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Beerline Trail

3.7 mi

State: WI

Asphalt

Brooke Street Trail

2 mi

State: WI

Asphalt

Brown Deer Recreational Trail

1 mi

State: WI

Asphalt

Bugline Trail

15.6 mi

State: WI

Asphalt

City of Franklin Hike and Bike Trail

1.5 mi

State: WI

Asphalt

Cushing Park Road Recreational Trail

3 mi

State: WI

Asphalt

Downtown Trail (WI)

1 mi

State: WI

Asphalt, Crushed Stone

Eisenbahn State Trail

25 mi

State: WI

Asphalt, Crushed Stone

Fox River Trail (Waukesha)

6 mi

State: WI

Asphalt

Glacial Drumlin State Trail

52 mi

State: WI

Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Gravel

Glacial River Trail

55.8 mi

State: WI

Asphalt, Crushed Stone

Hank Aaron State Trail

15.2 mi

State: WI

Asphalt, Crushed Stone

Harbor View Trail

1.1 mi

State: WI

Asphalt

KR Trail

1.5 mi

State: WI

Asphalt, Boardwalk

Kenosha County Bike Trail

18.6 mi

State: WI

Asphalt

Kenosha Pike Bike Trail

6.95 mi

State: WI

Concrete

Kinnickinnic River Trail

2.3 mi

State: WI

Asphalt

Kohler Memorial Drive Path

0.7 mi

State: WI

Asphalt

Lake Country Recreation Trail

15.2 mi

State: WI

Asphalt

Lake Michigan Pathway

14 mi

State: WI

Asphalt, Concrete, Crushed Stone

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Lake to Lake Bike Trail (WI)

6.5 mi

State: WI

Crushed Stone, Gravel

Lakefront Bike Path

0.5 mi

State: WI

Asphalt

MRK Trail

4.6 mi

State: WI

Crushed Stone

Mascoutin Valley State Trail

21 mi

State: WI

Crushed Stone, Grass, Gravel

Meadowbrook Trail

2.4 mi

State: WI

Concrete

Milwaukee RiverWalk

3.1 mi

State: WI

Concrete

Muskego Recreation Trail

6.7 mi

State: WI

Crushed Stone, Dirt

New Berlin Recreation Trail

7 mi

State: WI

Asphalt

North Shore Trail (WI)

3 mi

State: WI

Asphalt

Oak Leaf Trail

125 mi

State: WI

Asphalt

Old Plank Road Trail (WI)

17 mi

State: WI

Asphalt

Ozaukee Interurban Trail

30.1 mi

State: WI

Asphalt

Peebles Trail

5.6 mi

State: WI

Asphalt, Crushed Stone

Pike River Pathway

5.3 mi

State: WI

Asphalt

Prairie Trail (WI)

