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W.R. Wadewitz Nature Camp
Park
176 acres4.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Rochester
Rochester, WI parks, trails & bike paths
About 12% of Rochester is conserved land, roughly 1,286 acres. There are about 16 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in W.R. Wadewitz Nature Camp (4.9 mi), Honey Creek Wildlife Area - Cherry Lake Unit (3.1 mi), and Saller Woods Park (3.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Rochester, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Rochester outdoors
Conserved land
12%
1,286 of 11,232 acres
Trails
16 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 10 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
342 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.8 mi
0.7 mi lanes · 3.9 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.
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Honey Creek Wildlife Area - Cherry Lake Unit
Managed by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
264 acres3.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Saller Woods Park
Park
118 acres3.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Case Eagle Park
Park
227 acres2.2 mi of trail
Rochester Dam Portage
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Cherry Lake Sedge Meadow State Natural Area
Nature preserve
81 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 10 parks & preserves
W.R. Wadewitz Nature Camp176 acres · 4.9 mi of trail
Honey Creek Wildlife Area - Cherry Lake Unit264 acres · 3.1 mi of trail · Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Saller Woods Park118 acres · 3.1 mi of trail
Case Eagle Park227 acres · 2.2 mi of trail
Cherry Lake Sedge Meadow State Natural Area81 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Rochester Commons Area6 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Honey Creek Wildlife Area - Oak Knoll Unit504 acres · Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Kate Shaffer Memorial Park4 acres · Town Of Rochester
Pioneer Park1 acres
Honey Lake Community Park1 acres
Who protects the land
1,286 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 136 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 lanes0.7 mi
- Off-road bike paths3.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.2 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball2
- Baseball2
- Football1
- Soccer1
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Rochester and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester | 11.5% | 16.2 mi | 10 |
| Waterford | 3.1% | 2.6 mi | 9 |
| Spring Prairie | 1.3% | 2.6 mi | 1 |
| Waterford | 8.2% | 8.9 mi | 6 |
| Dover | 1.1% | 9.3 mi | 8 |
| Burlington | 6% | 9.8 mi | 14 |
| Norway | 2.2% | 6.1 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Rochester'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.