1
Polk County Forest
Nature preserve
3,568 acres7.8 mi of trail
Ice Age Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Lorain
Lorain, WI parks, trails & bike paths
About 25% of Lorain is conserved land, roughly 5,931 acres. There are about 14 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Polk County Forest (7.8 mi) and McKenzie Creek Wildlife Area (2.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Lorain, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Lorain outdoors
Conserved land
25%
5,931 of 23,486 acres
Trails
14 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 10 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
McKenzie Creek Wildlife Area
Managed by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
1,479 acres2.1 mi of trail
Ice Age Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
5,931 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Nearby
Lorain and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lorain | 25.3% | 14.0 mi | 2 |
| McKinley | 11.2% | 2.2 mi | 2 |
| Clam Falls | 9.1% | 7.3 mi | 3 |
| Roosevelt | 11.4% | 11.5 mi | 2 |
| Dewey | 2.6% | 1.5 mi | 0 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Lorain'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.