1
Bender Park
Park
283 acres4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Oak Creek
Oak Creek, WI parks, trails & bike paths
About 11% of Oak Creek is conserved land, roughly 1,991 acres. There are about 18 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bender Park (4 mi), Falk Park (2.4 mi), and Abendschein Community Park (1.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Oak Creek, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Oak Creek outdoors
Conserved land
11%
1,991 of 18,096 acres
Trails
18 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 13 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
29
53 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
33.4 mi
6.5 mi lanes · 18.3 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.
2
Falk Park
Park
269 acres2.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Abendschein Community Park
Park
74 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Lake Vista Park
Managed by City of Oak Creek
56 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Oak Creek Parkway
Managed by Milwaukee County Parks
905 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Chapel Hills Park
Park
29 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Emerald Preserve Park
Park
19 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Camelot Park
Park
46 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 29 parks & preserves
- Henry Miller Park9 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Manor Marquette Park9 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Willow Heights Park9 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Carollton Park8 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Drexel Town Square1 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Cudahy Nature Preserve42 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- South Hills Park14 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Riverton Meadows Park13 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Oak Leaf Park11 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Root River Parkway581 ac · Directions
- Oak Creek High School Park20 ac · Directions
- Johnstone Park14 ac · Directions
- Oak Creek West Middle School Park13 ac · Directions
- Former North Shore right-of-way13 ac · Directions
- Kickers Creek Park12 ac · Directions
- Meadowview School Park10 ac · Directions
- Greenlawn Park9 ac · Directions
- Haas Park8 ac
- Shepard Hills School Park7 ac · Directions
- Otjen Park3 ac
- Veterans Memorial Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,991 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes6.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths18.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes8.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis27
- Baseball25
- Basketball12
- Beach volleyball8
- Soccer8
- Pickleball8
- Football2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Oak Creek and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Creek | 11% | 17.8 mi | 29 |
| Milwaukee | 8.5% | 86.0 mi | 212 |
| Caledonia | 3.9% | 22.1 mi | 13 |
| South Milwaukee | 22.8% | 6.2 mi | 5 |
| Franklin | 8.7% | 23.1 mi | 20 |
| Cudahy | 13.4% | 2.8 mi | 6 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Oak Creek'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 20.1-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.