6.7 mi

State: WI

Asphalt

Racine County Bike Trail

1.4 mi

State: WI

Asphalt, Concrete

Racine-Sturtevant Trail

3.5 mi

State: WI

Asphalt

Root River Pathway

6.6 mi

State: WI

Asphalt

Seven Waters Bike Trail

17.6 mi

State: WI

Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Gravel

Sheboygan Interurban Trail

17.7 mi

State: WI

Asphalt

Shoreland 400 Rail Trail

1.85 mi

State: WI

Asphalt

Taylor Drive Multi-use Path

2.75 mi

State: WI

Asphalt

WE Energies Trail

2 mi

State: WI

Asphalt, Gravel

West Allis Cross Town Connector

0.9 mi

State: WI

Asphalt

White River State Trail

19 mi

State: WI

Concrete, Crushed Stone, Gravel

Wild Goose State Trail

34.4 mi

State: WI

Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass

Trail Image	Trail Name	States	Length	Surface	Rating
	Beerline Trail The Beerline Trail, so named because the corridor was once used by freight trains transporting the ingredients for beer to some of Milwaukee’s famous breweries, has contributed to the revitalization...	WI	3.7 mi	Asphalt	1 reviews
	Brooke Street Trail 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	0 reviews
	Brown Deer Recreational Trail The Brown Deer Recreational Trail runs through the Village of Brown Deer, a suburb of Milwaukee. The tree-line route parallels an active rail line through commercial and residential areas. Mid-way,...	WI	1 mi	Asphalt	3 reviews
	Bugline Trail Broad blue skies strung with white cloud wisps; gem-green fields harboring cattails and butterflies; canopied glens giving way to cavernous quarries. It's all part of the ride on the Bugline...	WI	15.6 mi	Asphalt	35 reviews
	City of Franklin Hike and Bike Trail The City of Franklin Hike and Bike Trail follows a corridor originally used by the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light, an interurban railroad in southeastern Wisconsin. The corridor was later acquired...	WI	1.5 mi	Asphalt	7 reviews
	Cushing Park Road Recreational Trail The Cushing Park Road Recreational Trail begins on the western outskirts of Delafield, a small community about 30 miles west of Milwaukee. From Delafield's Main Street, the trail heads south,...	WI	3 mi	Asphalt	1 reviews
	Downtown Trail (WI) 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	0 reviews
	Eisenbahn State Trail 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 used as...	WI	25 mi	Asphalt, Crushed Stone	17 reviews
	Fox River Trail (Waukesha) The Fox River Trail runs diagonally along its namesake waterway through Waukesha in southeastern Wisconsin (just outside of Milwaukee). A trailhead at the E.B. Shurts Environmental Education Center in...	WI	6 mi	Asphalt	7 reviews
	Glacial Drumlin State Trail The 52-mile Glacial Drumlin State Trail between Cottage Grove and Waukesha provides a glimpse into the past when glaciers bore down on southeastern Wisconsin in the last Ice Age. Those gigantic sheets...	WI	52 mi	Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Gravel	46 reviews
	Glacial River Trail The Glacial River Trail provides bikers, pedestrians, and in-line skaters with a 55.8-mile off-road/on-road rural route winding through farmland, prairie, wetlands, and woodlands as it passes through...	WI	55.8 mi	Asphalt, Crushed Stone	15 reviews
	Hank Aaron State Trail In 1957, baseball legend Hank “The Hammer” Aaron led the Milwaukee Braves to the first of two consecutive World Series appearances and a championship over the usually dominant New York Yankees. In...	WI	15.2 mi	Asphalt, Crushed Stone	16 reviews
	Harbor View Trail 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	0 reviews
	KR Trail The KR Trail is a new addition to Kenosha County’s growing bike-ped network. The trail picks up where the Kenosha County Bike Trail leaves off, in Petrifying Springs Park. From the northwest corner of...	WI	1.5 mi	Asphalt, Boardwalk	1 reviews
	Kenosha County Bike Trail The Kenosha County Bike Trail is open in two sections separated by dense neighborhoods in the City of Kenosha. The northern segment runs northeast from 35th Street in the city to 1st Street at the...	WI	18.6 mi	Asphalt	4 reviews
	Kenosha Pike Bike Trail Helping to forge a connection between the northern and southern segments of the Kenosha County Bike Trail, the Kenosha Pike Bike Trail also has plenty to offer in its own right, giving trail users a...	WI	6.95 mi	Concrete	0 reviews
	Kinnickinnic River Trail Kinnickinnic River Trail (called the KK River Trail by locals) runs just over 2 miles in southern Milwaukee, following the river through a densely populated and industrial corridor. The trail links...	WI	2.3 mi	Asphalt	1 reviews
	Kohler Memorial Drive Path The Kohler Memorial Drive Path is a straight paved path that rides adjacent to the Kohler Memorial Drive. Starting at the American Red Cross, you can ride for just under a mile on the outskirts of the...	WI	0.7 mi	Asphalt	1 reviews
	Lake Country Recreation Trail The Lake Country Recreation Trail runs from the western edge of Waukesha to Oconomowoc in Wisconsin’s Lake Country area. Most of the trail was built on a former Milwaukee-Watertown Interurban Railway...	WI	15.2 mi	Asphalt	23 reviews
	Lake Michigan Pathway The 13.5-mile Lake Michigan Pathway keeps you in close touch with the sixth-largest freshwater lake in the world as it links rail-trails north and south of the port city of Racine. Along the way, the...	WI	14 mi	Asphalt, Concrete, Crushed Stone	5 reviews

