Outdoors · Eureka

Eureka, WI parks, trails & bike paths

About 4.5% of Eureka is conserved land, roughly 1,561 acres. Eureka has 3 named parks and preserves on the map.

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

At a glance

Eureka outdoors

Conserved land
4.5%
1,561 of 34,793 acres
Trails
0.3 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
1,017 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.0 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

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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

Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway

Managed by National Park Service
548 acres
Dogs usually limitedNational parks restrict dogs on most trails. Check posted rules
DirectionsTo the trail sign Website
2

Governor Knowles State Forest

Nature preserve
241 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Wild River State Park

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
Who protects the land

1,561 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
National Park Service
1,314 ac
Other or Unknown Federal Land
703 ac
State natural resources
245 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 705 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 paths1.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Nearby

Eureka and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Eureka4.5%0.3 mi3
Amador17.7%28.3 mi1
Milltown0.5%4.7 mi1
St. Croix Falls6.5%8.7 mi6
Sterling38.1%29.0 mi6
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Eureka'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 26.1-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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