Explore the best rated trails in Waupaca, WI, whether you're looking for an easy walking trail or a bike trail like the Mountain-Bay State Trail and Wiouwash State Trail . With more than 26 trails covering 332 miles you're bound to find a perfect trail for you. Click on any trail below to find trail descriptions, trail maps, photos, and reviews.
Great for walking/running/biking, not great for rollerblading. Needs resurfacing for sure. Parking is best ad Badger Sports Park
I biked the entire trail from Ott Road in Brillion to Porlier Street in Green Bay. For the first 12 miles, the trail surface was crushed stone, well-maintained and somewhat shaded from trees on either side of the trail or both. There was a mile marker on the west side of the trail every mile starting with the "20" mile marker. Occasionally, there were some patches of grass down the center of the trail. There were also country roads to cross every mile or so, but all but one were not busy.
At Lasee Road, the trail changed to a well-maintained asphalt surface that continued for the next 12 miles. The trail was nicely shaded under a canopy of trees. There were cracks running parallel to the direction of travel, but these were not very deep and did not pose a problem.
The real prize was the park-like setting of the trail from De Pere to Green Bay. The trail was sandwiched between the Fox River to the west and the manicured lawns of the local elite to the east.
This is one of my favorite trails!
Like the Eagles 1972 hit song, this well-established trail was both peaceful and easy. I biked from Oshkosh to Hortonville and back. The trail was mostly nestled under a canopy of trees. The sides of the trail were mowed and I did very little tree-branch ducking. For the most part, the trail surface was solid and bone dry. Beware of the section next to the mountain of sand in Clayton. Some of the sand has drifted onto the trail causing slippery conditions. The loop around the Fox River Inlet in Oshkosh was a nice change of pace. On the east side of the Fox River by Hwy 21 is the Fox River Brewing Company. They have a large outdoor dining area that includes a beach house and tiki bar!
We started from Fritse park (Loop the Little Lake Trail) near Menasha and took the paved Fox Crossing Connector over to the Friendship Trail. A crushed limestone, country trail of mostly farm fields that runs along highway 10. It looks like how trails used to be before biking became more popular. Many parts are basically mowed grass with 2 ruts. There is loose stone and washed out areas. Don’t take this trail if you have poor balance or skinny tires. You can hear the highway 10 traffic noise but it’s not objectionable as it keeps you off the busy road. It has some nice hills. This trail is useful if you want to ride from Neenah and connect up with the Wiouwash Trail. The trail ends at a paved country road
We parked in Arrowhead Park. Lot of parks along this trail with bathrooms. Very nice paved trail. Mostly pretty scenic around the lake. Pelicans and shy egrets. Lots of bridges across the water. Pretty well marked. Lots of maps and signs. Passes by water treatment center, short business area, and a neighborhood of small cottages with garages. We used this trail as a jumping off point from Fritse Park to take the paved Fox Crossing trail to the unpaved Friendship trail.
Made up of 2 nice country trails with mostly decent crushed limestone surface separated into 2 parts by highway 23 which is an unsafe, busy, fast highway with a pretty wide gravel shoulder. There are no toilet facilities. Some biting flies if you stop but we didn’t get any ticks.
We first attempted to ride the Ripon to Berlin segment. In Ripon you can park slightly past the start of the trail off Locust where there is a nice parking area and pavilion. We only got about 6 miles or so before we had to stop for a very large downed tree. We could have stopped at Vines and Rushes Winery but it was a little early for us.
At the Berlin side of the trail there was a sign in a grassy area for parking across the street from where the grassy trail begins at Berlin Feed. Didn't look like that end of the trail got much use. It wasn’t worth getting tandem bike out of van to ride just a few miles so didn’t ride that part.
Then we rode our bike from Rosendale to Fond du Lac. We parked along the side of Zamzow (neighborhood) Park on Willow Creek Rd just off North St. We rode the short segment to Hwy 26 and then turned around and rode to Fond du Lac where trail ends on VVV with trail head parking.
I rode from Shiocton to New London the trail was mowed definitely an improvement since my ride last month
Trail is completely overgrown about a half mile from the western end. We ended up skipping this trail entirely.
This section of the trail was in very good condition It was a nice ride. There was a parking area and a repair station
trail head parking in New London was open. starting out the trail was ok but further east it was over grown with weeds and tall grass, a couple miles from from Shiocton the trail was closed from the flood washing out the trail. I emailed the county parks department hopefully it improves and the washed out part of the trail gets repaired.
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