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Lake to Lake Bike Trail (WI) The Lake to Lake Bike Trail takes you 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 daily...	WI	6.5 mi	Crushed Stone, Gravel	4 reviews
Lakefront Bike Path Located in Sheboygan at the South Pier, the Lakefront Bike Path begins off Indiana Avenue and connects on to the Pier Boardwalk. The trail is right off the shores so users have a pleasant ride or walk...	WI	0.5 mi	Asphalt	2 reviews
MRK Trail Racine County's eastern edge is home to the MRK Trail, a rail-with-trail that extends north from the City of Racine to the Village of Caledonia. Because Racine County standardized its signs several...	WI	4.6 mi	Crushed Stone	3 reviews
Mascoutin Valley State Trail 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	8 reviews
Meadowbrook Trail Meadowbrook Trail parallels Meadowbrook Road offering a useful and convenient off-road route through northwest Waukesha. It begins at a connection to Lake Country Recreation Trail, a 15-mile east-west...	WI	2.4 mi	Concrete	1 reviews
Milwaukee RiverWalk The Milwaukee RiverWalk provides a pleasant way to get around Milwaukee from the Historic Third Ward, through downtown, and north to the Lower East Side. It also has easy connections to three other...	WI	3.1 mi	Concrete	0 reviews
Muskego Recreation Trail The Muskego Recreation Trail follows a corridor originally used by the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light, an interurban railroad in southeastern Wisconsin. The corridor was later acquired by...	WI	6.7 mi	Crushed Stone, Dirt	5 reviews
New Berlin Recreation Trail The paved New Berlin Recreation Trail runs straight as an east–west compass bearing for 7 miles through the western Milwaukee suburbs, from New Berlin to Waukesha. While it is void of trestles,...	WI	7 mi	Asphalt	18 reviews
North Shore Trail (WI) Racine’s southeastern neighborhoods are home to the North Shore Trail, which extends south to the Racine–Kenosha county line. Because Racine County standardized its signs several years ago, you won't...	WI	3 mi	Asphalt	1 reviews
Oak Leaf Trail The Oak Leaf Trail is the jewel in the crown of Milwaukee County’s extensive trail system. The trail meanders for more than 125 miles in and around the city of Milwaukee on a changing terrain of flat...	WI	125 mi	Asphalt	38 reviews
Old Plank Road Trail (WI) 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	17 mi	Asphalt	16 reviews
Ozaukee Interurban Trail If you’re going to visit the historical communities that lie just west of Lake Michigan, why not use the former route of the venerable interurban railroad? The Ozaukee Interurban Trail stretches the...	WI	30.1 mi	Asphalt	22 reviews
Peebles Trail 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, Crushed Stone	1 reviews
Pike River Pathway The Pike River Pathway is a paved, multi-use trail that runs along both sides of the reconstructed Pike River through the Village of Mount Pleasant and unincorporated parts of Racine County. The path...	WI	5.3 mi	Asphalt	4 reviews
Prairie Trail (WI) 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	0 reviews
Racine County Bike Trail Helping to extend the excellent network of trails around the city of Racine deeper west into the heart of the county, the Racine County Bike Trail serves as a disconnected addition to the...	WI	1.4 mi	Asphalt, Concrete	0 reviews
Racine-Sturtevant Trail The Racine-Sturtevant Trail runs for 3.5 miles from the western side of Racine to near the eastern edge of the Village of Sturtevant. The trail occupies an abandoned rail corridor for most of its...	WI	3.5 mi	Asphalt	0 reviews
Root River Pathway The Root River Pathway uses a combination of off-road trail and on-road route to form a crescent around the City of Racine. The trail closely follows the bends of the Root River, making it a great...	WI	6.6 mi	Asphalt	4 reviews
Seven Waters Bike Trail The Seven Waters Bike Trail is a scenic corridor stretching more than 17 miles northsouth between Burlington and Muskego Lake into Waukesha County. The trail was originally three trails, locally...	WI	17.6 mi	Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Gravel	16 reviews
Sheboygan Interurban Trail The Sheboygan Interurban Trail follows the route of an electric railway that once ran between Milwaukee and Sheboygan from the early 1900s to 1951. The trail begins at Pebble Beach Road on the Ozaukee...	WI	17.7 mi	Asphalt	4 reviews
Shoreland 400 Rail Trail 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	1 reviews
Taylor Drive Multi-use Path 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	0 reviews
WE Energies Trail The WE Energies Trail, so named because it uses a Wisconsin Energy Corporation utility corridor for much of its route, links Racine and Oak Creek in Racine and Milwaukee counties. Despite the presence...	WI	2 mi	Asphalt, Gravel	1 reviews
West Allis Cross Town Connector Although short, the West Allis Cross Town Connector represents an important start to a future link between three trails in Milwaukee County. Currently, the trail begins at a junction with the New...	WI	0.9 mi	Asphalt	3 reviews
White River State Trail The White River State Trail is composed of two separate segments: a 12-mile stretch that runs between Elkhorn and just west of Burlington in Walworth County, and a 7-mile section that connects the...	WI	19 mi	Concrete, Crushed Stone, Gravel	27 reviews
Wild Goose State Trail The Wild Goose State Trail is a premier rail-trail, spanning approximately 35 miles in Dodge and Fond du Lac counties. If you are looking for a peaceful and beautiful place to visit, this trail has it...	WI	34.4 mi	Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass	20 reviews

