1
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
3,377 acres1.1 mi of trail
North LoopSouth Loop
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Onalaska
Onalaska, WI parks, trails & bike paths
About 16% of Onalaska is conserved land, roughly 4,451 acres. There are about 4.8 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (1.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Onalaska, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Onalaska outdoors
Conserved land
16%
4,451 of 27,108 acres
Trails
4.8 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
768 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
10.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 10.1 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
Apple Valley Bluff
Nature preserve
17 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Sandy Knolls Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Thunderbird Hills Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
4,451 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1 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 lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths10.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball2
- Tennis2
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Onalaska and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Onalaska'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 31.2-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.