Appleton, WI Birding Trails and Maps

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Ahnapee State Park Trail

51.8 mi
State: WI
Asphalt, Crushed Stone

Apple Creek Trail

3.9 mi
State: WI
Asphalt

Baird Creek Greenway

3.2 mi
State: WI
Asphalt

County Highway PP Linear Parkway

2.7 mi
State: WI
Asphalt

Devil's River State Trail

14.6 mi
State: WI
Crushed Stone

East River Trail

6.5 mi
State: WI
Concrete

Eisenbahn State Trail (Route of the Badger)

24.3 mi
State: WI
Asphalt, Crushed Stone

Fox River State Trail

24.5 mi
State: WI
Asphalt, Crushed Stone

Konkapot Creek Trail

1.2 mi
State: WI
Gravel

Lake to Lake Bike Trail

6.5 mi
State: WI
Crushed Stone, Gravel

Loop the Little Lake

3.5 mi
State: WI
Asphalt, Boardwalk, Concrete

Mariners Trail

6.2 mi
State: WI
Asphalt

Mascoutin Valley State Trail

21 mi
State: WI
Crushed Stone, Grass, Gravel

Nelson Family Heritage Crossing (Fox River Boardwalk)

1.5 mi
State: WI
Asphalt, Boardwalk, Concrete

Newberry Trail

2.4 mi
State: WI
Asphalt

Rawley Point Trail

5.9 mi
State: WI
Crushed Stone

Shoreland 400 Rail Trail

1.85 mi
State: WI
Asphalt

Taylor Drive Multi-use Path

2.75 mi
State: WI
Asphalt

Tomorrow River State Trail

29.2 mi
State: WI
Crushed Stone

Urban Recreation Trail

3.6 mi
State: WI
Asphalt
Accordion

West Side Railroad Trail

1.5 mi
State: WI
Concrete

Wiouwash State Trail

47.5 mi
State: WI
Crushed Stone

CE Trail

5.8 mi
State: WI
Asphalt

Mountain-Bay State Trail

85.2 mi
State: WI
Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel

Newton Blackmour State Trail

21 mi
State: WI
Crushed Stone

Old Plank Road Trail (WI)

37.6 mi
State: WI
Asphalt

Packerland Drive Trail

6.9 mi
State: WI
Asphalt

Peebles Trail

5.6 mi
State: WI
Asphalt

Prairie Trail (WI)

6.7 mi
State: WI
Asphalt

Wild Goose State Trail

34.5 mi
State: WI
Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass

Bannerman Trail

7 mi
State: WI
Dirt, Grass, Sand

Duck Creek Trail (WI)

6 mi
State: WI
Crushed Stone

Friendship State Trail

18.3 mi
State: WI
Asphalt, Boardwalk, Crushed Stone

Nicolet State Trail

90.1 mi
State: WI
Cinder, Crushed Stone, Gravel

Northwestern Trail

2.8 mi
State: WI
Dirt, Grass, Gravel

Oconto River State Trail

8 mi
State: WI
Crushed Stone

Brooke Street Trail

2 mi
State: WI
Asphalt

Downtown Trail (WI)

