Outdoors · Genesee

Genesee, WI parks, trails & bike paths

About 3.1% of Genesee is conserved land, roughly 617 acres. There are about 6.2 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Retzer Nature Center (2.3 mi).

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

At a glance

Genesee outdoors

Conserved land
3.1%
617 of 19,597 acres
Trails
6.2 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
6
86 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.4 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 6.4 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

Retzer Nature Center

Nature preserve
275 acres2.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Genesee Oak Opening & Fen State Natural Area

Nature preserve
52 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Ten Chimneys

Park
50 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4

Prairie Springs Environmental Education Center

Nature preserve
47 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

617 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County
326 ac
State natural resources
198 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
143 ac
Town or city
27 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 144 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 paths6.4 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Soccer8
  • Baseball4
  • Beach volleyball2
  • Basketball1

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

Nearby

Genesee and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Genesee3.1%6.2 mi6
Wales5.6%1.2 mi2
Mukwonago14.8%10.4 mi10
Waukesha10.2%4.9 mi9
Ottawa9.2%37.3 mi6
Delafield7.3%26.5 mi7
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Genesee'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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