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White Mound Park
Managed by Sauk County
677 acres11.2 mi of trail
Ridge TrailLake TrailKiln TrailWillie Walsh Nature Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Franklin
Franklin, WI parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.5% of Franklin is conserved land, roughly 778 acres. There are about 13 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in White Mound Park (11.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Franklin, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Franklin outdoors
Conserved land
2.5%
778 of 31,187 acres
Trails
13 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 11 on conserved land
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
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
Honey Creek State Natural Area
Nature preserve
29 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.
Peaks in Franklin
White Mound955 ft elevation
Trails
Named trails
Horses 5.0 miUnpaved 11.5 mi
- Ridge Trail1.9 mi
- Lake Trail1.9 mi
- Kiln Trail0.7 mi
- Willie Walsh Nature Trail0.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
778 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3 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
Courts & fields
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Franklin
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 719 acPrivate Conservation 53 acConservation Easement 21 acPrivate Park 3 acRecreation or Education Easement 2 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plain Honey Creek WatershedState Conservation Area | State natural resources | 719 | Closed |
| Honey CreekPrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 32 | Restricted |
| Statewide Habitat AreasPrivate Conservation | Private owners | 21 | Closed |
| Golf CoursePrivate Park | Private owners | 3 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
New Saint Luke's CemeteryCemetery
Pleasant Hill CemeteryCemetery
Saint Lukes CemeteryCemetery
Whitemound CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Franklin and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin | 2.5% | 12.5 mi | 2 |
| Bear Creek | 2.8% | 5.9 mi | 2 |
| Honey Creek | 14.1% | 7.5 mi | 7 |
| Spring Green | 5.2% | 3.4 mi | 6 |
| Troy | 1.5% | 1.7 mi | 1 |
| Westfield | 1% | 0.0 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Franklin'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 22.9-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.