1 mi
State: WI
Asphalt, Crushed Stone

Harbor View Trail

1.1 mi
State: WI
Asphalt

Kaukauna Locks Trail

1.3 mi
State: WI
Asphalt

Kimberly Railroad Street Trail

1.1 mi
State: WI
Asphalt

Lawe Street Trestle Trail

0.3 mi
State: WI
Asphalt
Trail Image Trail Name States Length Surface Rating
Overview The Ahnapee State Trail in northeast Wisconsin provides a scenic nearly 52-mile journey between Sturgeon Bay and Kewaunee, featuring a tour of water bodies along the Door Peninsula. The...
WI 51.8 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone
Overview Running between Edgewood Drive and Meade Street in Appleton, the Apple Creek Trail is a 3.9-mile ribbon of smooth asphalt winding alongside a reedy stream. About the Route The Apple...
WI 3.9 mi Asphalt
Overview The Baird Creek Greenway is a trail system that includes several trails for variety of activities including walking, running, biking, mountain biking, snowshoeing, and cross-country...
WI 3.2 mi Asphalt
The CTH PP Linear Parkway Trail runs approximately 2.7 miles between Highland Avenue in the Village of Kohler East to 17th Ave. in Sheboygan. A road diet project that reduced 4 lanes of automobile...
WI 2.7 mi Asphalt
Overview The Devil's River State Trail stretches 14.6 miles, connecting the towns of Denmark, Maribel, Francis Creek, and Kossuth in eastern Wisconsin. The trail is a scenic jaunt through farmland,...
WI 14.6 mi Crushed Stone
The East River Trail winds for just over 6 miles along its namesake waterway through the communities of Green Bay, Bellevue, Allouez, De Pere, and Ledgeview. Its first section was developed in 1990...
WI 6.5 mi Concrete
Overview The Eisenbahn State Trail gives a nod to Wisconsin’s German heritage in its name—Eisenbahn is German for “railway.” The strict translation, “iron road,” refers to the iron rails originally...
WI 24.3 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone
Overview The Fox River State Trail connects Packerland with pastureland as it travels for 24.5 miles between the hometown of NFL’s Green Bay Packers and farming communities south. Named for the...
WI 24.5 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone
The Konkapot Creek Trail is a short gravel pathway that follows the winding tributary of the Fox River through Kaukauna. On its south end, the trail connects directly to the CE Trail, which travels...
WI 1.2 mi Gravel
Overview The Lake to Lake Bike Trail winds through the beautiful terrain of the Kettle Moraine State Forest. It is a newer, well-maintained trail, with a wide, crushed limestone roadbed. It is used...
WI 6.5 mi Crushed Stone, Gravel
Loop the Little Lake, or the Loop, is a 3.5-mile circle of trails, bike lanes, sidewalks and parks around the lower half of Little Lake Butte des Morte in Wisconsin, just north of the larger Lake...
WI 3.5 mi Asphalt, Boardwalk, Concrete
Travelers on the Mariners Trail will be spoiled with beautiful vistas of beaches, parks, forests and the sparkling waters of Lake Michigan. Supplementing the scenic landscapes are several trailside...
WI 6.2 mi Asphalt
The Mascoutin Valley State Trail is divided into two segments along a former corridor of the Chicago and North Western Railway. The eastern section runs 10 miles between Fond du Lac and Rosendale. The...
WI 21 mi Crushed Stone, Grass, Gravel
The Nelson Family Heritage Crossing is a 1,100-foot pedestrian/bicycle bridge crossing the Fox River between the downtown districts of the Village of Little Chute and the City of Kaukauna. Along with...
WI 1.5 mi Asphalt, Boardwalk, Concrete
Appleton’s Newberry Trail follows the Fox River, its navigational canal locks and an active rail line at different points during its scenic trek. The area was once an industrial hub, but mature trees...
WI 2.4 mi Asphalt
The Rawley Point Trail is a winding, hard-packed limestone pathway from the harbor town of Two Rivers on the shores of Lake Michigan to Point Beach State Forest. The 6-mile, sometimes hilly, trail...
WI 5.9 mi Crushed Stone
The Shoreland 400 Rail Trail opened in 2013 on a former Union Pacific Railroad corridor through the heart of Sheboygan. More than 30% of Sheboygan County’s residents live within a mile of the trail,...
WI 1.85 mi Asphalt
Taylor Drive Multi-use Path is a 2.75-mile trail in the heart of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The trail stretches from Crocker Avenue to Kohler Memorial Drive (SR 23), providing a north-south non-motorized...
WI 2.75 mi Asphalt
espite its futuristic name, the Tomorrow River State Trail takes users on a tour of a historic rail-trail through beautiful Portage and Waupaca Counties. Trail users will find a good start at the...
WI 29.2 mi Crushed Stone
The Urban Recreation Trail traverses Sheboygan from the lakefront parks, along the Sheboygan River and along Koehler Memorial Dr. throughout the heart of Sheboygan. It is designated as a bike trail...
WI 3.6 mi Asphalt
Accordion
