Firemans Park
Park
16 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Fox Lake
Fox Lake has 24 acres of parks, 13 for every 1,000 residents
83% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Fox Lake, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 30% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.6 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
24 ac
13 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
83%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
What kind of outdoors town is Fox Lake?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Fox Lake have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fox Lake is ahead of 30% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Fox Lake’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical WI town 4% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · WI 0.4 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land13 acres of park per 1,000 residents (24 acres) · WI 31 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home83% 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 30%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C+. 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Clausen Park
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Horsehead Meadows Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
1 places to go in Fox Lake
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Public pools in Fox Lake
Jeanette Adams Municipal Swimming PoolIn Firemans Park
DirectionsTrails & water
2 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Fox Lake Railroad DepotBuilding · listed 1978
About itWhen to get out
September is the best month for walking in Fox Lake
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) | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 26 | 30 | 42 | 56 | 68 | 78 | 82 | 79 | 72 | 59 | 44 | 31 |
| Rain (in) | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
February is the driest month (1.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Fox Lake →
Questions about parks and trails in Fox Lake
How much of Fox Lake is conserved land?
under 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 Fox Lake’s trails?
Firemans Park and Clausen Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Fox Lake?
2,686 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fox Lake or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 24 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Fox Lake have?
Ahead of 30% 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 Fox Lake 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 →