1
Menomonee River Parkway
Park
355 acres7.5 mi of trail
Bubba's Woods Mountain Bike Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Wauwatosa
Wauwatosa, WI parks, trails & bike paths
About 11% of Wauwatosa is conserved land, roughly 908 acres. There are about 27 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Menomonee River Parkway (7.5 mi), County Grounds Park (2.7 mi), and Forestry Education and Awareness Center (1.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Wauwatosa, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Wauwatosa outdoors
Conserved land
11%
908 of 8,413 acres
Trails
27 mi
2.1 mi per sq mi · 13 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
22
19 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
40.1 mi
15.0 mi lanes · 14.8 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
County Grounds Park
Park
68 acres2.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Forestry Education and Awareness Center
Nature preserve
63 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Hoyt Park
Managed by Milwaukee County Parks
20 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Currie Park
Park
194 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Firefly Grove Park
Park
14 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Honey Creek Parkway
Park
59 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Underwood Creek Parkway
Park
150 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 22 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 22 parks & preserves
Menomonee River Parkway355 acres · 7.5 mi of trail
County Grounds Park68 acres · 2.7 mi of trail
Forestry Education and Awareness Center63 acres · 1.8 mi of trail
Hoyt Park20 acres · 1.2 mi of trail · Milwaukee County Parks
Currie Park194 acres · 1 mi of trail
Firefly Grove Park14 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Honey Creek Parkway59 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Underwood Creek Parkway150 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Northeast Quadrant45 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Gravel Sholes Park33 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Who protects the land
908 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes15.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths14.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes10.3 mi
- Bubba's Woods Mountain Bike Trail (bike route)2 mi
- Hoyt Park Mountain Bike Trail (bike route)1.9 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis32
- Baseball26
- Soccer25
- Tracks15
- Basketball12
- Beach volleyball4
- Football4
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Wauwatosa and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wauwatosa | 10.8% | 27.1 mi | 22 |
| Milwaukee | 8.5% | 86.0 mi | 212 |
| Brookfield | 5.5% | 8.8 mi | 26 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Wauwatosa'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.