The West Side Railroad Trail cuts a diagonal 1.5-mile route across Green Bay's western neighborhoods from South Oneida Street to Bond Street. Much of the paved pathway is pleasantly buffered by trees....
WI 1.5 mi Concrete
Overview Wisconsin’s Wiouwash State Trail is named for the four counties it passes through: Winnebago, Outagamie, Waupaca, and Shawano. Currently, 47 miles of the rail trail are open in two...
WI 47.5 mi Crushed Stone
The CE Trail, one of the longest trails in the Fox Valley region of Wisconsin, links Appleton and Kaukauna along busy County Highway CE. While not particularly scenic, the trail offers access to a...
WI 5.8 mi Asphalt
Overview The 85.2-mile Mountain-Bay State Trail, one of the longest trails in the state, travels a mostly scenic, wooded route through three counties—Marathon, Shawano, and Brown—as it makes its...
WI 85.2 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
The Newton Blackmour State Trail runs about 21 miles in eastern Wisconsin from the outskirts of New London to Seymour, roughly paralleling State Highway 54. Along the way, it passes through the...
WI 21 mi Crushed Stone
The Old Plank Road Trail parallels State Route 23—a road originally built out of wooden planks in the 1800s—from the western edge of Sheboygan to the Village of Greenbush. The trail was one of the...
WI 37.6 mi Asphalt
In western Green Bay, the Packerland Drive Trail primarily parallels its namesake roadway, just east of the airport. The paved trail is separated from traffic by a wide grassy median and has open,...
WI 6.9 mi Asphalt
The Peebles Trail is a nearly 6-mile pathway, linking Fond du Lac at the southern edge of Lake Winnebago with St. Peter (Taycheedah) to its east. The trail also passes through the unincorporated...
WI 5.6 mi Asphalt
The Prairie Trail offers a paved route of nearly 7 miles along the eastern boundary of Fond du Lac, a mid-sized city befitting its French name which means “foot of the lake” as it hugs the southern...
WI 6.7 mi Asphalt
Overview The Wild Goose State Trail is a premier rail trail, spanning approximately 35 miles in Dodge and Fond du Lac counties. For trail users looking for a peaceful and beautiful place to visit,...
WI 34.5 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass
The Bannerman Trail is open but largely unimproved between the communities of Redgranite and Neshkoro on a former Chicago and North Western Railway corridor. The dirt, grass and sand surface might...
WI 7 mi Dirt, Grass, Sand
On the western end, the Duck Creek Trail picks up where the Newton Blackmour State Trail leaves off, that is just east of the town of Seymour at Vanderheuvel Road. Traveling along an old railroad...
WI 6 mi Crushed Stone
Overview The Friendship State Trail runs between Stevens Point and Manitowoc in eastern Wisconsin in two disconnected segments of the trail for 18.3 miles. Note: The gravel surface of the trail...
WI 18.3 mi Asphalt, Boardwalk, Crushed Stone
The Nicolet State Trail runs for 90 miles through three counties, numerous small communities and Nicolet National Forest in northeastern Wisconsin. Following a former railroad route used by the timber...
WI 90.1 mi Cinder, Crushed Stone, Gravel
The Northwestern Trail begins near the public library in downtown Ripon, a charming small town in eastern Wisconsin. History buffs may want to head a few blocks south from this endpoint to explore the...
WI 2.8 mi Dirt, Grass, Gravel
The Oconto River State Trail offers an 8-mile crushed limestone, level-grade pathway between Stiles Junction and Oconto, which sits on the shores of Lake Michigan. Along the way, you'll enjoy a...
WI 8 mi Crushed Stone
Fond du Lac's Brooke Street Trail follows a former rail corridor from the community's southern reaches to an endpoint not far from scenic Lake Winnebago. The city's location relative to the lake,...
WI 2 mi Asphalt
The Downtown Trail—also known as the River Trail and Riverwalk Trail—runs alongside the Fond du Lac River for nearly 2 miles in the heart of Fond du Lac. The vast majority of the trail is smooth...
WI 1 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone
The Harbor View Trail occupies a former rail bed—now shared with overhead electric transmission wires—on the southern edge of Lakeside Park in Fond du Lac. The trail parallels Harbor View Drive for...
WI 1.1 mi Asphalt
The Kaukauna Locks Trail runs along a steep drop to the Fox River and includes five Kaukauna locks. During the summer, enjoy watching the locks in action from the trail and chat with the lock tenders...
WI 1.3 mi Asphalt
The Kimberly Railroad Street Trail runs between Fox River and Third Street in the village of Kimberly. Part of the Loop the Locks trail network, the milelong trail is 10-feet-wide and paved.  From...
WI 1.1 mi Asphalt
The Lawe Street Trestle Trail provides a pedestrian/bike trail connection between both banks of the Fox River. Stretching from Lawe Street to East John Street on the north bank of the Fox River, the...
WI 0.3 mi Asphalt

