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Cheese Country Trail — Southern Wisconsin
Chippewa River State Trail — West Central Wisconsin
Elroy Sparta Bike Trail — West Central Wisconsin
Great River State Park Trail — West Central Wisconsin
La Crosse River State Trail — West Central Wisconsin
Omaha Trail — West Central Wisconsin
Red Cedar State Park Trail — West Central Wisconsin
The "400" State Trail — West Central Wisconsin
The Sugar River State Trail — Southern Wisconsin
Wisconsin has 64 rail trails totaling
1,259 miles! Congratulations
Wisconsin!!
In addition, they have 42 planned projects
which will add 656 more miles.
Most of the trails are maintained by the
state and
require state trail passes.
Passes are sold by the day or
for the year. If you are going to ride
more than three days, it's best to buy
an annual pass.
Some trails, however, were developed
by private groups and those riding them
must have special passes.
The Omaha Trail out of Elroy requires a special pass;
so does the Cheese Trail in southern Wisconsin.
The town of Elroy is a great place to start.
Three trails, The "400" State,
Omaha and Elroy/Sparta, have endpoints there.
They have a motto "The place where the trails meet."
For information on that area, refer to
www.elroywi.com.
The Elroy/Sparta trail takes you, of course, from
Elroy to Sparta. Sparta has endpoints for both the
Elroy/Sparta and La Crosse River Trails, and calls
itself "The Bicycle Capital of the World."
La Crosse has endpoints for the La Crosse River and
Great River Trails.
Most of the trails we have ridden have very smooth,
hard-packed sandstone surfaces. We think the people
in Wisconsin are so
very fortunate to have state leaders who see the value
of reclaiming abandoned railroad beds and turning them
into multipurpose trails.
We are told that people enjoy these trails in the winter
to cross-country ski. Some of them permit snowmobiling.
For rail trails in Wisconsin,
check out the Rails-To-Trails'
TrailLink.com,
and search for a list of all the trails in the state.
This is your best resource for additional information.
If you are looking for paved trails, both rail trails and greenways, try Paved Bike Trails Across America.
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Bicycle Riding in Wisconsin
