1
Edna Taylor Conservation Park
Nature preserve
22 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Monona
Monona, WI parks, trails & bike paths
About 21% of Monona is conserved land, roughly 455 acres. There are about 3.4 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Edna Taylor Conservation Park (1.4 mi) and Woodland Park (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Monona, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Monona outdoors
Conserved land
21%
455 of 2,136 acres
Trails
3.4 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
18
53 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
12.4 mi
10.9 mi lanes · 0.9 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
Woodland Park
Park
18 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Winnequah Park
Park
45 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Maywood Park
Park
8 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 18 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 18 parks & preserves
Edna Taylor Conservation Park22 acres · 1.4 mi of trail
Woodland Park18 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Winnequah Park45 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Maywood Park8 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Lottes Park4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Ahuska Park24 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Bridge Road Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Monona Wetland Conservancy242 acres · City of Monona
Upper Mud Lake Unit78 acres
San Damiano Park10 acres · City of Monona
Who protects the land
455 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes10.9 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis11
- Baseball8
- Pickleball4
- Soccer2
- Beach volleyball1
- Volleyball1
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Monona and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monona | 21.3% | 3.4 mi | 18 |
| Madison | 9.6% | 153.8 mi | 261 |
| Blooming Grove | 20.7% | 8.5 mi | 8 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Monona'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.