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Spread Eagle Barrens State Natural Area
Nature preserve
2,960 acres12.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Florence
Florence, WI parks, trails & bike paths
About 58% of Florence is conserved land, roughly 57,613 acres. There are about 180 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Spread Eagle Barrens State Natural Area (12.9 mi), Wilderness Shores Recreation Area (3.3 mi), and Florence County Forest (1.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Florence, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Florence outdoors
Conserved land
58%
57,613 of 100,098 acres
Trails
180 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 129 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
31,621 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.6 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
Wilderness Shores Recreation Area
Nature preserve
1,116 acres3.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Florence County Forest
Nature preserve
1,277 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Florence County Fairgrounds
Park
23 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 5 parks & preserves
- Copper Country State Forest - Crystal Falls Unit2 ac
Who protects the land
57,613 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 173 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 paths2.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- Lauterman National Recreation Trail (bike route)10.9 mi
- Chicago And North Western RR (bike route)10.5 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball2
- Tennis1
- Football1
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Florence and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Florence'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 59.6-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.