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Little Menomonee River Parkway
Managed by Milwaukee County Parks
862 acres5.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
Outdoors · Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.5% of Milwaukee is conserved land, roughly 5,240 acres. There are about 86 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Little Menomonee River Parkway (5.3 mi), Brown Deer Park (4.1 mi), and Jackson Park (2.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Milwaukee, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Milwaukee outdoors
Conserved land
8.5%
5,240 of 61,608 acres
Trails
86 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 63 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
212
9 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
326.3 mi
245.7 mi lanes · 60.2 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
Brown Deer Park
Managed by Milwaukee County Parks
361 acres4.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Jackson Park
Park
115 acres2.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Wilson Park
Managed by Milwaukee County Parks
74 acres2.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Lincoln Park
Park
121 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
McKinley Park
Park
104 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Lake Park
Managed by Milwaukee County Parks
138 acres1.7 mi of trail
Locust Street Ravine TrailNorth Lighthouse Ravine TrailSouth Lighthouse Ravine Trail
Dog rules not recorded
8
Doyne Park
Managed by Milwaukee County Parks
35 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 212 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 212 parks & preserves
Little Menomonee River Parkway862 acres · 5.3 mi of trail · Milwaukee County Parks
Brown Deer Park361 acres · 4.1 mi of trail · Milwaukee County Parks
Jackson Park115 acres · 2.6 mi of trail
Wilson Park74 acres · 2.6 mi of trail · Milwaukee County Parks
Lincoln Park121 acres · 1.8 mi of trail
McKinley Park104 acres · 1.8 mi of trail
Lake Park138 acres · 1.7 mi of trail · Milwaukee County Parks
Doyne Park35 acres · 1.5 mi of trail · Milwaukee County Parks
Kern Park29 acres · 1.5 mi of trail
Hawthorne Glen Environmental Center24 acres · 1.5 mi of trail · Milwaukee Public Schools
Who protects the land
5,240 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 11 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 lanes245.7 mi
- Off-road bike paths60.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes20.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball252
- Tennis214
- Baseball167
- Soccer102
- Football29
- Beach volleyball22
- Pickleball17
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Milwaukee and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee | 8.5% | 86.0 mi | 212 |
| Wauwatosa | 10.8% | 27.1 mi | 22 |
| Greenfield | 2.9% | 4.9 mi | 15 |
| Glendale | 11.8% | 4.4 mi | 9 |
| Shorewood | 10.5% | 3.3 mi | 7 |
| West Allis | 6.9% | 4.9 mi | 20 |
| St. Francis | 15.9% | 5.6 mi | 5 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Milwaukee'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 45.2-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.