Outdoors · Rome

Rome, WI parks, trails & bike paths

About 15% of Rome is conserved land, roughly 5,836 acres. There are about 66 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Dyracuse Recreational Area (4.8 mi).

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

At a glance

Rome outdoors

Conserved land
15%
5,836 of 39,570 acres
Trails
66 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 24 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
1,833 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

Dyracuse Recreational Area

Park
174 acres4.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Peaks in Rome
Dorra Cooshe Mountain1,220 ft elevation · In Dyracuse Recreational Area
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Open to bikes 1.0 miUnpaved 4.6 mi
  • Ridge Trail2.5 mi
  • Karner Connection0.8 mi
  • Songbird Trail0.8 mi
  • ROME ATV Access Trail0.1 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Showing 1–10 of 17 places

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

5,836 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners
2,826 ac
Town or city
2,495 ac
State natural resources
475 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
39 ac
County
1 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 7 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

Courts & fields

  • Tennis7
  • Basketball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Rome

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Recreation Area 5,511 acUnknown 279 acPrivate Conservation 39 acRecreation or Education Easement 7 acLocal Park 1 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Dryacuse Motorcycle Recreation AreaState Recreation AreaPrivate owners2,826Open
Monroe Prairie Recreation AreaState Recreation AreaTown or city2,495Open
Miscellaneous LandsUnknownState natural resources279Open
Lake Camelot Public AccessState Recreation AreaState natural resources190Open
Central Sands Forest & BarrensPrivate ConservationLand trusts & nonprofits39Open
County ParkLocal ParkCounty1Open
History

Historic places to visit

Spring Branch CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Rome and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Rome14.7%66.2 mi1
Armenia14.6%10.0 mi1
Leola10.1%70.9 mi0
Saratoga1.6%5.0 mi1
Big Flats17.6%25.0 mi1
Monroe11.3%1.6 mi0
Colburn22.6%2.0 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Rome'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 26.4-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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