Forest County Forest
Nature preserve
49 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Crandon
Crandon has 105 acres of parks, 77 for every 1,000 residents
4.4 miles of mapped trail cross Crandon, 0.8 per square mile of land. 86% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 73% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
32 acres · of 5.2 sq mi of land
Trails
4.4 mi
0.8 per sq mi of land
Park land
105 ac
77 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
86%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.0 mi
1.0 mi paths
Highest peak
1,854 ft
East Hill
Lakes & rivers
2
1 boat launch
What kind of outdoors town is Crandon?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Crandon have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Crandon is ahead of 73% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Crandon’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical WI town 4% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.8 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (4 mi) · WI 0.4 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land77 acres of park per 1,000 residents (105 acres) · WI 31 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home86% of residents within a half mile of a park · WI 90% · U.S. 72%B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 73%
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Water is 16% of Crandon’s area (1 of 6 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 1%.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B to A. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
32 conserved acres
1% of Crandon’s land. Water is left out: Crandon has 5.2 square miles of land and 1.0 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Crandon’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources43 ac
State Park · 32 acState Recreation Area · 11 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf River State Trail State Park | State natural resources | 43 | Open |
Things to do
2 places to go in Crandon
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Boat launches in Crandon
1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Peaks in Crandon
East Hill1,854 ft elevation
DirectionsTrails & water
2 named trails and 2 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Open to bikes · 2.8 miHorses · 2.8 miUnpaved · 2.8 mi
Pembine subdivision1.9 mi
Shawano - Crandon Line1.0 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
1.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1.0 mi
off-road bike paths
Wolf River State TrailBike route
2.8 miCourts & fields
4Baseball
2Pickleball
2Tennis
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
August is the best month for walking in Crandon
NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°F) | 22 | 27 | 38 | 51 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 75 | 67 | 54 | 38 | 26 |
| Rain (in) | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
February is the driest month (1.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 78 °F). 4.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Crandon →
Next door
Crandon and its neighbors
Crandon has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crandon | 1% | 0.8 | 77 | 86% | B+ |
| Lincoln | 34% | 1.2 | 9,541 | 77% | A+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Crandon
How much of Crandon is conserved land?
1% of its land, against a typical 4% for a Wisconsin town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Crandon’s trails?
Forest County Forest doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Crandon?
1.0 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.0 of off-road paths. Named routes: Wolf River State Trail.
Is there public land near Crandon?
61,932 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Crandon or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 105 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Crandon have?
Ahead of 73% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Crandon neighbors.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →