Outdoors · Danbury

Danbury, WI parks, trails & bike paths

About 30% of Danbury is conserved land, roughly 252 acres. There are about 1.1 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Danbury outdoors

Conserved land
30%
252 of 837 acres
Trails
1.1 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
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

12
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

Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway

Managed by National Park Service
86 acres
Dogs usually limitedNational parks restrict dogs on most trails. Check posted rules
No trailhead mapped yet Website
2

Governor Knowles State Forest

Nature preserve
49 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Danbury
Unnamed playground
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Open to bikes 0.8 mi
  • Gandy Dancer State Trail0.7 mi
  • Snomobile/ATV Trail0.2 mi
  • Snowmobile/ATV Trail0.1 mi
Who protects the land

252 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
National Park Service
203 ac
Other or Unknown Federal Land
134 ac
State natural resources
65 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 119 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 paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
  • Gandy Dancer State Trail (bike route)0.8 mi

Courts & fields

  • Baseball1

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Danbury

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 268 acWild and Scenic River 69 acState Resource Management Area 47 acState Recreation Area 13 acState Park 5 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Saint Croix National Scenic RiverwayWild and Scenic RiverNational Park Service69Open
Governor Knowles State ForestState Resource Management AreaState natural resources47Open
St Croix River Public AccessState Recreation AreaState natural resources13Open
Gandy Dancer State TrailState ParkState natural resources5Open
Nearby

Danbury and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Danbury30.2%1.1 mi2
Swiss12.7%52.6 mi7
Ogema2.5%20.9 mi3
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Danbury'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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