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Merrill Area Recreation Complex (M.A.R.C.)
Park
96 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Merrill
Merrill, WI parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.9% of Merrill is conserved land, roughly 300 acres. There are about 3.1 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Merrill Area Recreation Complex (M.A.R.C.) (1.5 mi) and Council Grounds State Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Merrill, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Merrill outdoors
Conserved land
5.9%
300 of 5,124 acres
Trails
3.1 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
12
32 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.3 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.
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Council Grounds State Park
Managed by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
96 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
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Lincoln County Fair Grounds
Park
43 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Riverside Park
Park
26 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 12 parks & preserves
- Stange Park10 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Prairie Trails Park7 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Gebert Park17 ac
- Lion's Park11 ac · Directions
- Athletic Park6 ac
- Kitchenette Park6 ac · Directions
- Normal Park3 ac
- Streeter Square3 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
300 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 paths0.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis11
- Basketball4
- Volleyball1
- Skate park1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Merrill and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merrill | 5.9% | 3.1 mi | 12 |
| Merrill | 7.8% | 5.9 mi | 4 |
| Pine River | 0% | 1.6 mi | 0 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Merrill'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.