Outdoors · Knapp

Knapp, WI parks, trails & bike paths

About 53% of Knapp is conserved land, roughly 23,938 acres. There are about 3.5 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Jackson County Forest (2.5 mi).

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

At a glance

Knapp outdoors

Conserved land
53%
23,938 of 45,382 acres
Trails
3.5 mi
0 mi per sq mi · 3 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

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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

Jackson County Forest

Managed by Jackson County
23,282 acres2.5 mi of trail
old railbed
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

McMullen Memorial County Park

Managed by Monroe County
2 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 Knapp
Knapp Mound1,342 ft elevation · In Jackson County Forest
Directions
Ball Bluff1,237 ft elevation · In Jackson County Forest
Directions
Miles Peak1,132 ft elevation
Directions
Wangreen Hill1,083 ft elevation · In Jackson County Forest
Directions
Campground Hill1,056 ft elevation · In Jackson County Forest
Directions
Circle Hill1,043 ft elevation · In Jackson County Forest
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Open to bikes 1.4 miUnpaved 1.5 mi
  • old railbed1.4 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

23,938 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County
23,245 ac
State natural resources
930 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

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

The biggest protected places in Knapp

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Conservation Area 23,245 acState Conservation Area 507 acState Resource Management Area 423 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Jackson County ForestLocal Conservation AreaCounty23,242Open
Jay Creek Pine Forest State Natural AreaState Conservation AreaState natural resources433Restricted
Black River State ForestState Resource Management AreaState natural resources223Open
Black River State Forest 6State Resource Management AreaState natural resources200Open
Jay Creek State Natural AreaState Conservation AreaState natural resources74Open
Monroe County ForestLocal Conservation AreaCounty3Open
History

Historic places to visit

Knapp CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Knapp and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Knapp52.7%3.5 mi2
City Point61.9%5.9 mi5
Millston94.4%58.1 mi2
Bear Bluff26.8%3.5 mi2
Lincoln10.6%6.1 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Knapp'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 27.5-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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