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Cross Plains State Park
Managed by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
151 acres4.2 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Cross Plains
Cross Plains, WI parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.1% of Cross Plains is conserved land, roughly 1,582 acres. There are about 17 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Cross Plains State Park (4.2 mi), Glacial Passage Area (3.1 mi), and State Ice Age Trail Area (2.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Cross Plains, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Cross Plains outdoors
Conserved land
7.1%
1,582 of 22,175 acres
Trails
17 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 13 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
11
960 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
11.1 mi
11.1 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.
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Glacial Passage Area
Managed by National Parks Service
152 acres3.1 mi of trail
Ice Age TrailIce Age Trail - Side Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
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State Ice Age Trail Area
Managed by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
193 acres2.8 mi of trail
Ice Age TrailIce Age Trail - Side Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
No trailhead mapped yet
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Ice Age Reserve Wildlife Area
Managed by Dane County
132 acres1 mi of trail
Ice Age TrailIce Age Trail - Side Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
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Mammoth's Back Preserve
Managed by Ice Age Trail Alliance
82 acres0.9 mi of trail
Ice Age Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
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Shoveler Sink Wildlife Production Area
Managed by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
172 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
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New Observatory Woods State Natural Area
Nature preserve
64 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 11 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 11 parks & preserves
Cross Plains State Park151 acres · 4.2 mi of trail · Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Glacial Passage Area152 acres · 3.1 mi of trail · National Parks Service
State Ice Age Trail Area193 acres · 2.8 mi of trail · Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Ice Age Reserve Wildlife Area132 acres · 1 mi of trail · Dane County
Mammoth's Back Preserve82 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · Ice Age Trail Alliance
Shoveler Sink Wildlife Production Area172 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
New Observatory Woods State Natural Area64 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Black Earth Creek Fishery Area88 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Festge County Park5 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Kalscheur Park4 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Who protects the land
1,582 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 335 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 lanes11.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball2
- Beach volleyball2
- Tennis1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Cross Plains and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Plains | 7.1% | 16.8 mi | 11 |
| Cross Plains | 7.3% | 2.7 mi | 14 |
| Middleton | 5.7% | 24.3 mi | 19 |
| Berry | 4.1% | 25.5 mi | 10 |
| Vermont | 2.6% | 3.5 mi | 5 |
| Springdale | 3.1% | 14.4 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Cross Plains'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.