Recent Trail Reviews

Wild Goose State Trail

Lovely Trail

November, 2024 by the_masseuse

It’s pretty scenic, especially with the leaf colors. Also pretty busy! There’s parking on both ends. A lot of the trail is grass, not even gravel. The spot where it’s asphalt is very minimal. It’s awesome you can stop and ride through Horicon Marsh! Lots of kitties on this trail ¿

Rawley Point Trail

Great Trail

October, 2024 by jlmueller

Rode from Point Beach State Forest campground. Fun, hills and turns that are fun to navigate. Hard packed and well maintained trail.

Ahnapee State Park Trail

Harvey the RV

September, 2024 by carlbrunning99

We started at the Forestville Dam County Park and rode north to Sturgeon Bay. After a nice lunch we headed back to the park. Overall a 26 mile RT. The trail is in good shape with gravel and stone dust most of the way. Once near Sturgeon the trail follows roadside for 2-3 miles.

Accordion

Rawley Point Trail

Fun ride through the woods. The trail is in much better condition than it was a few years ago. There are a lot of wooden board walks over the swampy areas. The trail is tough in spots, we were glad we had wider tires and stable bikes

September, 2024 by mbenmour

Fun ride through the woods. The trail is in much better condition than it was a few years ago. There are a lot of wooden board walks over the swampy areas. The trail is tough in spots, we were glad we had wider tires and stable bikes

Rawley Point Trail

Fun ride through the woods. The trail is in much better condition than it was a few years ago. There are a lot of wooden board walks over the swampy areas. The trail is tough in spots, we were glad we had wider tires and stable bikes

September, 2024 by mbenmour

Fun ride through the woods. The trail is in much better condition than it was a few years ago. There are a lot of wooden board walks over the swampy areas. The trail is tough in spots, we were glad we had wider tires and stable bikes

Eisenbahn State Trail (Route of the Badger)

Hidden Gem

August, 2024 by given.sandra

Loved this trail. Finished it on the 28th. Nicely maintained n beautiful scenery. Recommend highly.

Loop the Little Lake

Beautiful trail

August, 2024 by joshberg67

Very Cute little trail to try out if you are doing the friendship trail. It definitely adds some light to the experience! Small easy ride

Mascoutin Valley State Trail

quiet ride

August, 2024 by joshberg67

If you’re looking for a nice quiet ride either segment of the trail is great! The fondy-Rosendale was better than the second half of the trail in my opinion.

Wiouwash State Trail

great trail!

August, 2024 by joshberg67

One of the best trails I have risen around here so far. Great distance that takes you through all sorts of different scenery and is easy to ride!

Friendship State Trail

decent

August, 2024 by joshberg67

The trail has some nice parts , however it goes through town a lot and some parts are not clearly marked which way to go. Some parts are washed out so can be difficult to keep steady in those areas.

Devil's River State Trail

smooth crushed limestone

July, 2024 by maurgreen2020

Rode the trail south to north. Quite not much traffic. Lots of stop signs for cross roads. Flat the whole way thru farm land and small towns. Kind of boring in some ways.

Baird Creek Greenway

Great scenic bike trail

July, 2024 by jmgaffner

We really enjoyed riding on this trail. It was very scenic and well maintained.

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