Outdoors · Ford

Ford, WI parks, trails & bike paths

About 42% of Ford is conserved land, roughly 9,437 acres. There are about 5.1 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Ford outdoors

Conserved land
42%
9,437 of 22,318 acres
Trails
5.1 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
0
named on the map
Bike routes
1.2 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

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.
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

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Boat launches in Ford
Unnamed boat launch
Directions
Unnamed boat launch
Directions
Unnamed boat launch
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Unpaved 3.1 mi
  • Ice Age Trail2.2 mi
  • Forest Trail 3331.1 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

9,437 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service
9,437 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes1.2 mi
Public lands

The biggest protected places in Ford

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Forest 9,437 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Chequamegon National ForestNational ForestU.S. Forest Service9,437Open
History

Historic places to visit

Meadowbrook CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Ford and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Ford42.3%5.1 mi0
Cleveland43.1%10.2 mi3
Grover74.2%78.8 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Ford'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 20.8-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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