
Outdoors · Cable
Cable, WI parks, trails & bike paths
About 21% of Cable is conserved land, roughly 9,468 acres. There are about 72 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bayfield County Forest (29.2 mi), Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway (1.3 mi), and Totagatic Lake Wildlife Area (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Cable, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Cable outdoors
Conserved land
21%
9,468 of 45,313 acres
Trails
72 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 32 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
6
named on the map
Bike routes
25.7 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 25.7 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
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Managed by National Park Service
1,385 acres1.3 mi of trail
Wild River Trail
Dogs usually limitedNational parks restrict dogs on most trails. Check posted rules
3
Totagatic Lake Wildlife Area
Managed by Wisconsin Department of Natual Resources
1,507 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Cable Town Park
Managed by Town of Cable
34 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
All 6 parks & preserves
- Wayside Wanderings Natural Play Area15 ac · Directions
- Sawyer County Forest1 ac
Who protects the land
9,468 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,615 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 paths25.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- Trek Trails Powered by OTM (bike route)6.8 mi
- Short & Fat (bike route)5.8 mi
- Wild River (bike route)2.1 mi
- Sleigh Trail (bike route)1.8 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis9
- Baseball2
- Pickleball1
- Basketball1
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Cable and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cable | 20.9% | 72.4 mi | 6 |
| Drummond | 80.9% | 94.7 mi | 5 |
| Barnes | 52.7% | 128.7 mi | 4 |
| Spider Lake | 60.6% | 83.6 mi | 1 |
| Lenroot | 51.3% | 82.8 mi | 5 |
| Namakagon | 65.6% | 83.7 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Cable'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 27.2-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.