1
ORA Community Trail Farm
Managed by OUTDOOR RECREATION ALLIANCE INC
275 acres8.8 mi of trail
ORANGEPURPLE EASTblueCommunity TrailPURPLE WEST
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Shelby
Shelby, WI parks, trails & bike paths
About 12% of Shelby is conserved land, roughly 2,230 acres. There are about 19 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in ORA Community Trail Farm (8.8 mi), Goose Island County Park (3.1 mi), and Town of Shelby (2.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Shelby, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Shelby outdoors
Conserved land
12%
2,230 of 18,140 acres
Trails
19 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
11
472 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.7 mi
2.2 mi lanes · 0.4 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
Goose Island County Park
Managed by La Crosse County
383 acres3.1 mi of trail
SwampSwamp LoopGanderPowerlineSouth Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Town of Shelby
Park
86 acres2.5 mi of trail
Butterfly trailButterfly TrailWar PigsHedge HogBandit
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
2,270 acres0.3 mi of trail
Shady Maple Interpretive TrailSouth Loop
Dog rules not recorded
5
La Crosse Blufflands - Juniper Property
Park
7 acres0.3 mi of trail
Crown
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 11 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 11 parks & preserves
ORA Community Trail Farm275 acres · 8.8 mi of trail · OUTDOOR RECREATION ALLIANCE INC
Goose Island County Park383 acres · 3.1 mi of trail · La Crosse County
Town of Shelby86 acres · 2.5 mi of trail
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge2,270 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · United States Fish and Wildlife Service
La Crosse Blufflands - Juniper Property7 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Grandad Bluff Park3 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Mormon Coulee Park24 acres
Mississippi Valley Conservancy17 acres
La Crosse County12 acres
Paul E. Stry Nature Preserve7 acres
Who protects the land
2,230 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
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 lanes2.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball1
- Tennis1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Shelby and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby | 12.3% | 18.5 mi | 11 |
| La Crosse | 11.4% | 49.8 mi | 51 |
| Hokah | 25.7% | 4.1 mi | 1 |
| Bergen | 18.8% | 3.0 mi | 2 |
| Greenfield | 0.3% | 1.2 mi | 1 |
| Medary | 2.5% | 4.3 mi | 12 |
| Brownsville | 3.4% | 0.5 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Shelby'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.