Outdoors · Chippewa Falls

Chippewa Falls, WI parks, trails & bike paths

About 8.2% of Chippewa Falls is conserved land, roughly 619 acres. There are about 7.7 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Irvine Park (1.9 mi) and Happy Tails Dog Park (0.9 mi).

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

At a glance

Chippewa Falls outdoors

Conserved land
8.2%
619 of 7,564 acres
Trails
7.7 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
42 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
14.9 mi
4.4 mi lanes · 10.1 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

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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

Irvine Park

Managed by City of Chippewa Falls
281 acres1.9 mi of trail
Rumbly Bridge
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Happy Tails Dog Park

Park
40 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Casper Park

Managed by City of Chippewa Falls
317 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4

Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds

Park
47 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 10 parks & preserves
Irvine Park281 acres · 1.9 mi of trail · City of Chippewa Falls
Happy Tails Dog Park40 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds47 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Casper Park317 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · City of Chippewa Falls
Chippewa Riverfront16 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · City of Chippewa Falls
Marshall Park14 acres
Henry H Adam Park5 acres
Allen Park5 acres
Thaddeus Park1 acres
Unity Park1 acres
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Dog parks in Chippewa Falls
Happy Tails Dog Park
Directions
Happy Tails Dog Park
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Open to bikes 3.3 miUnpaved 4.9 mi
  • Riverway Loop1.9 mi
  • Dr's Orders0.7 mi
  • Ravine0.4 mi
  • Wissota Shores Walking Path0.3 mi
  • The Pines0.2 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

619 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city
475 ac
Private owners
93 ac
State natural resources
58 ac
County
11 ac
Bureau of Land Management
3 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 13 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 lanes4.4 mi
  • Off-road bike paths10.1 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.4 mi

Courts & fields

  • Baseball13
  • Tennis11
  • Basketball5
  • Soccer3
  • Football2
  • Skate park1

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Chippewa Falls

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 416 acPrivate Park 93 acLocal Conservation Area 67 acState Park 24 acState Recreation Area 22 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Irvine ParkLocal ParkTown or city333Open
Timber Terrace Golf CoursePrivate ParkPrivate owners92Open
Casper Family Recreation ParkLocal ParkTown or city59Open
Industrial Park Conservancy AreaLocal Conservation AreaTown or city51Open
Chippewa River State TrailState ParkState natural resources43Open
Mary E Marshall ParkLocal ParkTown or city12Open
Riverview ReserveLocal Conservation AreaCounty11Open
Adams ParkLocal Conservation AreaTown or city5Open
Frenchtown ParkLocal ParkTown or city4Open
Hiram S Allen ParkLocal ParkTown or city4Open
History

Historic places to visit

Northern Wisconsin Center For The Developmentally DisabledPlaque
Northern Wisconsin State FairIn Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds · Plaque
Calvary CemeteryCemetery
Forest Hill CemeteryCemetery
Home Park CemeteryCemetery
Hope CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Chippewa Falls and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Chippewa Falls8.2%7.7 mi10
Eagle Point0.4%7.4 mi0
Lake Hallie6%4.3 mi4
Wheaton0.7%0.1 mi1
Tilden0%0.0 mi1
Lafayette0.3%0.0 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Chippewa Falls'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.

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