Manitowoc, WI Cross Country Skiing Trails and Maps

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Ahnapee State Park Trail

51.8 mi
State: WI
Asphalt, Crushed Stone

Devil's River State Trail

14.6 mi
State: WI
Crushed Stone

Eisenbahn State Trail

24.3 mi
State: WI
Asphalt, Crushed Stone

Fox River State Trail

24.5 mi
State: WI
Asphalt, Crushed Stone

Mascoutin Valley State Trail

21 mi
State: WI
Crushed Stone, Grass, Gravel

Newberry Trail

2.4 mi
State: WI
Asphalt

Newton Blackmour State Trail

21 mi
State: WI
Crushed Stone

Ozaukee Interurban Trail

30.1 mi
State: WI
Asphalt

Wiouwash State Trail

47.5 mi
State: WI
Crushed Stone, Grass

CE Trail

5.8 mi
State: WI
Asphalt

Mountain-Bay State Trail

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

Old Plank Road Trail (WI)

37.6 mi
State: WI
Asphalt

Peebles Trail

5.6 mi
State: WI
Asphalt

Prairie Trail (WI)

6.7 mi
State: WI
Asphalt

Sheboygan Interurban Trail

14 mi
State: WI
Asphalt

Wild Goose State Trail

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

Duck Creek Trail (WI)

6 mi
State: WI
Crushed Stone

Friendship State Trail

18.3 mi
State: WI
Asphalt, Boardwalk, Crushed Stone

Brooke Street Trail

2 mi
State: WI
Asphalt

Downtown Trail (WI)

1 mi
State: WI
Asphalt, Crushed Stone
Trail Image Trail Name States Length Surface Rating
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 trail also...
WI 51.8 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone
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, woodland,...
WI 14.6 mi Crushed Stone
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 24.3 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone
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 river that...
WI 24.5 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone
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
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
Closure Notice: The Newton Blackmour State Trail is closed for 2.5 miles from Highway 76 to Puls Rd. due to recent washouts. Please consult Wisconsin DNR for more current information. The Newton...
WI 21 mi Crushed Stone
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
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 disconnected...
WI 47.5 mi Crushed Stone, Grass
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
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 way from...
WI 85.2 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
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
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
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 14 mi Asphalt
Closure Notice: The Wild Goose State Trail is currently closed between Prospect Rd. and Teal Rd. Please check with Wisconsin DNR for more current information. The Wild Goose State Trail is a...
WI 34.5 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass
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
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: Rural sections of the trail are gravel and...
WI 18.3 mi Asphalt, Boardwalk, 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

Recent Trail Reviews

Friendship State Trail

Old fashioned trail experience but at least it keeps you off the busy highway

July, 2026 by y1htak2

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

Loop the Little Lake

A nice short jaunt around the lake

July, 2026 by y1htak2

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.

Mascoutin Valley State Trail

A nice country trail in 2 segments but hard to find trailheads and parking

July, 2026 by y1htak2

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.

Accordion

Newton Blackmour State Trail

the trail in Shiocton is open¿

July, 2026 by darkwolf5423

I rode from Shiocton to New London the trail was mowed definitely an improvement since my ride last month

Wild Goose State Trail

Beautiful shaded part of the trail in Fond du lac county. Four tree areas blocking path southwest of Oakfield.

July, 2026 by barb.frank0709

Beautiful shaded part of the trail in Fond du lac county. Four tree areas blocking path southwest of Oakfield.

Duck Creek Trail (WI)

Trail is completely overgrown about a half mile from the western end. We ended up skipping this trail entirely.

July, 2026 by scottthomasmartin

Trail is completely overgrown about a half mile from the western end. We ended up skipping this trail entirely.

Newton Blackmour State Trail

Black Creek to Seymour 06/23/2026

June, 2026 by darkwolf5423

This section of the trail was in very good condition It was a nice ride. There was a parking area and a repair station

Newton Blackmour State Trail

New London to Shiocton 06/16/26

June, 2026 by darkwolf5423

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.

Loop the Little Lake

love this ride

June, 2026 by 47gkpg2wy5

Love the scenery. Nice and easy

Friendship State Trail

nice enough

June, 2026 by 47gkpg2wy5

Nice enough trail to get from the Wiouwash to Neenah area but very bumpy.

Wild Goose State Trail

beautiful trail

June, 2026 by 47gkpg2wy5

Beautiful country trail. A lot of tree cover and not very many other people. Worth the ride.

Mariners Trail

Spectacular

May, 2026 by kriekkoff_tl

I biked from Manitowoc to Two Rivers and back. The trail was well maintained and well marked. The views were spectacular. The road noise was not as bad as a previous review. There was no clear indication of where trail began and where it ended.

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