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Preston, WI parks, trails & bike paths

About 6.7% of Preston is conserved land, roughly 1,519 acres. There are about 8.1 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Roche-A-Cri State Park (4.9 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Preston, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Preston outdoors

Conserved land
6.7%
1,519 of 22,791 acres
Trails
8.1 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
1,105 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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

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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.
1

Roche-A-Cri State Park

Managed by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
459 acres4.9 mi of trail
Acorn Trail (3.55 mi)Chickadee Rock Nature Trail (0.34 mi)Spring Peeper Trail (0.65mi)Eagle Ridge Trail (0.35 mi)Mound Trail (0.3 mi)
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
2

Roche-a-Cri State Natural Area

Nature preserve
132 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
1Boat launch2Scenic views3Peaks1Picnic area1Campground
Peaks in Preston
Friendship Mound1,257 ft elevation
Directions
Roche-a-Cri1,148 ft elevation · In Roche-A-Cri State Park
Directions
Cottonville Rocks1,010 ft elevation
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Unpaved 2.3 mi
  • Acorn Trail (3.55 mi)1.1 mi
  • Chickadee Rock Nature Trail (0.34 mi)0.4 mi
  • Spring Peeper Trail (0.65mi)0.3 mi
  • Eagle Ridge Trail (0.35 mi)0.3 mi
  • Mound Trail (0.3 mi)0.3 mi
  • Turkey Vulture Trail0.2 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

50 ReservoirreservoirBig Roche a Cri LakereservoirFriendship Lakereservoir

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

1,519 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources
933 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
585 ac
County
149 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 10 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 paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands

The biggest protected places in Preston

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Private Conservation 585 acState Park 449 acState Recreation Area 326 acState Conservation Area 298 acConservation Easement 9 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Central Sands Forest & BarrensPrivate ConservationLand trusts & nonprofits585Open
Roche A Cri State ParkState ParkState natural resources449Open
Rem-Little Roche-A-CriState Recreation AreaState natural resources292Restricted
Roche A Cri Woods State Natural AreaState Conservation AreaState natural resources149Restricted
Natural AreaState Conservation AreaCounty149Restricted
Rem-Fordam CreekState Recreation AreaState natural resources34Open
History

Historic places to visit

Roche-a-Cri PetroglyphsIn Roche-A-Cri State Park · Archaeological site
Directions
Roche-a-Cri State ParkIn Roche-A-Cri State Park · Plaque
Directions
Cottonville CemeteryCemetery
Directions
Indian CemeteryCemetery
Directions
Nearby

Preston and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Preston6.7%8.1 mi2
Adams11.9%8.4 mi1
Strongs Prairie2.1%23.4 mi1
Richfield0.1%0.3 mi1
Big Flats17.6%25.0 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Preston'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.

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