Outdoors · Matteson

Matteson, WI parks, trails & bike paths

About 5.9% of Matteson is conserved land, roughly 1,386 acres. There are about 2.0 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Matteson outdoors

Conserved land
5.9%
1,386 of 23,660 acres
Trails
2.0 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
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

12
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

Navarino State Wildlife Area

Nature preserve
1,066 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

Deer Creek Wildlife Area

Nature preserve
197 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

1,386 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources
1,294 ac
Private owners
72 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
20 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 20 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
Public lands

The biggest protected places in Matteson

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Recreation Area 1,258 acPrivate Conservation 72 acState Conservation Area 29 acConservation Easement 20 acState Resource Management Area 6 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Navarino Wildlife AreaState Recreation AreaState natural resources1,067Open
Deer Creek Wildlife AreaState Recreation AreaState natural resources191Open
Lower Wolf River Bottomlands Natural Resource AreaPrivate ConservationPrivate owners79Closed
Lower Wolf River Bottomlands Natural Resource Area 29State Conservation AreaState natural resources29Closed
History

Historic places to visit

Greenwood CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Matteson and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Matteson5.9%2.0 mi2
Clintonville2.4%1.2 mi0
Navarino45.9%29.6 mi2
Belle Plaine0%6.2 mi0
Deer Creek9.8%0.8 mi2
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Matteson'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 20.2-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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