1
Willow Flowage Scenic Waters Area
Managed by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
6,216 acres8.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Minocqua
Minocqua, WI parks, trails & bike paths
About 22% of Minocqua is conserved land, roughly 23,780 acres. There are about 62 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Willow Flowage Scenic Waters Area (8.2 mi) and Squirrel River Pines State Natural Area (3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Minocqua, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Minocqua outdoors
Conserved land
22%
23,780 of 106,957 acres
Trails
62 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 25 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
19
4,687 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.1 mi
1.3 mi lanes · 4.8 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
Squirrel River Pines State Natural Area
Nature preserve
1,274 acres3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Tomahawk River Pines State Natural Area
Nature preserve
539 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Torpy Park
Managed by Town of Minocqua
5 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 19 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 19 parks & preserves
Willow Flowage Scenic Waters Area6,216 acres · 8.2 mi of trail · Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Squirrel River Pines State Natural Area1,274 acres · 3 mi of trail
Tomahawk River Pines State Natural Area539 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Torpy Park5 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Town of Minocqua
Minocqua Park Complex25 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Northern Highland American Legion State Forest263 acres · Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Patterson Hemlocks State Natural Area190 acres
Lakeland Conservancy177 acres
Finnerud Pine Forest State Natural Area136 acres
Bearskin State Trail Park81 acres · Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Who protects the land
23,780 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3,673 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 lanes1.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths4.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis15
- Baseball8
- Football3
- Soccer2
- Beach volleyball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Minocqua and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minocqua | 22.2% | 62.2 mi | 19 |
| Woodruff | 57.8% | 36.7 mi | 3 |
| Lac du Flambeau | 8.9% | 37.3 mi | 7 |
| Hazelhurst | 2.6% | 7.7 mi | 5 |
| Little Rice | 61.6% | 17.2 mi | 4 |
| Lynne | 77.3% | 8.1 mi | 2 |
| Emery | 58.2% | 25.5 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Minocqua'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 46.3-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.