1
Powell Marsh Wildlife Area
Managed by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
4,251 acres8.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Manitowish Waters
Manitowish Waters, WI parks, trails & bike paths
About 19% of Manitowish Waters is conserved land, roughly 4,241 acres. There are about 15 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Powell Marsh Wildlife Area (8.2 mi) and Northern Highland American Legion State Forest (4.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Manitowish Waters, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Manitowish Waters outdoors
Conserved land
19%
4,241 of 22,789 acres
Trails
15 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
named on the map
Bike routes
10.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 10.0 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
Northern Highland American Legion State Forest
Managed by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
6,359 acres4.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Rest Lake Park Road
Park
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Frank B. Koller Memorial Park
Managed by Town of Manitowish Waters
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
4,241 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 paths10.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Manitowish Waters and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manitowish Waters | 18.6% | 15.4 mi | 4 |
| Boulder Junction | 0.6% | 67.7 mi | 4 |
| Winchester | 0.2% | 22.4 mi | 2 |
| Lac du Flambeau | 8.9% | 37.3 mi | 7 |
| Mercer | 50.8% | 51.0 mi | 14 |
| Sherman | 37.2% | 58.1 mi | 6 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Manitowish Waters'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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