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Recent Trail Reviews

Bugline Trail

The Bugline is a sweet little trail NE of Milwaukee

July, 2020 by matthewge

Here a great R2T for those in SE Wisconsin! The Bugline Trail, just NW of Milwaukee. Oddly named, but a sweet trail. I started in Merton, rode to Menomonee Falls and back. 26 miles round trip, all paved. A great mix of woods, open areas, and some developed areas. There are several little towns along the trail (Merton, Sussex, Lannon, Menomonee Falls) where you can pick up snacks if needed.

As it passes thru Lannon, WI -- which provided the limestone that built much of Milwaukee -- you will see lots of quarry lakes, including one that is just shockingly blue!

If you are in the area, give it a try!

KR Trail

great path!

July, 2020 by savannahwillkomm

I take this path from old spring street in mount pleasant (pike river trail) through pets park to the Kenosha Racine trail. The paved paths through the fields from hwy 11- KR are beautiful! The paths that run parallel to Green Bay road is very nice. I love this whole trail!

Wild Goose State Trail

underwhelming

June, 2020 by ucrubr

Road the entire trail from fox du lac to Juneau. Plus a side 3 or so miles at the Horicon. It was so much the same. Not much changed all the way. Few people on it so it was a bit boring. Not much to visit along the way and Juneau didn’t have much either. I didn’t hate it but I wouldn’t do it again. Lots of bumps and the trail was ok otherwise. Just meh.

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Wild Goose State Trail

Ruts

June, 2020 by alanelle

There are a few deep ruts caused by equipment used to push over dead trees that need repairs. Some are difficult to see until you are on top of them.

Glacial Drumlin State Trail

beautiful trail...

June, 2020 by tradrrr

A gravel/crushed limestone trail with some shade in parts. I rode it from London east 20 miles today after it poured yesterday and the trail was bone dry. I’d recommend having 28s on your bike as smaller tires can work but it’d be a little more difficult. There was a small stretch on streets but it was well marked and little traffic. I loved the bridges over the water and the small tunnel you pass through (keep your hands on the bars as it’s bumpy in there). There was a smallOverall a great trail.

Glacial River Trail

I've upped my review to 5 stars

June, 2020 by wilsonae

This has easily become my favorite frequent trail ride in the Rock County area. I've now completed the trail from Janesville to Johnson Creek and it is gorgeous and not busy and I don't even notice the traffic anymore. Excellent trail for road bikes. Quick tip: my favorite place to get on the trial is north of Janesville near the Janesville Animal Medical Center at 5021 N Wright Rd in Milton. You skip the road ride on HWY Y, which is the only section I don't care for. And then it is just miles and miles of well maintained trail and beautiful country scenery. Enjoy!