1
Pheasant Branch Conservancy
Nature preserve
323 acres1.6 mi of trail
Bock Forest TrailPheasant Branch Conservancy West Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Middleton
Middleton, WI parks, trails & bike paths
About 15% of Middleton is conserved land, roughly 944 acres. There are about 18 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Pheasant Branch Conservancy (1.6 mi), Metropolitan Park (1.4 mi), and Ed Tallard Park (1.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Middleton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Middleton outdoors
Conserved land
15%
944 of 6,143 acres
Trails
18 mi
1.9 mi per sq mi · 13 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
26
42 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
37.0 mi
15.6 mi lanes · 19.4 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
Metropolitan Park
Managed by City of Middleton
129 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Ed Tallard Park
Park
21 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Tiedeman Pond Conservancy
Nature preserve
31 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Middleton Hills South Park
Park
23 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Penni Klein Park
Park
37 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Graber Pond Nature Preserve
Managed by City of Middleton
28 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 26 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 26 parks & preserves
Pheasant Branch Conservancy323 acres · 1.6 mi of trail
Metropolitan Park129 acres · 1.4 mi of trail · City of Middleton
Ed Tallard Park21 acres · 1.1 mi of trail
Tiedeman Pond Conservancy31 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Middleton Hills South Park23 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Penni Klein Park37 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Graber Pond Nature Preserve28 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · City of Middleton
Middleton Firefighter's Memorial Park23 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Middleton Hills North Park5 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Stricker Park4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Who protects the land
944 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes15.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths19.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes2.0 mi
- Misty Valley Trail (bike route)0.3 mi
- Pheasant Branch Conservancy West Trail (bike route)0.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis24
- Soccer17
- Basketball14
- Baseball12
- Beach volleyball8
- Pickleball3
- Football3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Middleton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middleton | 15.4% | 18.2 mi | 26 |
| Middleton | 5.7% | 24.3 mi | 19 |
| Madison | 9.6% | 153.8 mi | 261 |
| Westport | 14.2% | 28.3 mi | 21 |
| Springfield | 5.6% | 8.8 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Middleton'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.