Albert Field Memorial Park
Park
14 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: User:Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 2.5BOutdoors
Outdoors in Hillsboro
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Hillsboro
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 38 acres are parks and preserves, 28 per 1,000 residents. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Hillsboro, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 57% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
9 acres · of 1.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
38 ac
28 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.0 mi
1.0 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1
1 boat launch
What kind of outdoors town is Hillsboro?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Hillsboro have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hillsboro is ahead of 57% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
B
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Hillsboro’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical WI town 4% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · WI 0.4 · U.S. 0.4CPark land28 acres of park per 1,000 residents (38 acres) · WI 31 · U.S. 13B+Parks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · WI 90% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 57%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B+. 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
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Hammer / Klopfeisch Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 5 parks & preserves
Albert Field Memorial Park14 acres
Field Veteran’s Memorial Park6 acres
DirectionsHammer / Klopfeisch Park4 acres
Settler’s Park3 acres
DirectionsHillsboro State Trail Trailhead1 acres
DirectionsWho protects it
9 conserved acres
1% of Hillsboro’s land. Who manages Hillsboro’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources9 ac
State Park · 9 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsboro State Trail State Park | State natural resources | 9 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Hillsboro
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Boat launches in Hillsboro
Hillsboro boat launchIn Field Veteran’s Memorial Park
DirectionsTrails & water
1 lakes & rivers
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
Courts & fields
2Tennis
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
Hillsboro Condensed Milk CompanyBuilding · listed 2021
About itWhen to get out
The walking year in Hillsboro
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 | 8.9 |
| High (°F) | 26 | 31 | 43 | 57 | 69 | 78 | 82 | 79 | 72 | 59 | 44 | 31 |
| Rain (in) | 1.2 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
February is the driest month (1.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 5.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Hillsboro →
Questions about parks and trails in Hillsboro
How much of Hillsboro 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 Hillsboro’s trails?
Albert Field Memorial Park and Field Veteran’s Memorial Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Hillsboro?
1.0 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.0 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Hillsboro?
1,409 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hillsboro or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 38 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Hillsboro have?
Ahead of 57% 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 Hillsboro 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 →